Committee hears testimony for $2.5 million request to expand services at Ujamaa Place
Representative Hussain and Ujamaa Place leaders and participants told the committee that the nonprofit’s wraparound services help young Black men with housing, job training and mental health supports. The author asked for $2.5 million across two fiscal years; the committee laid the measure over.
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Representative Ilhan Hussain carried House File 108, an appropriation request on behalf of Ujamaa Place, a Minneapolis nonprofit that provides housing, job training, mentorship and mental‑health supports for primarily African American men aged 18–30.
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