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Committee hears testimony on funding increase for Minnesota Family Resiliency Partnership; bill laid on table
Summary
Testimony from program leaders and a participant supported Senate File 543, which would increase statutory allocations to the Minnesota Family Resiliency Partnership (MFRP) by $30 from dissolution filing fees and $30 from each marriage license filing fee; the committee laid the bill on the table for further consideration.
Committee members heard testimony in support of Senate File 543, a bill to increase the amount allotted to the statewide Minnesota Family Resiliency Partnership (MFRP) by $30 from dissolution filing fees and $30 from each marriage license filing fee. Senator Westland introduced the item and called two testifiers who described the program’s services and outcomes. After testimony and brief discussion, the committee laid the bill on the table.
Jean Keenan, testifying for the program, described MFRP (also federally known as the Displaced Homemaker Program) as a 45-plus-year network of six regional providers that helps survivors of domestic violence and others re-enter the…
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