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Committee lays over $ request for Hometown Heroes Outdoors after testimony on outdoor mental-health programs for first responders
Summary
House File 491, seeking an appropriation for Hometown Heroes Outdoors to deliver nature-based mental-health programming for first responders, was laid over for possible inclusion after testimony from the organization and endorsing stakeholder groups including the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association.
House File 491, an appropriation request for Hometown Heroes Outdoors to provide outdoor, peer-supported mental-health programming for first responders, was laid over for possible inclusion after a lengthy hearing and stakeholder testimony on Feb. 18, 2025.
Representative Kelly Hill introduced the measure and said the proposal would support outdoor “healing opportunities” for first responders. Christopher Tetrault, identified as president and co‑founder of Hometown Heroes Outdoors, described the organization’s work and supplied participant data to the committee: "We have taken approximately 5,700 people outside, 2,700 of those have been Minnesotans," Tetrault…
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