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Lawmakers consider funding to expand Foster Youth Ombudsperson outreach to reach youth in care
Summary
House File 2009 would add two outreach positions to the Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson to provide proactive, in-person outreach and rights education to foster youth; the committee laid the bill over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
House File 2009, carried by Vice Chair Hansen, would provide an appropriation to expand the Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson (UFIE) by funding two full-time outreach staff to proactively visit foster placements, create youth‑friendly materials and connect foster youth to the ombuds office. The committee laid the bill over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Representative Liz Olson Hansen (Vice Chair Hansen) summarized the office's history, noting bipartisan passage of the original enabling law in 2022 and that the ombuds office opened in early 2024 to serve roughly 10,000 foster youth in Minnesota. The bill sponsor said the requested…
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