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Committee hears testimony to shift YIP grants from public safety to children-and-families oversight
Summary
The Minnesota House Children and Families Finance Committee heard testimony on House File 2362, a bill to fund the Youth Intervention Program (YIP) grants and to move administration and funding emphasis from public safety to a children-and-families context; the bill was laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus package.
House File 2362, a bill to fund the Youth Intervention Program (YIP) grants and emphasize youth intervention services under children-and-families administration, was presented to the Minnesota House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee and laid over for possible inclusion.
Representative Emma Feist introduced the bill and described it as an effort to shift longstanding YIP funding out of the public safety realm and into the children-and-families policy area. "This is a really amazing program that funds youth intervention programs," Representative Feist said, noting the program's bipartisan origins and long history in the state.
Paul Meneer, executive director of the Youth Intervention Programs Association (YIPA), told the committee the grant program dates to 1976 and that YIPA formed in 1984 to support local programs. Meneer said YIP grants fund a wide variety of…
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