HF2476 Summary

• Creates a child mortality review panel to review child fatalities and near fatalities attributed to maltreatment, with local county review teams conducting reviews and making recommendations for systemic improvements.

• Establishes campus-based employment and training programs at Minnesota public colleges and universities to help low-income students qualify for SNAP benefits exemptions.

• Modifies child care licensing to implement a weighted risk system providing tiered enforcement, replacing correction orders with documented technical assistance for low-risk violations that don't endanger children.

• Creates an intergovernmental advisory committee for the Department of Children, Youth, and Families with county representation to advise on planning, administration, and evaluation of services to children and families.

• Appropriates $32.077 million for fiscal years 2024-2025 for child welfare operations, including $8.657 million for child welfare technology improvements, emergency shelter facilities grants, homeless youth programs, and food assistance initiatives.