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Minnesota Rebuild-- refocusing on work

Minnesota Rebuild-- refocusing on work. What happened??? Two MFIP proposals. Budget bill Part of larger HHS budget bill Funding for Governor’s MFIP initiatives MFIP Rebuild Focus on outcomes. MFIP Policy Part of larger CFS policy bill Program simplification Mandate reduction

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Minnesota Rebuild-- refocusing on work

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  1. Minnesota Rebuild-- refocusing on work

  2. What happened???Two MFIP proposals • Budget bill • Part of larger HHS budget bill • Funding for Governor’s MFIP initiatives • MFIP Rebuild • Focus on outcomes • MFIP Policy • Part of larger CFS policy bill • Program simplification • Mandate reduction • Focus on outcomes

  3. MFIP Finance provisions • Earned income disregard increased to 50% • Effective Oct. 1, 2014

  4. MFIP Finance provisions • Authority for pursuing a TANF waiver. Effective immediately. • Work Benefit suspension – Effective Dec. 1, 2014 • Performance funding. 2.5% bonus to high performing counties. • $1,500,000 per year for bonus funding • Effective calendar year 2016

  5. MFIP Finance provisions • Grants complementing TANF waiver and MFIP reform proposals • Paid work experience - $2,168,000 FY15-16 • Work study - $250,000 FY15-16 • Strategies to reduce disparities - $2 mil. FY15-16 • Teen parent home visiting - $500,000 per year • Effective July 1, 2013

  6. MFIP Finance provisions • Family cap repeal • Cost of approx. $3.6 mil. Per year • Effective Jan. 1, 2015

  7. MFIP Finance provisions • Housing assistance grant • $110 per month grant to eligible households • Households that receive a housing subsidy and/or child-only households are not eligible for the grant. • Approx. $23 mil. Per year • Effective July 1, 2015

  8. What’s next? • Waiver application to U.S. HHS • Implementation and planning of MFIP items that were funded …remember many different effective dates. • Continued pursuit of policy bill passage in 2014 legislative session.

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