House File 691 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  ABDUL=SAMAD


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act making an appropriation for a grant to provide support for
  2    children with a parent in prison.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2315HH 82
  5 jp/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  CHILDREN WITH A PARENT IN PRISON.  There is
  1  2 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
  1  3 division of criminal and juvenile justice planning of the
  1  4 department of human rights for the fiscal year beginning July
  1  5 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the following amount, or so
  1  6 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
  1  7 designated:
  1  8    For a grant to expand a program receiving federal funding
  1  9 to provide mentoring and other supportive services to children
  1 10 located in metropolitan and rural areas who have a parent in
  1 11 prison:
  1 12 .................................................. $    150,000
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    This bill makes an appropriation to the division of
  1 15 criminal and juvenile justice planning of the department of
  1 16 human rights for a grant to expand a program receiving federal
  1 17 funding to provide mentoring and other supportive services to
  1 18 children located in metropolitan and rural areas who have a
  1 19 parent in prison.
  1 20 LSB 2315HH 82
  1 21 jp:rj/je/5