SF1465

Purpose

Provide funding to support and expand Urban League Twin Cities’ programs that help people gain work skills and build wealth, using one-time money from the Workforce Development Fund.

Main Provisions

• Creates a one-time appropriation of $400,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $400,000 in fiscal year 2027.
• The money goes from Minnesota’s Workforce Development Fund to the commissioner of Employment and Economic Development.
• The commissioner is to grant these funds to Urban League Twin Cities to support and expand its workforce solutions and wealth-building programs.

Funding Details and Administration

• Source of funds: Workforce Development Fund.
• Recipient: Urban League Twin Cities (via a grant from the commissioner of Employment and Economic Development).
• Period: Onetime appropriations (not ongoing funding beyond these two years).

Effects and Implications

• This bill aims to bolster workforce development efforts and programs that help individuals build wealth, through support provided to Urban League Twin Cities.
• It does not create new ongoing funding beyond the specified two-year, one-time amounts.

Relationship to Existing Law

• This is an appropriation measure that allocates specified funds to a designated grant recipient; it does not change existing laws or establish new programs beyond the approved funding.

Fiscal Summary

• Total new appropriations: $800,000 over two fiscal years (FY2026 and FY2027).
• Timing: Funds allocated as onetime appropriations for the stated purpose.

Oversight and Evaluation (implied)

• The bill designates the grant and administering agency but does not specify detailed reporting or oversight requirements beyond standard grant administration (not spelled out in the text provided).

Relevant Terms - appropriation - grant - Urban League Twin Cities - Workforce Development Fund - commissioner of Employment and Economic Development - workforce solutions - wealth-building programs - onetime appropriations - fiscal year 2026 - fiscal year 2027