AI Generated Summary
Purpose
- This bill provides a one-time funding grant to support Hired’s workforce development efforts. It aims to expand career pathway programs, job training, and placement services that connect lowerskilled job seekers to entry-level and gateway jobs in 110 high-growth sectors. It also funds services for low-income Minnesotans to improve job retention and create a more stable workforce for employers, using a continuum of employment coaching, navigation, and support for economically disadvantaged employees.
Main provisions
- Appropriates $700,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $700,000 in fiscal year 2027 from the workforce development fund.
- The money is funded to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) to provide a grant to Hired.
- Grant purposes include:
- Expanding Hired’s workforce development programming and services.
- Enhancing the career pathway, job training, and placement program that connects lowerskilled job seekers to entry-level and gateway jobs in 110 high-growth sectors.
- Creating services for low-income Minnesotans to increase job retention and build a more stable workforce for employers.
- Providing a continuum of employment coaching, navigation, and support services to economically disadvantaged employees.
- The appropriations are described as one-time.
Significant changes to existing law
- This bill creates a new one-time appropriation from the workforce development fund to DEED for a grant to Hired. It does not describe other changes to existing statutes beyond establishing this funding in the specified fiscal years.
Relevant terms
- workforce development fund
- grant
- Hired
- commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED)
- career pathway
- job training
- placement program
- lowerskilled / low-skilled
- entry-level
- gateway jobs
- 110 high-growth sectors
- low-income Minnesotans
- job retention
- economically disadvantaged
- employment coaching
- navigation
- support services
- one-time appropriations
- fiscal year 2026
- fiscal year 2027
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Actions
| Date | Chamber | Where | Type | Name | Committee Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 30, 2025 | Senate | Action | Introduction and first reading | ||
| January 30, 2025 | Senate | Action | Referred to | Jobs and Economic Development | |
| Senate | Action | See |
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Progress through the legislative process
In Committee