To strengthen Minnesota’s talent pool, the State of Minnesota invests funds in competitive grants for various employment training programs. This builds the capacity of non-profit organizations and supports enhanced and innovative workforce services to help improve the economic conditions for communities of color, women, veterans, people with disabilities and youth. Types of grants include:
Capacity Building
Builds up the administrative and programmatic capacity of community-based organizations that serve targeted groups and make them more competitive for grants and state support.
Pathways to Prosperity
Helps low-wage and low-skill adults who have multiple barriers to employment obtain credentials and skills that prepare them for long-term employment in growing fields such as health care and manufacturing.
Somali Youth Community Resiliency
Provides activities designed to increase community engagement, encourage positive development, promote resiliency and address challenges faced by Somali youth. It includes youth prevention services and legal services.
Southeast Asian Economic Relief
Addresses economic disparities in Southeast Asian communities through workforce recruitment and development, job creation, increased capacity for smaller organizations and outreach.
Support Services
Assists low-income communities, young adults from families with intergenerational poverty and communities of color through job training, employment preparation, internships, job assistance to fathers, financial literacy training, academic and behavioral intervention for low-performing students and youth intervention.
Women in High Wage, High Demand, Nontraditional Jobs
Encourages and assisting women to enter nontraditional fields such as science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) or construction. It provides employment, training, support services and outreach activities.
Youth-at-Work
Provides employment and training services for youth of color, youth with disabilities and at-risk youth.
Grant areas of focus are subject to change.
