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DEED’s Employment and Training Programs is seeking proposals from eligible organizations for the Targeted Community Capital Project competitive grant program. Eligible organizations who can submit a proposal are non-profit organizations or government entities. Proposals are due on December 6, 2021 at 5:00 pm. The Request For Proposals (RFP), FAQ and a video presentation on the RFP are all available here. The grant funds must be used for capital projects to improve or acquire a building or structure that, upon completion, will result in e...
DEED has awarded $3,893,100 to 40 organizations to provide young people workforce development and training opportunities during the 2021-2022 state fiscal year. Metro-focused organizations received 76% of available funds while Greater Minnesota received 22% of available funds. The remaining 2% of available funds went to organizations serving both Metro and Greater Minnesota. DEED's Office of Youth Development awarded the Youth at Work grants to organizations providing services to economically disadvantaged or at-risk youth ages 14 to 24. These...
Grantmaking at DEED is in full gear this summer. Since the Legislature passed the Jobs Bill at the end of June, our workforce development team has been reviewing the legislation so that we can distribute funds to our partners and get Minnesotans connected to training and good-paying jobs as quickly as possible. The Jobs Bill included a mix of direct appropriations and competitive grant funding for adult and youth workforce development programs. We started administering the $34 million in direct appropriations so that organizations can begin...
Minnesota is home to one of the country’s most talented workforces. That’s no accident – it comes from years of investments by public and private sector leaders in education and training that produce strong talent for a diverse economy. One of the unique differentiators to training our workforce that many people may not be aware of is the state’s Workforce Development Fund – a payroll-tax-fueled training fund that puts serious money toward training workers for in-demand jobs across Minnesota. We are the only state in the country that has such a...
The pandemic has upended many people’s lives, exacerbating a ongoing public health crisis that existed before the pandemic and continues to impact thousands of Minnesotans. The opioid crisis hasn’t gone away – and now Minnesota has more resources to help those both directly and indirectly affected by opioid addiction. This month, the U.S Department of Labor awarded the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) a $1,368,421 National Health Emergency Dislocated Worker Grant to help address the state’s opioid crisis....
As the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) continues to highlight Workforce Development Month and celebrate our staff and partners who are committed to helping career seekers find employment, we want to take a moment to recognize just how much our job seeker services have changed in the past six months. Prior to COVID-19, most of DEED’s work with job seekers was done face-to-face in our CareerForce locations across the state. The pandemic required us to make changes in how we provide services to protect the health and s...
Many of the shops, restaurants and other small businesses damaged and destroyed during recent unrest are Black-owned, Immigrant-owned or both. As an entrepreneur who identifies as Black and immigrant myself, I know that it takes ten times more work to launch a business. I know the challenges of living in Minnesota, where "nice" doesn't always extend to people who look like me. I understand the expressions of grief and frustration that inspired the peaceful protestors to take to the streets after the killing of George Floyd. I feel it too. As...
I’m honored to announce that 10 organizations have received grants under the Higher Education Career Advisor Project (HECAP) for a total of $237,500. The organizations receiving grants will provide career exploration, career counseling, job search assistance, college information, current labor market information, and other resources to youth and families. All proposals were read and scored by a team of Community and State-level reviewers. In making its selection, DEED set out to allocate more funding across the state; include new service p...
DEED has awarded a $1.3 million funding appropriation for East African Community Economic Development and Workforce programs to provide Minnesota’s young East African community members with workforce development training opportunities during the 2020-2021 state fiscal year. We know Minnesota’s East African community contributes to Minnesota’s economic vitality. These programs are intended to alleviate barriers to employment and economic success for East African youth in Minnesota. Helping young people achieve economic and employment succe...
I am pleased to announce that DEED has awarded 10 grants totaling $1,425,000 under the Women’s Economic Security Act (WESA) Competitive Grants program. DEED received about $3.6 million in funding requests, and only $1,425,000 was available for grant awards in the SFY2020-21 funding cycle. This funding supports programs statewide that serve women from eligible populations in recruitment, preparation, placement, and retention in high-wage, high-demand, nontraditional occupations; secondary or post-secondary education; training and development f...
I am pleased to announce that DEED has awarded eight grants totaling $1.9 million under the Southeast Asian Economic Disparities Relief Competitive Grant program. This grant program funds organizations that provide services that relieve economic disparities to individuals 18 years and older from Southeast Asian communities through workforce recruitment and development, job creation, assistance to smaller organizations to increase capacity, and outreach. As part of the competitive grant improvement process we rolled out earlier this year, the te...
