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Minnesota employees and their employers will benefit from nearly $2.9 million in state grants to fund employment-based dual training for 664 current and new employees as part of the Minnesota PIPELINE Program.
The PIPELINE Programs' Dual Training Grants, which were included in Gov. Tim Walz's budget, give dual trainees the opportunity to earn while they learn and help businesses meet their workforce needs. Four industries with in-demand, high-growth occupations are eligible to receive grants: advanced manufacturing, agriculture, health care services and information technology.
"We are hearing remarkable stories of employees not only completing their education, but also being promoted and prepared for supervisory positions as the result of the PIPELINE Program," said Commissioner Dennis Olson, Office of Higher Education (OHE). "Dual Training Grants are a successful model for both the employee and the employer."
This year, 43 of the new grants are being awarded to companies located in greater Minnesota, with 17 in the metro area. Employees will earn a wide variety of industry-recognized degrees, certificates and credentials as part of this program that will help improve their skills and advance their careers. The grants will support 35 employers' ongoing investments and robust training programs in advanced manufacturing, one in agriculture, 16 in health care and seven in information technology. In addition, one of the grantees will train employees in both advanced manufacturing and agriculture.
OHE administers the Dual Training Grant program, in collaboration with the Minnesota PIPELINE Program at the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI). Grant funds can be used to cover the cost of dual trainees' tuition, fees and required materials for the related instruction training in PIPELINE Program occupations.
"By pairing on-the-job training with classroom learning, the PIPELINE Program provides skills for workers, while helping employers meet their workforce needs," said DLI Commissioner Nancy Leppink. "Apprenticeships and dual training continue to be important training models that successfully assist employers recruit and retain employees. We are excited to continue to support them with this eighth round of grants."
Grants are being awarded to the following Minnesota organizations.
1. Alliance Machine, Elk River
2. Allina Health System, New Ulm
3. Alomere Health, Alexandria
4. American Crystal Sugar, Moorhead
5. Apple Tree Dental, Mounds View
6. Art Unlimited, Angora
7. Bedford Industries, Worthington
8. BTD Manufacturing, Lakeville
9. Cardinal CG Company, Northfield
10. Cerenity Senior Care, White Bear Lake
11. Children's Dental Services, Minneapolis
12. Citon Computer Corporation, Duluth
13. Cuyuna Regional Medical Center, Crosby
14. Cybex, Owatonna
15. Daikin Applied Air, Faribault
16. Design Ready Controls, Brooklyn Park
17. DeZURIK, Sartell
18. Dotson Iron Castings, Mankato
19. Essentia Health, Duluth
20. Fairview Health Services, St. Paul
21. Goodwill Industries, St. Paul
22. Greater Bemidji, Bemidji
23. Homecrest Outdoor Living, Wadena
24. Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association, Rochester
25. Iron River Construction, Chaska
26. Iron Shoe Farm, Princeton
27. JBS, Worthington
28. Jones Metal, Mankato
29. K&G Manufacturing, Faribault
30. Kahler Automation, Fairmont
31. Mankato Clinic, Mankato
32. McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing, Dodge Center
33. Mechanical Systems, Dundas
34. NewTeam, Forest Lake
35. Nidec, Mankato
36. Olmsted Medical Center, Rochester
37. Our Lady of Guadalupe Free Clinic, Worthington
38. Pentair Flow Technologies, New Brighton
39. Pequot Tool & Manufacturing, Pequot Lakes
40. Post Consumer Brands, Northfield
41. Reell Precision Manufacturing, St. Paul
42. Sage Electrochromics, Faribault
43. Sanford Health, Worthington and Bemidji
44. Sappi, Cloquet
45. Seneca Foods Corporation, LeSueur
46. SFC Global Supply Chain, Marshall
47. Spectro Alloys Corp, Rosemount
48. St. Luke's, Duluth
49. Standard Iron & Wire Works, Monticello
50. Syvantis Technologies, Baxter
51. The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, Brainerd
52. Thomson Reuters, Eagan
53. Touchstone Mental Health, Minneapolis
54. Trex Commercial Products, Brooklyn Park
55. Ultra Machining Company, Monticello
56. Vital Images, Minnetonka
57. V-TEK, Mankato
58. West Central Turkeys, Pelican Rapids
59. Winegar, Waseca
60. Yeager Machine, Norwood Young America
More information
For more information about Dual Training Grants, contact Megan FitzGibbon at
651-355-0606 or megan.fitzgibbon@state.mn.us.
For more information about the Minnesota PIPELINE Program, contact Annie Welch, PIPELINE Program manager, at 651-284-5353 or annie.welch@state.mn.us.
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