The Department of Employment and Economic Development, through its Employment & Training Division’s Adult Career Pathways programs, is seeking proposals from qualified responders to provide services to eligible Minnesota (Mn) Family Resiliency Partnership (federally known as Displaced Homemaker Program) adults in the Southeast region of Minnesota.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
State: Minnesota
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/16/2022
Size of the Grant: $175,000
Details:
Within DEED’s Employment & Training Division, Adult Career Pathways programs will be focused on awarding proposals that place an emphasis on the following three themes:
- Adult Career Pathways programs seek to build an inclusive, skilled workforce and reduce disparities based on race, disability, and gender.
- Training participants with the most significant barriers to employment and ensuring participants have equal access to training and employment opportunities.
- Ensuring that organizations serving their most hard to serve populations reflect the community accessing the services and incorporate human-centered design into their programs.
- Reducing and eliminating disparities by empowering all members of our workforce will result in a more equitable and prosperous Minnesota for individuals, families, businesses, and communities.
- Adult Career Pathways programs recognize that new solutions must be developed to respond to new and ongoing challenges in their workforce and communities.
- Programs that are mission-driven, utilizing best practices while having an innovation mindset to creatively imagine and apply new approaches to success.
- Clearly show the development of innovative approaches to outreach and recruitment, reaching those who have been disconnected and disenfranchised from the workforce.
- Designing and implementing new efficient and effective systems for workforce development programs that address skills shortages, remove barriers to lifelong learning, and help workers improve their employability.
- DEED will facilitate the growth of innovative programs by providing resources to ensure the program’s ability to grow and expand.
Performance
- Adult Career Pathways programs are built on a foundation of partnerships, most significantly between program providers and employers
- Job Placement Employer partners that will offer livable wage jobs and job advancement to program participants.
- Wage Rate Programs that pursue training and/or development that target industries and jobs with livable wages.
- Job Retention Programs that provide intentional support for participants to retain employment and advance in their chosen field.
- Credential Attainment Programs that yield measurable results demonstrated by attainment of foundational skills and industry specific qualifications.
Funding Information
- Direct Appropriation allocation authorized in Laws of Minnesota 2021, 1st Special Session, Chapter 10, Article 1, Sec. 2, Subd. 3 (x) .
- In SFY23, $213,750(Direct Appropriation) will be divided equally among the six (6) Minnesota Family Resiliency Partnership Providers (Grantees). Each Grantee is allocated $35,625 in JobsOmnibusBill Direct Appropriation funding.
- A portion of the Marriage and Divorce Fees collected through the State of Minnesota (as authorized in Laws of Minnesota 2021, 1st Special Session, Chapter 517, Sec. 517.08, Subd. 1c, Sec. (b2)and Laws of Minnesota, 1st Special Session, Chapter 357, Sec. 357.021, Subd. 1a. .
- In SFY23, $1,050,000 (Fees) will be divided equally among the six (6) Minnesota Family Resiliency Partnership Providers (Grantees). Each Grantee is allocated $175,000 in funding.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Organizations must be an existing private or nonprofit organization or agency with experience working with displaced homemakers to provide counseling and training services (116L.96). Applicants must demonstrate the ability to provide pre-employment, counseling, navigation, and training services to eligible individuals.
- To be eligible, the respondent must have one or more operating, physical locations in SE Minnesota, specifically in one or more of the counties of Houston, Fillmore, Mower, Winona, Olmsted, Dodge, Wabasha, Goodhue, Freeborn, Rice, or Steel counties.
For more information, visit MNDEED.