A bill for an act
relating to economic development; appropriating money to make workforce training
and entrepreneurship investments intended to help close the state's opportunity
gaps for Minnesotans of color.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. new text beginAPPROPRIATIONS.
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The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the
Department of Employment and Economic Development for the purposes specified in this
act. The appropriations are from the general fund, or another named fund, and are available
for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The figures "2022" and "2023" used in this
act mean that the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2022, or June 30, 2023, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2022. "The
second year" is fiscal year 2023. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2022 and 2023.
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APPROPRIATIONS new text end |
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2022 new text end |
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Sec. 2. new text beginDEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT
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Total Appropriation
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13,175,000 new text end |
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11,675,000 new text end |
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Appropriations by Fund new text end |
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2022 new text end |
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General new text end |
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2,375,000 new text end |
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875,000 new text end |
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Workforce Development new text end |
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10,800,000 new text end |
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10,800,000 new text end |
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The amounts that may be spent for each
purpose are specified in the following
subdivisions.
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Business and Community Development
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3,550,000 new text end |
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(a)(1) $750,000 each year is for a grant to the
Neighborhood Development Center for small
business programs. This is a onetime
appropriation.
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(2) Of the amount appropriated in the first
year, $150,000 is for outreach and training
activities outside the seven-county
metropolitan area, as defined in Minnesota
Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2.
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(b) $1,175,000 each year from the workforce
development fund is for a grant to the
Metropolitan Economic Development
Association (MEDA) for statewide business
development and assistance services, including
services to entrepreneurs with businesses that
have the potential to create job opportunities
for unemployed and underemployed people
with an emphasis on minority-owned
businesses. This is a onetime appropriation.
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(c) $125,000 each year from the workforce
development fund is for a grant to the White
Earth Nation for the White Earth Nation
Integrated Business Development System to
provide business assistance with workforce
development, outreach, technical assistance,
infrastructure and operational support,
financing, and other business development
activities. This is a onetime appropriation.
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(d) $875,000 each year from the workforce
development fund is for a grant to Enterprise
Minnesota, Inc., for the small business growth
acceleration program under Minnesota
Statutes, section 116O.115. This is a onetime
appropriation.
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(e) $125,000 each year is for a grant to the
Hmong Chamber of Commerce to train
ethnically Southeast Asian business owners
and operators in better business practices. This
is a onetime appropriation.
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(f) $500,000 each year is from the workforce
development fund for a grant to Youthprise
to give grants through a competitive process
to community organizations to provide
economic development services designed to
enhance long-term economic self-sufficiency
in communities with concentrated East African
populations. Such communities include but
are not limited to Faribault, Rochester, St.
Cloud, Moorhead, and Willmar. To the extent
possible, Youthprise must make at least 50
percent of these grants to organizations serving
communities located outside the seven-county
metropolitan area, as defined in Minnesota
Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2. This
is a onetime appropriation and is available
until June 30, 2024.
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Workforce Development
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9,625,000 new text end |
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(a) $250,000 each year is from the workforce
development fund for a grant to YWCA St.
Paul to provide job training services and
workforce development programs and
services, including job skills training and
counseling. This is a onetime appropriation.
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(b) $525,000 each year is from the workforce
development fund for a grant to the YWCA
of Minneapolis to provide economically
challenged individuals the jobs skills training,
career counseling, and job placement
assistance necessary to secure a child
development associate credential and to have
a career path in early childhood education.
This is a onetime appropriation.
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(c) $1,000,000 each year is from the workforce
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