Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2008/cite/116L/full
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116L.06 HIRE EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM.
116L.10 HEALTH CARE AND HUMAN SERVICES WORKER PROGRAM.
116L.11 DEFINITIONS.
116L.12 FUNDING MECHANISM.
116L.13 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
116L.14 CAREER ENHANCEMENT REQUIREMENTS.
116L.15 SMALL EMPLOYER PROTECTION.
116L.16 DISTANCE-WORK GRANTS.
PLANNING FOR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
116L.363 ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
116L.872 STATE FUNDING OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS.
"Workforce development intermediaries" means public, private, or nonprofit entities that provide employment services to low-income individuals and have a demonstrated track record bringing together employers and workers, private and public funding streams, and other stakeholders to implement pathways to career advancement for low-income individuals. Entities may include, but are not limited to, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, or the administrative entity of a local workforce service area.
1983 c 334 s 1,7; 1987 c 384 art 13 s 27; 1987 c 386 art 10 s 8; 1987 c 401 s 36; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 270; 2001 c 7 s 30; 2004 c 257 s 1; 2007 c 135 art 2 s 12
(c) The partnership program is authorized to use funds to pay for training for individuals who have incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty line. The board may grant funds to eligible recipients to pay for board-certified training. Eligible recipients of grants may include public, private, or nonprofit entities that provide employment services to low-income individuals.
1983 c 334 s 2,7; 1987 c 384 art 3 s 27; 1987 c 386 art 10 s 1,8; 1987 c 401 s 36; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 164,270; 1999 c 245 art 10 s 2; 2001 c 181 s 1; 2003 c 128 art 13 s 28
The terms of appointed members shall be for four years except for the initial appointments. The initial appointments of the governor shall have the following terms: two members each for one, two, three, and four years. No member shall serve more than two terms, and no person shall be appointed after December 31, 2001, for any term that would cause that person to serve a total of more than eight years on the board. Compensation for board members is as provided in section 15.0575, subdivision 3.
1983 c 289 s 115 subd 1; 1983 c 334 s 3,7; 1984 c 544 s 84; 1984 c 642 s 3; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 5,75; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 26 subd 2; 1987 c 384 art 3 s 27; 1987 c 386 art 10 s 2-5,8; 1987 c 401 s 36; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 165,166,270; 1991 c 345 art 1 s 74; 1993 c 363 s 1,2; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1995 c 212 art 4 s 64; 1996 c 395 s 6,7; 1999 c 223 art 2 s 29; art 3 s 1,2; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 2 s 3; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1; 2005 c 163 s 54; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 25; 2007 c 13 art 1 s 10
Subdivision 1.Fund uses.
The Job Skills Partnership Board may make loans to Minnesota employers to train persons for jobs in Minnesota. The loans must be used to train current and prospective employees of an employer for specific jobs with the employer.
Subd. 2.Loan process.
The board shall establish a schedule and competitive process for accepting loan applications. The board shall evaluate loan applications.
Subd. 3.Loan priority.
The board shall give priority to loans that provide training for jobs that are permanent, provide health coverage and other fringe benefits, and have a career or job path with prospects for wage increases.
Loans may be secured or unsecured, shall be for a term of no more than five years, and shall bear no interest. The maximum amount of a loan is $250,000. A loan origination fee of up to two percent of the principal of the loan may be charged. An employer may have only one outstanding loan. The loans shall contain such other standard commercial loan terms as the board deems appropriate.
Subd. 5.Loan uses.
Loans must be used by an employer to obtain the most effective training available from public or private training institutions. An employer must document to the board the process the employer has utilized to ensure that the proposed loan is used to acquire the most cost-effective training and provide a training plan.
Subd. 6.Packaging loans.
The board may package a grant it makes under section 116L.04 with a loan under this section.
Loan repayments and loan origination fees shall be retained by the board for board programs.
1997 c 200 art 1 s 60; 1999 c 223 art 2 s 31; 2001 c 181 s 3
A health care and human services worker training and retention program is established to:
(1) alleviate critical worker shortages confronting specific geographical areas of the state, specific health care and human services industries, or specific providers when employers are not currently offering sufficient worker training and retention options and are unable to do so because of the limited size of the employer, economic circumstances, or other limiting factors described in the grant application and verified by the board; and
(2) increase opportunities for current and potential direct care employees to qualify for advanced employment in the health care or human services fields through experience, training, and education.
1999 c 245 art 10 s 3
For the purposes of sections 116L.10 to 116L.15, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
Subd. 2.Eligible employer.
"Eligible employer" means a nursing facility, small rural hospital, intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disability, waivered services provider, home health services provider, personal care assistant services provider, semi-independent living services provider, day training and habilitation services provider, or similar provider of health care or human services.
Subd. 3.Potential employee target groups.
"Potential employee target groups" means high school students, past and present recipients of Minnesota family investment program benefits, immigrants, senior citizens, current health care and human services workers, and persons who are underemployed or unemployed.
Subd. 4.Qualifying consortium.
"Qualifying consortium" means an entity that includes a public or private institution of higher education and one eligible employer.
1999 c 245 art 10 s 4; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 6 s 1; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2005 c 56 s 1
A qualifying consortium shall apply to the board in the manner specified by the board.
Subd. 3.Program targets.
Applications for grants must describe targeted employers or types of employers and must describe the specific critical work force shortage the program is designed to alleviate. Programs may be limited geographically or be statewide. The application must include verification that in the process of determining that a critical work force shortage exists in the target area, the applicant has:
(1) consulted available data on worker shortages;
(2) conferred with other employers in the target area; and
(3) compared shortages in the target area with shortages at the regional or statewide level.
Within the limits of available appropriations, the board shall make grants not to exceed $400,000 each to qualifying consortia to operate local, regional, or statewide training and retention programs. Grants may be made from TANF funds, general fund appropriations, and any other funding sources available to the board, provided the requirements of those funding sources are satisfied. A portion of a grant may be used for preemployment training. Grant awards must establish specific, measurable outcomes and timelines for achieving those outcomes.
Subd. 5.Local match requirements.
A consortium must satisfy the match requirements established in section 116L.02, paragraph (a).
Subd. 6.Ineligible worker categories.
Grants shall not be made to alleviate shortages of physicians, physician assistants, or advanced practice nurses.
1999 c 245 art 10 s 5; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 6 s 2,3; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2003 c 128 art 13 s 31; 2006 c 281 art 4 s 8
Subdivision 1.Marketing and recruitment.
A qualifying consortium must implement a marketing and outreach strategy to recruit into the health care and human services fields persons from one or more of the potential employee target groups. Recruitment strategies must include:
(1) a screening process to evaluate whether potential employees may be disqualified as the result of a required background check or are otherwise unlikely to succeed in the position for which they are being recruited; and
(2) a process for modifying course work to meet the training needs of non-English-speaking persons, when appropriate.
Subd. 2.Recruitment and retention incentives.
Employer members of a consortium must provide incentives to train and retain employees. These incentives may include, but are not limited to:
(1) paid salary during initial training periods, but only if specifically approved by the board, which must certify that the employer has not formerly paid employees during the initial training period and is unable to do so because of the employer's limited size, financial condition, or other factors;
(2) scholarship programs under which a specified amount is deposited into an educational account for the employee for each hour worked, which may include contributions on behalf of an employee to a Minnesota college savings plan account under chapter 136G;
(3) the provision of advanced education to employees so that they may qualify for advanced positions in the health care or human services fields. This education may be provided at the employer's site, at the site of a nearby employer, or at a local educational institution or other site. Preference shall be given to grantees that offer flexible advanced training to employees at convenient sites, allow workers time off with pay during the work day to participate, and provide education at no cost to students or through employer-based scholarships that pay expenses prior to the start of classes rather than upon completion;
(4) work maturity or soft skills training, adult basic education, English as a second language instruction, and basic computer orientation for persons with limited previous attachment to the work force due to a lack of these skills;
(5) child care subsidies during training or educational activities;
(6) transportation to training and education programs; and
(7) programs to coordinate efforts by employer members of the consortium to share staff among employers where feasible, to pool employee and employer benefit contributions in order to enhance benefit packages, and to coordinate education and training opportunities for staff in order to increase the availability and flexibility of education and training programs.
Subd. 3.Work hour limits.
High school students participating in a training and retention program shall not be permitted to work more than 20 hours per week when school is in session.
Subd. 4.Collective bargaining agreements.
This section shall be implemented consistent with existing collective bargaining agreements covering health care and human services employees.
1999 c 245 art 10 s 6; 1Sp2001 c 1 art 3 s 23; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 6 s 4; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113
All consortium members must work cooperatively to establish and maintain a career ladder program under which direct care staff have the opportunity to advance along a career development path that includes regular educational opportunities, coordination between job duties and educational opportunities, and a planned series of promotions for which qualified employees will be eligible. This section shall be implemented consistent with existing collective bargaining agreements covering direct care staff.
1999 c 245 art 10 s 7
(i) do predevelopment or curriculum development for training programs prior to submission for program funding under section 116L.12;
(ii) convert an existing curriculum for distance learning through interactive television or other communication methods; or
(iii) enable a training program to be offered when it would otherwise be canceled due to an enrollment shortfall of one or two students when the program is offered in a health-related field with a documented worker shortage and is part of a training program not exceeding two years in length.
1Sp2001 c 9 art 6 s 5; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113
Grantees must guarantee that small employers, including licensed personal care assistant organizations, be allowed to participate in consortium programs. The financial contribution required from a small employer must be adjusted to reflect the employer's financial circumstances.
1999 c 245 art 10 s 8
The Job Skills Partnership Board may make grants-in-aid for distance-work projects. The purpose of the grants is to promote distance-work projects involving technology in rural areas and may include a consortium of organizations partnering in the development of rural technology industry. Grants may be used to identify and train rural workers in technology, act as a catalyst to bring together employers and rural employees to perform distance work, and provide rural workers with physical connections to telecommunications infrastructure, where necessary, in order to be self-employed or employed from their homes or satellite offices. Grants must be made according to sections 116L.02 and 116L.04, except that:
(1) the business match may include, but is not limited to, office space; additional management or technology staff costs; start-up equipment costs such as telecommunications infrastructure, additional software, or computer upgrades; consulting fees for implementation of distance-work policies or identification and skill assessment of potential employees; and the joint financial contribution of two or more businesses acting as a consortium;
(2) cash or in-kind contributions by partnering organizations may be used as a match;
(3) eligible grantees may be educational or nonprofit educational training organizations; and
(4) with respect to grants serving as a catalyst to bring together employers and rural employees to perform distance work, the match must be at least one-to-two.
The board shall, to the extent there are sufficient applications, make grant awards to as many parts of the state as possible. Subject to the requirement for geographic distribution of grants, preference shall be given to grant applications that provide the most cost-effective training proposals, that provide the best prospects for high-paying jobs with high retention rates, or that are from more economically distressed rural areas or communities.
Grantees must meet reporting and evaluation requirements established by the board.
2000 c 488 art 2 s 7; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 2 s 6; 2008 c 363 art 10 s 14
(a) The commissioner shall make grants to eligible organizations for programs to provide education and training services to targeted youth. The purpose of these programs is to provide specialized training and work experience for targeted youth who have not been served effectively by the current educational system. The programs are to include a work experience component with work projects that result in the rehabilitation, improvement, or construction of (1) residential units for the homeless, or (2) education, social service, or health facilities which are owned by a public agency or a private nonprofit organization.
(4) youth or senior citizen centers; and
(5) community health centers.
1988 c 686 art 3 s 2; 1989 c 328 art 7 s 3; 1992 c 376 art 5 s 1; 1993 c 369 s 82; 2000 c 488 art 2 s 18; 2004 c 206 s 52
A 12-member advisory committee is established as provided under section 15.059 to assist the commissioner in selecting eligible organizations to receive program grants and evaluating the final reports of each organization. Members of the committee may be reimbursed for expenses but may not receive any other compensation for service on the committee. The advisory committee consists of representatives of the commissioners of education, human services, and employment and economic development; a representative of the chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; a representative of the commissioner of the Housing Finance Agency; and seven public members appointed by the governor. Each of the following groups must be represented by a public member experienced in working with targeted youth: labor organizations, local educators, community groups, consumers, local housing developers, youth between the ages of 16 and 24 who have a period of homelessness, and other homeless persons. At least three of the public members must be from outside of the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2. The commissioner may provide staff to the advisory committee to assist it in carrying out its purpose.
1988 c 686 art 3 s 3; 1990 c 375 s 3; 1993 c 132 s 5; 1993 c 369 s 83; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1996 c 339 s 6; 1996 c 395 s 18; 2003 c 130 s 12; 2004 c 206 s 44,52
1988 c 686 art 3 s 4; 1989 c 328 art 7 s 4; 1992 c 376 art 5 s 2; 1993 c 369 s 84-86; 2004 c 206 s 52
1994 c 483 s 1; 1994 c 632 art 4 s 67; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 4 s 30; 2004 c 206 s 52; 2005 c 112 art 2 s 41
(a) Working part time but seeking full-time work; or
(b) Working full time but receiving wages below the greater of:
(1) the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria established by the Department of Employment and Economic Development; or
(2) 70 percent of the lower living standard income level as determined by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.
(a) the program receiving state assistance:
(1) involve residents in the area to be served by the program in the planning and operation of the program; and
(2) involve the business community in the area to be served by the program in its development and operation;
(b) the distribution of assistance among areas within the state be equitable, with priority being given to areas with high unemployment or underemployment;
(c) financial assistance under sections 116L.60 to 116L.64 to any program may not exceed 25 percent of the cost of the program including costs of administration; and
(d) a program receiving financial assistance has adequate internal administrative controls, accounting procedures, personnel standards, evaluation procedures, availability of in-service training and technical assistance programs, and other policies necessary to promote the effective use of state money.
The commissioner may make a distribution in excess of the limit prescribed in clause (c) if the commissioner determines that the excess distribution is necessary to further the objectives of sections 116L.60 and 116L.62.
Education representatives on the local workforce council shall be selected from among individuals nominated by secondary and postsecondary educational institutions within the workforce service area.
(iv) any other agreed upon entity;
1997 c 118 s 1; 1999 c 223 art 2 s 38; 2004 c 206 s 52; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 30; 2007 c 135 art 2 s 16
(a) Unless prohibited by federal law or otherwise determined by state law, a local service unit is responsible for the delivery of employment and training services. As of July 1, 1998, employment and training services may be delivered by certified employment and training service providers.
1Sp1985 c 9 art 2 s 103; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 67; 1987 c 403 art 2 s 143; art 3 s 55-57; 1989 c 282 art 5 s 126; 1990 c 568 art 4 s 74-76; 1993 c 306 s 17; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1997 c 85 art 4 s 31; 1999 c 159 s 123; 2001 c 79 s 5,6; 2004 c 206 s 52
Subdivision 1.Available money.
The commissioner and local service units are not required to provide employment and training services that exceed the levels permitted by available federal, state, and local funds subject to the requirements or limitations of each program.
Subd. 2.Maintenance of effort.
A local service unit shall certify to the commissioner that it has not reduced funds from other federal, state, and county sources which would, in the absence of this section, have been available for employment and training services and child care services and related administrative costs.
1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 68; 2004 c 206 s 52
The commissioner of economic security may enter into arrangements with existing private or nonprofit organizations and agencies with experience in dealing with displaced homemakers to provide counseling and training services. The commissioner shall assist displaced homemakers in applying for appropriate welfare programs and shall take welfare allowances received into account in setting the stipend level. Income received as a stipend under these programs shall be totally disregarded for purposes of determining eligibility for and the amount of a general assistance grant.
1973 c 254; 1977 c 428 s 8; 1977 c 430 s 25; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 75; 1994 c 483 s 1; 2004 c 206 s 52