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MN Stat § 116L.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 116J - 116O — Economic Development And Planning|Chapter 116L — Workforce Development|Section 116L.01 — Definitions.

116L.01 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 116L.01 to 116L.17, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Partnership. "Partnership" means the Minnesota Job Skills Partnership created by section 116L.02. Subd. 3. Board. "Board" means the partnership board created by section 116L.03. Subd. 4. Workforce development intermediaries. "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 development area. History:  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; 2016 c 129 s 2
MN Stat § 116L.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 116J - 116O — Economic Development And Planning|Chapter 116L — Workforce Development|Section 116L.02 — Job Skills Partnership Program.

116L.02 JOB SKILLS PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. (a) The Minnesota Job Skills Partnership program is created to act as a catalyst to bring together employers with specific training needs with educational or other nonprofit institutions which can design programs to fill those needs. The partnership shall work closely with employers to prepare, train and place prospective or incumbent workers in identifiable positions as well as assisting educational or other nonprofit institutions in developing training programs that coincide with current and future employer requirements. The partnership shall provide grants to educational or other nonprofit institutions for the purpose of training workers. A participating business must match the grant-in-aid made by the Minnesota Job Skills Partnership. The match may be in the form of funding, equipment, or faculty. (b) 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. History:  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; 2014 c 271 art 2 s 4
MN Stat § 116L.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 116J - 116O — Economic Development And Planning|Chapter 116L — Workforce Development|Section 116L.05 — Funding.

116L.05 FUNDING. Subdivision 1. Federal job training funds. The board may use federal job training program moneys and is authorized to receive those funds. Subd. 2. Grants, gifts. The board may accept gifts and grants of any type from any source. Subd. 3. Use of funds. The Job Skills Partnership Board may use up to six percent of any funds it receives, regardless of the source, for activities authorized under section 116L.04, subdivision 2. The board may also use a portion of these funds to collect and disseminate information on the activities under section 116L.04, subdivision 2. The board must plan for the statewide dissemination of the results, curriculum, and supporting materials of these grant-funded projects. Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 124] Subd. 5. Use of workforce development funds. After March 1 of any fiscal year, the board may use workforce development funds for the purposes outlined in sections 116L.02 and 116L.04, or to provide incumbent worker training services under section 116L.18 if the following conditions have been met: (1) the board examines relevant economic indicators, including the projected number of layoffs for the remainder of the fiscal year and the next fiscal year, evidence of declining and expanding industries, the number of initial applications for and the number of exhaustions of unemployment benefits, job vacancy data, and any additional relevant information brought to the board's attention; (2) the board accounts for all allocations made in section 116L.17, subdivision 2; (3) based on the past expenditures and projected revenue, the board estimates future funding needs for services under section 116L.17 for the remainder of the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year; (4) the board determines there will be unspent funds after meeting the needs of dislocated workers in the current fiscal year and there will be sufficient revenue to meet the needs of dislocated workers in the next fiscal year; and (5) the board reports its findings in clauses (1) to (4) to the chairs of legislative committees with jurisdiction over the workforce development fund, to the commissioners of revenue and management and budget, and to the public. History:  1983 c 334 s 5,7; 1987 c 384 art 3 s 27; 1987 c 386 art 10 s 8; 1987 c 401 s 36; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 270; 1993 c 363 s 3; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 2 s 5; 2004 c 257 s 2; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 26; 2008 c 363 art 10 s 12,13; 2009 c 78 art 2 s 22; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2014 c 271 art 2 s 5
MN Stat § 116L.146 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 116J - 116O — Economic Development And Planning|Chapter 116L — Workforce Development|Section 116L.146 — Expedited Grant Process.

116L.146 EXPEDITED GRANT PROCESS. (a) The board may authorize grants not to exceed $50,000 each through an expedited grant approval process to: (1) eligible employers to provide training programs for up to 50 workers; or (2) a public or private institution of higher education to: (i) convert an existing curriculum for distance learning through interactive television or other communication methods; or (ii) 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. (b) The board shall develop application procedures and evaluation policies for grants made under this section. History:  1Sp2001 c 9 art 6 s 5; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 12
MN Stat § 116L.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 116J - 116O — Economic Development And Planning|Chapter 116L — Workforce Development|Section 116L.18 — Special Incumbent Worker Training Grants.

116L.18 SPECIAL INCUMBENT WORKER TRAINING GRANTS. Subdivision 1. Purpose. The purpose of the special incumbent worker training grants is to expand opportunities for businesses and workers to gain new skills that are in demand in the Minnesota economy. The board shall establish criteria for incumbent worker grants under this section and may encourage creative training models, innovative partnerships, and expansion or replication of promising practices. Subd. 2. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them. (b) "Incumbent worker" means an individual employed by a qualifying employer. (c) "Qualifying employer" means a for-profit business or nonprofit organization in Minnesota with at least one full-time paid employee. Public sector organizations are not considered qualifying employers. (d) "Eligible organization" has the meaning given in section 116L.17. Subd. 3. Amount of grants. A grant to an eligible organization may not exceed $400,000. Subd. 4. Matching funds. The board shall require matching funds from qualifying employers in the form of funding, equipment, or faculty. Subd. 5. Use of funds. Eligible organizations shall use funds granted under this section for direct training services to provide a measurable increase in the job-related skills of participating incumbent workers. Eligible organizations may also provide basic assessment, counseling, and preemployment training services requested by the qualifying employer. No funds may be used for support services as described in section 116L.17, subdivision 4, clause (2). Subd. 6. Performance outcome measures. The board and the commissioner of employment and economic development shall jointly develop performance outcome measures and standards for this program. The commissioner and board shall consult with eligible organizations in establishing standards. Measures at a minimum must include posttraining retention, promotion, and wage increase. The board and commissioner shall provide a report to the legislature by March 1 of each year on the previous fiscal year's program performance. Eligible organizations must provide performance data in a timely manner for the completion of this report. History:   1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 27
MN Stat § 116L.191 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 116J - 116O — Economic Development And Planning|Chapter 116L — Workforce Development|Section 116L.191 — Workforce Center; Credential Assistance.

116L.191 WORKFORCE CENTER; CREDENTIAL ASSISTANCE. (a) The commissioner shall provide at local workforce centers services that assist individuals in identifying and obtaining industry-recognized credentials for jobs, particularly jobs in high demand. The workforce centers must consult and cooperate with training institutions, particularly postsecondary institutions, to identify credential programs to individuals. (b) Each workforce center shall provide information under section 116J.4011, paragraph (b), clause (3), linked as a shortcut from the desktop of each workforce center computer and available in hard copy. Prominent signs should be posted in workforce centers directing individuals to where they can find a list of top job vacancies and related credential information. History:   2013 c 85 art 3 s 15
MN Stat § 116L.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 116J - 116O — Economic Development And Planning|Chapter 116L — Workforce Development|Section 116L.20 — Workforce Development Fund.

116L.20 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUND. Subdivision 1. Determination and collection of special assessment. (a) In addition to amounts due from an employer under the Minnesota unemployment insurance program, each employer, except an employer making reimbursements is liable for a special assessment levied at the rate of .10 percent per year on all taxable wages, as defined in section 268.035, subdivision 24, except that effective July 1, 2009, until June 30, 2011, the special assessment shall be levied at a rate of .12 percent per year on all taxable wages as defined in section 268.035, subdivision 24. The assessment shall become due and be paid by each employer on the same schedule and in the same manner as other amounts due from an employer under section 268.051, subdivision 1. (b) The special assessment levied under this section shall be subject to the same requirements and collection procedures as any amounts due from an employer under the Minnesota unemployment insurance program. Subd. 2. Disbursement of special assessment funds. (a) The money collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the workforce development fund to provide for employment and training programs. The workforce development fund is created as a special account in the state treasury. (b) All money in the fund not otherwise appropriated or transferred is appropriated to the Job Skills Partnership Board for the purposes of section 116L.17 and as provided for in paragraph (d). The board must act as the fiscal agent for the money and must disburse that money for the purposes of section 116L.17, not allowing the money to be used for any other obligation of the state. All money in the workforce development fund shall be deposited, administered, and disbursed in the same manner and under the same conditions and requirements as are provided by law for the other special accounts in the state treasury, except that all interest or net income resulting from the investment or deposit of money in the fund shall accrue to the fund for the purposes of the fund. (c) Reimbursement for costs related to collection of the special assessment shall be in an amount negotiated between the commissioner and the United States Department of Labor. (d) If the board determines that the conditions of section 116L.05, subdivision 5, have been met, the board may use funds for the purposes outlined in section 116L.04, or to provide incumbent worker training services under section 116L.18. History:  1990 c 568 art 6 s 1,4; 1990 c 612 s 17; 1991 c 292 art 3 s 33,41; 1993 c 369 s 78,79; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1997 c 66 s 2,80; 1999 c 223 art 3 s 3; 2001 c 7 s 53; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 2 s 22; 1Sp2003 c 3 art 2 s 20; 2004 c 183 s 86; 2004 c 206 s 42,52; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 28,29; 2007 c 135 art 2 s 15; 2008 c 363 art 10 s 16; 2009 c 78 art 2 s 23; 2014 c 271 art 2 s 6
MN Stat § 116L.35 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 116J - 116O — Economic Development And Planning|Chapter 116L — Workforce Development|Section 116L.35 — Inventory Of Economic Development Programs.

116L.35 INVENTORY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. (a) By January 15, 2020, and by January 15 of each even-numbered year thereafter, the commissioner of employment and economic development must submit a report to the chairs of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over economic development that provides an inventory of all economic development programs, including any workforce development programs, either provided by or overseen by any agency of the state of Minnesota. (b) Programs related to economic development that must be included in the report include those that: (1) receive federal funds or state funds; (2) provide assistance to either businesses or individuals; or (3) support internships, apprenticeships, career and technical education, or any form of employment training. (c) For each economic development program, the report must include, at a minimum, the following information: (1) details of program costs; (2) the number of staff, both within the department and any outside organization; (3) the number of program participants; (4) the demographic information including, but not limited to, race, age, gender, and income of program participants; (5) a list of any and all subgrantees receiving funds from the program, as well as the amount of funding received; (6) information about other sources of funding including other public or private funding or in-kind donations; (7) evidence that: (i) the organization administering a program; (ii) a business receiving a loan for a new or expanded business from a program; or (iii) a subgrantee of a program is in good standing with the Minnesota Secretary of State and the Minnesota Department of Revenue; (8) a short description of what each program does; and (9) to the extent practical, quantifiable measures of program success. (d) In addition to the information required under paragraph (c), a program related to economic development under paragraph (b) that requests an increase in state funding over the previous biennium must provide the following: (1) detailed information regarding the need for increased funds; and (2) the planned uses of the increased funds. History:   1Sp2019 c 7 art 2 s 2
MN Stat § 116L.361 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 116J - 116O — Economic Development And Planning|Chapter 116L — Workforce Development|Section 116L.361 — Definitions.

116L.361 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Terms. For the purposes of sections 116L.361 to 116L.366, the following terms have the meanings given them. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2014 c 271 art 2 s 9; 2014 c 286 art 5 s 5] Subd. 3. Eligible organization. "Eligible organization" means a public agency or a nonprofit organization that can demonstrate an ability to implement a program for education and training services provided to targeted youth. Eligible organizations may include local jurisdictions, public school districts, private nonsectarian schools, postsecondary educational institutes, alternative schools, community groups, and labor organizations. Subd. 4. Program. "Program" means the services and activities performed or contracted for by an eligible organization for which a grant has been received or for which a grant application has been submitted to the commissioner. Subd. 5. Homeless individual. "Homeless individual" or "homeless person" means: (1) an individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; and (2) an individual who has a primary nighttime residence that is: (i) a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter or dwelling designed to provide temporary living accommodations; (ii) an institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; or (iii) a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for humans. The term "homeless individual" does not include any individual imprisoned or otherwise detained under federal or state law. Subd. 6. Targeted youth. "Targeted youth" means at-risk persons who are at least 16 years of age but not older than 24 years of age, are eligible for the high school graduation incentive program under section 124D.68, subdivision 2, or are economically disadvantaged as defined in United States Code, title 29, section 1503, and are part of one of the following groups: (1) persons who are not attending any school and have not received a secondary school diploma or its equivalent; or (2) persons currently enrolled in a traditional or alternative school setting or a commissioner of education-selected high school equivalency program and who, in the opinion of an official of the school, are in danger of dropping out of the school. Subd. 7. Very low income. "Very low income" means incomes that are at or less than 50 percent of the area median income, adjusted for family size, as estimated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. History:  1988 c 686 art 3 s 1; 1989 c 328 art 7 s 1,2; 1991 c 345 art 2 s 47; 1993 c 369 s 80,81; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 107; 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3; 2004 c 206 s 52; 1Sp2017 c 5 art 10 s 7
MN Stat § 116L.362 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 116J - 116O — Economic Development And Planning|Chapter 116L — Workforce Development|Section 116L.362 — Grants.

116L.362 GRANTS. Subdivision 1. Generally. (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; (2) improvements to the energy efficiency and environmental health of residential units and other green jobs purposes; (3) facilities to support community garden projects; or (4) education, social service, or health facilities which are owned by a public agency or a private nonprofit organization. (b) Eligible facilities must principally provide services to homeless or very low income individuals and families, and include the following: (1) Head Start or day care centers; (2) homeless, battered women, or other shelters; (3) transitional housing; (4) youth or senior citizen centers; (5) community health centers; and (6) community garden facilities. Two or more eligible organizations may jointly apply for a grant. The commissioner shall administer the grant program. Subd. 2. Grant applications; awards. Interested eligible organizations must apply to the commissioner for the grants. The advisory committee must review the applications and provide to the commissioner a list of recommended eligible organizations that the advisory committee determines meet the requirements for receiving a grant. The total grant award for any program may not exceed $150,000 per year. In awarding grants, the advisory committee and the commissioner must give priority to: (1) continuing and expanding effective programs by providing grant money to organizations that are operating or have operated a successful program that meets the program purposes under section 116L.364; and (2) distributing programs throughout the state through start-up grants for programs in areas that are not served by an existing program. To receive a grant under this section, the eligible organization must match the grant money with at least an equal amount of nonstate money. The commissioner must verify that the eligible organization has matched the grant money. Nothing in this subdivision shall prevent an eligible organization from applying for and receiving grants for more than one program. A grant received by an eligible organization from the federal Youthbuild Project under United States Code, title 42, section 5091, is nonstate money and may be used to meet the state match requirement. State grant money awarded under this section may be used by grantee organizations for match requirements of a federal Youthbuild Project. History:  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; 2009 c 78 art 2 s 24
MN Stat § 116L.3625 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 116J - 116O — Economic Development And Planning|Chapter 116L — Workforce Development|Section 116L.3625 — Administrative Costs.

116L.3625 ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. The commissioner may use up to five percent of the biennial appropriation for Youthbuild from the general fund to pay costs incurred by the department in administering Youthbuild during the biennium. History:  1997 c 200 art 1 s 65; 2004 c 206 s 52
MN Stat § 116L.365 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 116J - 116O — Economic Development And Planning|Chapter 116L — Workforce Development|Section 116L.365 — Housing For Homeless.

116L.365 HOUSING FOR HOMELESS. Subdivision 1. Priority for housing. Any residential or transitional housing units that become available through a work project that is part of the program described in section 116L.364 must be allocated in the following order: (1) homeless targeted youth who have participated in constructing, rehabilitating, or improving the unit; (2) homeless families with at least one dependent; (3) other homeless individuals; (4) other very low income families and individuals; and (5) families or individuals that receive public assistance and that do not qualify in any other priority group. Subd. 2. Acquisition of housing units. The eligible organization receiving a grant under section 116L.362 shall acquire property or buildings for the construction or rehabilitation of residential units at the lowest possible cost. Possible sources of property and funding include the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, Farmers Home Administration, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, and the local housing authority. Subd. 3. Management of residential units. The program must address how to manage these residential units, including the source of financing for the maintenance costs of the buildings. Any management plan must include the participation of the residents and local established neighborhood groups. History:  1988 c 686 art 3 s 5; 1989 c 328 art 7 s 5; 1992 c 376 art 5 s 3; 1993 c 369 s 87; 2004 c 206 s 52