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Read. Follow. Verify.Minnesota allocates $2 million in fiscal year 2026 for Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center workforce programs
Last action · March 3, 2025: Author added HortmanSponsors: Samantha Vang and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Minnesota appropriates $2 million in 2026 from the to the Department of Employment and Economic Development for a grant to expand local workforce programs in Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center. The funds target programs serving primarily underrepresented populations, including Brooklynk, Career Pathways, Youth Entrepreneurship, and Community Partnership, and remain available until June 30, 2028.
Local workforce agencies and community groups receive $2 million in state funding to scale up employment and entrepreneurship training initiatives for underrepresented residents through mid-2028.
Who It Would Have Affected
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city of Brooklyn Park
Receives the state grant to expand local workforce programs.
city of Brooklyn Center
Participates in the expanded workforce development programming funded by the grant.
underrepresented populations
Target demographic for the supported employment and entrepreneurship programs.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
2 actions- Mar 3, 2025HouseAuthor added Hortman
- Feb 13, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduction and first reading, referred to Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
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State Grant Allocation for Twin Cities Suburbs
State workforce development funds are channeled through the Department of Employment and Economic Development to directly support cooperative municipal programming between Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center.
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www.revisor.mn.gov
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0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
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