DEED in the News
Star Tribune - 10/28/19
Almost every business in Minnesota will tell you that our state’s growing workforce shortage is among the biggest challenges they face. But like any crisis, Minnesota’s workforce shortage also provides an opportunity. We’re seeing more businesses search for workers in groups they might not have usually considered. In fact, there’s one group that employers are increasingly hiring from at rates that far outpace the rest of the population: people who live with disabilities.
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Star Tribune - 10/23/19
Duluth’s unemployment rate fell to 2.7% in September, according to state figures released Tuesday, and the three-county region around it had a similarly small share of jobseekers who were out of work.
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HomeTownFocus - 10/25/19
Rapids Brewery opened for business this summer in a core downtown building that was once home to the Rialto Theater and abandoned in the 1980s.
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Updates From DEED
DEED has awarded 18 grants totaling $787,200 in SFY 2020 to fund support services for youth, and three grants totaling $172,800 in SFY 2020 to fund support services for adults.
The Minnesota Public Facilities Authority today announced more than $9.5 million in awards for four Minnesota cities. Clear Lake, Frazee, Montrose and Waverly will all receive funding for water infrastructure projects.
10 organizations have received grants under the Higher Education Career Advisor Project (HECAP) for a total of $237,500. s.
DEED has awarded a $1.3 million funding appropriation for East African Community Economic Development and Workforce programs to provide Minnesota’s young East African community members with workforce development training opportunities during the 2020-2021 state fiscal year.
DEED has awarded 10 grants totaling $1,425,000 under the Women’s Economic Security Act (WESA) Competitive Grants program.
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