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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Carolyn
Marinan, Communications, 612-348-5969
The board approved contracts that provide jobs for people on probation, voted to accept funding to help people with serious mental and chemical health challenges re-enter the workforce and more.
Probationers will gain job skills working on library,
parks construction projects
The board approved two construction contracts that provide jobs and training for people on probation, through the county's Productive Day program.
At least 15 participants will work with Noor Companies on refurbishments at Hennepin County Library – Hosmer in south Minneapolis. Noor Construction previously worked with a Productive Day crew on the new Estes Funeral Chapel in North Minneapolis.
Three Rivers Park District will also work with a crew on various projects through 2018, beginning with a wooden bridge project at Elm Creek Park Reserve in Maple Grove.
Read
more about the Noor Construction contract.
Read
more about the Three Rivers Park District contract.
Learn
more about the Productive Day program.
Funding
will help people with serious mental and chemical health challenges re-enter
the workforce
The board voted to accept renewed state grant funding for the Vocational Services program, which helps people with serious mental and/or chemical health challenges re-enter the workforce. Participants work with the program at all stages of the employment process – from preparing for and finding a job to maintaining and advancing in a career.
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more about this action.
Board
recognizes American Legion Week in Hennepin County
The board declared August 24 - 30 American Legion Week in Hennepin County. The organization will host its national conference in Minneapolis that same week.
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more about this action.
Board appoints citizen advisory board members
The board appointed the following candidates:
Current and archival board meetings, agendas and minutes are available at hennepin.us/boardmeetings.
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