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On November 27, the City of Minneapolis Employment and Training and the Minneapolis Workforce Development Board presented awards to two agencies that have provided outstanding employment services to Minneapolis adults and youth in 2018. The ceremony took place in Minneapolis City Council Chambers during the Economic Development & Regulatory Services Committee meeting.
 Adult Program Award Winner – Minneapolis Urban League. (Pictured L-R) Laura Beeth, La'Vesha Davis, Deborah Young, Deb Bahr-Helgen, Barb Doyle, Hilary Thomas, Norma Miller, Nicholas Jaeger, Steve Belton
Minneapolis Urban League (MUL) was recognized as the 2018 Adult Partner of the Year. MUL has a long history and footprint in North Minneapolis and has been a community partner with the City of Minneapolis Employment and Training for many years. Targeting their services to a population that has some of the most challenging barriers to employment and offering a wide variety of training and support to prepare participants for employment and job retention, MUL provided exceptional service to Minneapolis Adults in 2018.
 Youth Program Award Winner – Project for Pride in Living. (Pictured L-R) Key Rose, Jayson Lumbar, Deb Bahr-Helgen, Laura Beeth, Paul Williams, Sonny McCoy, Kristy Snyder, Angie Willardson, Lindsay Kruh, Anna Peterson, Robyn Hanson, Amy Anlauf, David Reed
Project for Pride in Living (PPL) was recognized as the 2018 Youth Partner of the Year. Over the past year, the Step Up team has collaborated closely with PPL to realign the Step Up work readiness training curriculum to correspond with the Minneapolis Public School (MPS) Career Readiness Seminar course. This pioneering approach allows Step Up interns the option to earn high school credits for their work experiences in any job – Step Up or otherwise – once they earn this prerequisite credit. PPL was vital to the success of the program’s curriculum alignment with the MPS career readiness seminar. This inaugural year was extremely successful, and Step Up plans to build on this for 2019 including differentiated curriculum and the opportunity for interns to earn work experience credits.
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Step Up connects Minneapolis youth ages 14-21 with training and paid internships at over 200 top local employers. We help organizations diversify their workforce and build a strong base of young, skilled workers for the entire region. As one of the country's leading youth employment programs, Step Up recruits, trains and places nearly 1,600 young people in paid internships. Youth have until February 10 to apply.
If you’re an employer and are interested in hiring a Step Up intern, pledge here.
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Laura Beeth, Chair of the Minneapolis Workforce Development Board, was honored to receive the Partner of the Year Award from Saint Paul College.The 2018 Friends of Saint Paul College Scholarship Gala was held on December 6, 2018. This event honored Laura Beeth as the Community Partner of the Year,
video tribute
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The Minneapolis Pathways Fund was created to support innovative, employer-led projects that provide talent solutions for business and career opportunities for job seekers.
The fund operates on a quarterly application cycle to be more responsive to employers and work-force partners. Along with being a more timely funding model, our workforce team also offers technical assistance and support to help partners with innovative ideas design projects that meet the needs of employers and job seekers alike.
The fund is available to launch new career pathways and to fill gaps or scale existing pathways that are already are showing successful outcomes. Up to $250,000 is available for new projects and up to $75,000 for existing pathways.
To date, three projects are underway.
1. Goodwill Easter Seals is expanding their existing automotive training program to Minneapolis residents and businesses.
2. AccessAbility is launching a fork-lift and warehouse a training that prepares candidates for careers with transportation and logistics companies in Minneapolis.
3. Project for Pride in Living (PPL) is developing a modular on-ramp program to prepare residents in their affordable housing units for Career Pathways programs.
For more information contact michael.slezak@minneapolismn.gov
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Unemployment Rate in Minnesota Remains at 2.8 Percent For the third consecutive month, Minnesota’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 2.8 percent in November, according to data released by the DEED. Minnesota’s unemployment is still less than the national rate of 3.7 percent.
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Measuring Employment Want to understand the ups and downs of Minnesota’s employment? Then get to know two employment estimates DEED publishes each month: The household survey and the payroll survey.
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Filling the Medical Lab Pipeline Lack of awareness about medical lab professionals and what they do is one reason for the worker shortage, particularly in Minnesota’s rural areas.
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Minneapolis Workforce Development Board Meeting
Date: Tuesday January 15, 2019
Time: 8:00 am to 9:30 a.m.
Location: 800 West Broadway
Minneapolis, MN 55411
Community Room 239, Second Floor
Guest Parking: Parking lot at the Hawthorne Crossings Mall area located at Bryant Avenue North and West Broadway Avenue.
Map and Directions >> here
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