as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 02/01/2021 03:18pm
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Introduction | Posted on 02/01/2021 |
A bill for an act
relating to workforce development; appropriating money for job skills training for
recently released inmates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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(a) $425,000 in fiscal year 2022 and $425,000 in fiscal year 2023 are appropriated from
the workforce development fund to the commissioner of employment and economic
development for a grant to Better Futures Minnesota to provide job skills training to
individuals who have been released from incarceration for a felony-level offense and are
no more than 12 months from the date of release.
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(b) Better Futures Minnesota shall annually report to the commissioner on how the
money was spent and what results were achieved. The report must include, at a minimum,
information and data about the number of participants; participant homelessness, employment,
recidivism, and child support compliance; and job skills training provided to program
participants.
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