1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to Northside 
1.3 	Funders Group for the North@Work program.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; NORTH@WORK.
 1.6 	$750,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $750,000 in fiscal year 2017 are appropriated from 
1.7 	the general fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for a 
1.8 	grant to Northside Funders Group for the North@Work program, a strategic intervention 
1.9 	program designed to target and connect program participants to meaningful, sustainable 
1.10 	living-wage employment. By February 1, 2018, the Northside Funders Group shall report 
1.11 	to the commissioner and the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative 
1.12 	committees having jurisdiction over economic development policy and finance on 
1.13 	expenditures and testing, training, and placement outcomes.

1.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.