1997 Minnesota Statutes

     268.9782 Dislocation event services grants. 

    Subdivision 1.    Dislocation event services grants.  
 The commissioner shall establish and fund dislocation event 
 services grants designed to provide worker adjustment services 
 to workers displaced as a result of larger plant closings and 
 substantial layoffs.  Grantees shall apply for a dislocation 
 event services grant by submitting a proposal to the 
 commissioner in a form and manner prescribed by the 
 commissioner.  The application must describe the demonstrated 
 need for intervention, including the need for retraining, the 
 workers to be served, the coordination of available local 
 resources, the services to be provided, and the budget plan. 

    Subd. 2.    Grantees.  (a) Entities authorized to submit 
 dislocation event services grants include substate grantees and 
 other eligible organizations.  Nonsubstate grantees shall 
 demonstrate they meet criteria established by the commissioner, 
 in consultation with the workforce development council.  The 
 criteria include, but are not limited to: 

    (1) the capacity to deliver worker adjustment services; 

    (2) an ability to coordinate its activities with substate 
 grantees in whose geographic area the organization will be 
 operating; 

    (3) the capability to coordinate delivery of worker 
 adjustment services with other appropriate programs and 
 agencies, including educational institutions, employment 
 service, human service agencies, and economic development 
 agencies; and 

    (4) sufficient administrative controls to ensure fiscal 
 accountability. 

    (b) For purposes of this section, the state job service may 
 apply directly to the commissioner for a dislocation event 
 services grant only if the effect of a plant closing or 
 substantial layoff is statewide or results in the termination 
 from employment of employees of the state of Minnesota. 

    Subd. 3.    Coverage.  Persons who may receive worker 
 adjustment services under this section are limited to dislocated 
 workers affected by plant closings and substantial layoffs 
 involving at least 50 workers from a single employer. 

    Subd. 4.    Funding.  The commissioner, in consultation 
 with the workforce development council, may establish an 
 emergency funding process for dislocation event services 
 grants.  No more than 20 percent of the estimated budget of the 
 proposed grant may be awarded through this procedure.  The 
 grantee shall submit a formal dislocation event services grant 
 application within 90 days of the initial award of emergency 
 funding. 

    HIST: 1993 c 369 s 106; 1995 c 131 s 2; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 4 s 30