Improving Employment & Education Opportunities for
CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS
Improving Employment & Education Opportunities for Youth Minneapolis Employment & Training
Minneapolis Employment & Training Overview • A program of the City’s Department of Community Planning and Economic Development. Employment and Training administers workforce programs under the direction of the Mayor, City Council, and Minneapolis Workforce Development Board (MWDB). • City programs under the oversight of the MWDB include services for low-income adults, dislocated workers, and youth. • In Minneapolis, these services are delivered to job-seekers and employers by community-based organizations that are competitively evaluated and selected based on their ability to effectively serve targeted groups and achieve employmentrelated outcomes, including both placement and support for retention in employment. • The annual budget for employment and training programs directly operated by the City averages approximately $10 million; partners leverage several million more dollars for workforce development from foundations and competitive state and federal grants.
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Minneapolis Employment & Training Youth Programs • STEP-UP Program: Prepares Minneapolis youth ages 14-21 for future employment by offering training and paid summer internships at Minneapolis public, private, and nonprofit employers. • Minneapolis Youth Works: Helps Minneapolis youth and young adults ages 14-24 learn academic, life and work skills; identify career paths; and achieve meaningful employment. • BUILD Leaders: Assists 18-24 year old young adults build their employment readiness, develop fundamental job skills, and create healthier cycles and habits through paid training. • PEACE (Pathways to Emergency & Academy Career Experiences): Supports the pathway for students interested in justice and emergency services careers through miniacademies, and mentoring and internships in the field. 3
Minneapolis Employment & Training Youth Investments in 2017
2017 Budget: $4.7 million
2017 STEP-UP Youth Employment Program
2,771 Total Youth Served • 2,016 STEP-UP • 755 Minneapolis Youth Works
• 2,016 Youth Served • 1,653 Youth placed in summer internships • 226 Employer partners
2017 Minneapolis Youth Works Program • • • • •
755 Total Youth Served 271 Youth participated in training Youth completed 424 training activities Youth obtained 230 credentials 135 Youth were placed in jobs
$3.135 Million Total Wages Earned
Key Trends in Youth Program Funding • Increasing investment by Mayor and City Council in targeted projects such as Build Leaders. • Federal resources, although relatively stable over the last decade, with sharp increases during recession, the threat to those funds is constant. Key Year Round Youth Expenditures in 2017 • $1 million in Minneapolis Youth Works • $362,000 continued investment in Build Leaders Project • $500,000 multi-year federal award for PEACE program Key Challenges • Decreasing federal allocation for job seeker programs, with proposed 21% cut to federal investment in workforce development budget. Yet demand for services remains steady and competition for limited resources increasing. • Focus on out-of-school youth cost more than previous federal directive. Key Opportunities • Develop flexible funding for extended/enhanced wrap-around services for participants. • Secure funds to develop a multi-year pilot project that addresses housing and employment for homeless young adults.
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Improving Employment & Education Opportunities for Youth Minneapolis Employment & Training
Minneapolis Employment & Training Overview • A program of the City’s Department of Community Planning and Economic Development. Employment and Training administers workforce programs under the direction of the Mayor, City Council, and Minneapolis Workforce Development Board (MWDB). • City programs under the oversight of the MWDB include services for low-income adults, dislocated workers, and youth. • In Minneapolis, these services are delivered to job-seekers and employers by community-based organizations that are competitively evaluated and selected based on their ability to effectively serve targeted groups and achieve employmentrelated outcomes, including both placement and support for retention in employment. • The annual budget for employment and training programs directly operated by the City averages approximately $10 million; partners leverage several million more dollars for workforce development from foundations and competitive state and federal grants.
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Minneapolis Employment & Training Youth Programs • STEP-UP Program: Prepares Minneapolis youth ages 14-21 for future employment by offering training and paid summer internships at Minneapolis public, private, and nonprofit employers. • Minneapolis Youth Works: Helps Minneapolis youth and young adults ages 14-24 learn academic, life and work skills; identify career paths; and achieve meaningful employment. • BUILD Leaders: Assists 18-24 year old young adults build their employment readiness, develop fundamental job skills, and create healthier cycles and habits through paid training. • PEACE (Pathways to Emergency & Academy Career Experiences): Supports the pathway for students interested in justice and emergency services careers through miniacademies, and mentoring and internships in the field. 3
Minneapolis Employment & Training Youth Investments in 2017
2017 Budget: $4.7 million
2017 STEP-UP Youth Employment Program
2,771 Total Youth Served • 2,016 STEP-UP • 755 Minneapolis Youth Works
• 2,016 Youth Served • 1,653 Youth placed in summer internships • 226 Employer partners
2017 Minneapolis Youth Works Program • • • • •
755 Total Youth Served 271 Youth participated in training Youth completed 424 training activities Youth obtained 230 credentials 135 Youth were placed in jobs
$3.135 Million Total Wages Earned
Key Trends in Youth Program Funding • Increasing investment by Mayor and City Council in targeted projects such as Build Leaders. • Federal resources, although relatively stable over the last decade, with sharp increases during recession, the threat to those funds is constant. Key Year Round Youth Expenditures in 2017 • $1 million in Minneapolis Youth Works • $362,000 continued investment in Build Leaders Project • $500,000 multi-year federal award for PEACE program Key Challenges • Decreasing federal allocation for job seeker programs, with proposed 21% cut to federal investment in workforce development budget. Yet demand for services remains steady and competition for limited resources increasing. • Focus on out-of-school youth cost more than previous federal directive. Key Opportunities • Develop flexible funding for extended/enhanced wrap-around services for participants. • Secure funds to develop a multi-year pilot project that addresses housing and employment for homeless young adults.
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