| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to workforce development; requiring a report; appropriating money for a |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 grant to the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office for a child care pilot program to |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 assist with retention of law enforcement and first responders. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; WOMENVENTURE. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 (a) $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the workforce development fund |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8to the commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to the Hennepin |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9County Sheriff's Office for a pilot program with WomenVenture to recruit a cohort of child |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10care providers to provide services for the minor children of law enforcement and other first |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11responders that will accommodate shift work and abnormal work hours and enhance |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12employee recruitment and retention. Grant money may be used to provide technical support, |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13loan accessibility, business plan development, geographic needs assessment, and start-up |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14and training cost subsidies to cohort providers, as well as to fund scholarships for |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15participating families. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2027. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (b) By December 1, 2027, the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office must submit a report |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17to the chairs and raking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18over child care, public safety, and employment and economic development. The report must |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19include a summary of the uses of the appropriation and recommendations to implement |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20future child care programs to enhance recruitment and retention for law enforcement and |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21other first responders. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | REVISOR SS/ES 25-0516403/21/25 |
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| 24 | 24 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 26 | 26 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 27 | 27 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 28 | 28 | | H. F. No. 2994 |
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| 29 | 29 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 30 | 30 | | Authored by Kotyza-Witthuhn, Witte, Nelson, Nadeau, Rehrauer and others04/01/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy |
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