1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to workforce development; appropriating money for job skills training for
1.3 recently released inmates; requiring reports.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
1.6 (a) $850,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $850,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from
1.7the workforce development fund to the commissioner of employment and economic
1.8development for a grant to Better Futures Minnesota to provide job skills training to
1.9individuals who have been released from incarceration for a felony-level offense and are
1.10no more than 12 months from the date of release.
1.11 (b) Better Futures Minnesota shall annually report to the commissioner on how the
1.12money was spent and what results were achieved. The report must include, at a minimum,
1.13information and data about the number of participants; participant homelessness, employment,
1.14recidivism, and child support compliance; and job skills training provided to program
1.15participants.
1Section 1.
25-03168 as introduced02/10/25 REVISOR SS/BM
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 1808NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: MOHAMED and Clark)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading02/24/2025
Referred to Jobs and Economic Development