Request for Committee Action
A briefing memo explaining the purpose, background, and impact of the requested action.
Minneapolis Pathways Agreements (RCA-2022-00013)
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
To Committee(s)
| # | Committee Name | Meeting Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Business, Inspections, Housing & Zoning Committee | January 18, 2022 |
Action Item(s)
| # | File Type | Subcategory | Item Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Action | Contract/Agreement | Authorizing agreements funding community-based workforce development activities that assist employers to recruit, train, and prepare Minneapolis residents to fill in-demand positions in their business: Project for Pride in Living for up to $150,000; HIRED for up to $150,000; American Indian OIC for up to $90,000; and EMERGE Community Development for up to $150,000. |
Ward / Neighborhood / Address
| # | Ward | Neighborhood | Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Not Applicable |
Background Analysis
Minneapolis Pathways supports workforce development strategies to develop career pathways in high-demand industry sectors for unemployed and underemployed Minneapolis residents. This sector pathways model of workforce development seeks to reduce racial disparities in income and employment by preparing job seekers to become fully qualified for high-demand, entry-level positions leading to career advancement.
Minneapolis Pathways solicits competitive proposals on a rolling basis to assist employers with recruiting, training, and/or preparing unemployed or underemployed Minneapolis residents with the skills needed to fill positions in their businesses. Eligible lead applicants are organizations on the City of Minneapolis' Eligible Providers List for Employment and Training Services. Applicants must have established partnerships with employers that have identified in-demand career pathways, and they must be able to provide Minneapolis job seekers with clear, modular training curricula that lead to industry-endorsed credits or credentials and provide multiple entry points to family-sustaining careers in the metropolitan region's targeted industry sectors. The competitive process requires eligible applicants to complete a Letter of Interest that describes the project's scope, timeline, expected outcomes, and budget. Letters of Interest may be submitted at any time. Eligible applicants that demonstrate employer partnerships and in-demand pathways are invited to develop complete project proposals that are evaluated based on the following criteria:
- Engages business in the identification, development, and support of career pathways
- Achieves measurable outcomes by organizing education, career counseling, supportive services around the needs of target populations
- Clear and coordinated pathways that provide participants with visual roadmaps or templates depicting on-ramps, transitions, and off-ramps
- Contextualized and modular curriculum that provides multiple entry points to family-sustaining careers in regional industry sectors
- Accelerated training that integrates basics skills and work-readiness training with occupational skills
- Industry endorsed training that leads to credits, credentials, or placement
Recommended for Funding
The chart below lists the organizations, project summaries, and amounts:
|
Organization |
Maximum Award |
Project Summary |
|
Project for Pride in Living |
$150,000 |
PPL to provide five cohorts of career training for the in-demand industries of healthcare and building maintenance. The trainings are existing and include: Healthcare+, Healthcare Clerical, and Building Operations Technician |
|
HIRED |
$150,000 |
To meet increased employer demand for employees with durable, digital, and transferrable skills, Hired’s successful Medical Call Center training model will be enhanced with Microsoft Office Specialist, Mental Health First Aid, and deepened Medical Terminology certifications. In response to our participant’s need for a hybrid training model with learner engagement as focus, an instructor will be added to the 120-hour, six-week training and individualized onboarding, placement, and retention services. |
|
American Indian OIC |
$90,000 |
American Indian OIC (AIOIC) will use funds from the Minneapolis Pathways program to support the training and job placement of 35 Minneapolis residents into careers in the healthcare and construction and logistics fields. Four training pathways will be offered and participants will be provided with individualized career counseling to help them secure employment in their field once they graduate. |
|
EMERGE Community Development |
$150,000 |
Provide Commercial Driving training January 2022 – December 2023 leading to a CDL credential to Minneapolis residents, leading to a CDL credential and 80% of trainees obtaining employment with average starting wage over $18/hour. The project will work primarily with the Cedar-Riverside East African community and with Mayle Trans Trucking School, an African immigrant owned training partner that is culturally responsive to New Americans and the East African community. Mayle Trans has an 90% credentialing rate with that community and an 80% rate overall. |
| TOTAL | $540,000 |