Minnesota Pipeline Program Dual Training Grants

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Pipeline Program Dual Training Grants provide funding for employers in Minnesota to cover the costs of degree, certificate, and/or recognized credential programs for their permanent employees who are seeking training in high-need industries and occupations.

Funded dual training programs must:

• Involve student/employees who are employed and physically work at a permanent work location within Minnesota
• Meet competency standards through means of on-the-job training by the employer and related instruction by a qualified training provider
• Be instructor-led for a majority of the training period
• Result in student/employee earning an industry-recognized degree, certificate, or credential upon successful completion of the dual training program

Eligible occupation training programs in the healthcare services industry include:

• Biomedical Equipment Technician
• Certified nursing assistant
• Chemical dependency and addiction technician
• Community health worker
• Community paramedic
• Critical care nurse
• Dental assistant
• Dental hygienist
• Dental therapist
• Dentist
• Electronic health records specialist
• Emergency medical technician (EMT) to paramedic pathway
• Emergency room nurse
• Health support specialist
• Healthcare social worker
• Histology technician/technologist
• Licensed alcohol and drug counselor
• Licensed independent clinical social worker
• Licensed marriage and family therapist
• Licensed practical nurse
• Licensed professional clinical counselor
• Long-term care facility culinary manager
• Massage therapist
• Medical assistant
• Medical laboratory assistant
• Medical laboratory scientist
• Medical laboratory technician
• Nurse practitioner
• Occupational therapist
• Occupational therapy assistant
• Ophthalmic technician
• Orthotic and prosthetic technician
• Pharmacy technician
• Phlebotomist
• Physical therapy assistant
• Positive support analyst
• Positive support specialist
• Psychiatric/mental health technician inpatient or outpatient
• Radiologic technologist
• Registered nurse
• Respiratory therapist
• Sonographer
• Sterile processing technician
• Surgical technologist
• Wound, ostomy, and continence nurse (WOC)

Other eligible industries include:

• Advanced manufacturing
• Agriculture
• Child care
• Information technology
• Transportation

Per statute, Dual Training Grant funds are required to be disbursed proportionally throughout the state of Minnesota. Many rural businesses have applied for and been awarded funds.

Eligible organizations include business entities; nonprofit organizations; county, city, town governments, or other political subdivisions; Minnesota state colleges and universities; school districts; state agencies; and Tribal sovereign nations.

Applicants must:

• Have or will have a dual-training program which meets occupational competency standards through means of related instruction provided by an eligible training provider and on-the-job training by the employer
• Have a partnership with an eligible related instruction training provider and upon award, will enter into an agreement with the provider to deliver related instruction as part of a dual-training program
• Be in good standing with all prior and current State of Minnesota grant programs

Priority is given to previous grantees with continuing dual-trainee populations as a means to support the completion of eligible degrees, certificates, and credentials.

Award ceiling: $165,000 per applicant and $6,000 per student/employee
Estimated number of awards: 80
Estimated total program funding: $5,000,000

If annual gross revenue exceeded $25,000,000 in the previous calendar year, 25% of related instruction costs must be covered by the grantee.

Links to additional guidance, application instructions, and the online application are available on the program website.

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