(The Heart Sq.) – The Minnesota Division of Employment and Financial Growth introduced Thursday seven organizations will obtain grants to assist fill well being care jobs with internationally skilled well being care employees.
Within the fourth quarter of 2021, there have been a record-setting greater than 52,000 well being care and social help job vacancies in Minnesota, a DEED information launch mentioned. Well being care is the Minnesota’s largest trade; the trade’s job vacancies account for about 25% of the state’s job vacancies, the discharge mentioned.
Over two years, seven organizations will obtain grants to assist internationally skilled well being care professionals achieve licensure. The employees earn skilled licenses required to do comparable work in Minnesota.
Worldwide Institute of Minnesota acquired the utmost award: $400,000.
The next organizations additionally acquired grants:
- CAPI, $339,175.
- Somali Medical Affiliation of America, $293,698.
- World Fatherhood Basis, $293,697.
- Employed, $254,245.
- Workforce Growth, Inc., $200,000.
- Central Minnesota Jobs and Coaching, $119,185.
Organizations eligible for the grants embody state or native authorities items together with two- or four-year post-secondary establishments, nonprofit/community-based organizations, neighborhood motion companies or labor organizations in Minnesota with expertise serving immigrant and refugee populations.
Minnesota has greater than 470,000 foreign-born residents. Prior to now 10 years, the state has gained 105,000 new immigrants and refugees. Greater than 10% of Minnesota’s out there labor pressure is foreign-born employees, up from 8% 10 years in the past. Greater than half of the state’s latest labor pressure progress has been pushed by immigrants.
“Throughout a time of low unemployment, historic job emptiness charges, and an infinite demand for well being care employees, we have to empower each out there expert well being care employee within the state,” DEED Commissioner Steve Grove mentioned within the launch. “This grant program helps organizations put together internationally skilled well being care employees for licensure so we are able to carry these vastly wanted employees into well being care employment throughout Minnesota.”