(MN DLI)
St. Paul, MN – The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry is awarding 1.5 million dollars in Youth Skills Training grants to 17 partnerships across the state.
The funding will help schools and employers expand programs that give students aged 16 and older hands-on career experience and paid work opportunities. The Youth Skills Training program focuses on high-demand fields including advanced manufacturing, agriculture, automotive, health care, and information technology.
Programs funded through the grants will run from July 2026 through June 2028.
The following 17 partnerships include:
- Big Lake Schools
- Breckenridge Public Schools
- Children’s Dental Services
- Cloquet High School
- Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Public Schools
- Eden Prairie Schools
- Farmington High School
- Fergus Falls High School
- Great River School
- HAP (Hmong American Partnership)
- Hopkins Public Schools
- Itasca Area Schools Collaborative
- Parkers Prairie School District
- St. Cloud Area School District
- Stillwater Area High School
- Warroad Public Schools
- Westonka High School
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