1997 Minnesota Code
Chapters 268 - 269 Economic Security
Chapter 268 Department of Economic Security
Section 268.9782 Dislocation event services grants.

268.9782 Dislocation event services grants.

Subdivision 1. Dislocation event services grants. The commissioner shall establish and fund dislocation event services grants designed to provide worker adjustment services to workers displaced as a result of larger plant closings and substantial layoffs. Grantees shall apply for a dislocation event services grant by submitting a proposal to the commissioner in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. The application must describe the demonstrated need for intervention, including the need for retraining, the workers to be served, the coordination of available local resources, the services to be provided, and the budget plan.

Subd. 2. Grantees. (a) Entities authorized to submit dislocation event services grants include substate grantees and other eligible organizations. Nonsubstate grantees shall demonstrate they meet criteria established by the commissioner, in consultation with the workforce development council. The criteria include, but are not limited to:

(1) the capacity to deliver worker adjustment services;

(2) an ability to coordinate its activities with substate grantees in whose geographic area the organization will be operating;

(3) the capability to coordinate delivery of worker adjustment services with other appropriate programs and agencies, including educational institutions, employment service, human service agencies, and economic development agencies; and

(4) sufficient administrative controls to ensure fiscal accountability.

(b) For purposes of this section, the state job service may apply directly to the commissioner for a dislocation event services grant only if the effect of a plant closing or substantial layoff is statewide or results in the termination from employment of employees of the state of Minnesota.

Subd. 3. Coverage. Persons who may receive worker adjustment services under this section are limited to dislocated workers affected by plant closings and substantial layoffs involving at least 50 workers from a single employer.

Subd. 4. Funding. The commissioner, in consultation with the workforce development council, may establish an emergency funding process for dislocation event services grants. No more than 20 percent of the estimated budget of the proposed grant may be awarded through this procedure. The grantee shall submit a formal dislocation event services grant application within 90 days of the initial award of emergency funding.

HIST: 1993 c 369 s 106; 1995 c 131 s 2; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 4 s 30