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CLUeS requests $4M to expand Latino-focused workforce training and CDL programs
Summary
Sen. Hurd introduced SF 2301 seeking $4,000,000 over the biennium for Comunidad de Latinas Unidas y Servicios (CLUeS) to expand workforce certification, CDL training and customized employment in Greater Minnesota; the bill was laid over for possible inclusion.
Sen. Hurd presented Senate File 2301, requesting a $4,000,000 appropriation over the next biennium to expand CLUeS (Comunidad de Latinas Unidas y Servicios) workforce training programs, including CDL training, phlebotomy, carpentry and digital literacy, with a portion of funds designated for Greater Minnesota.
Program scope and past funding: Ruby Lee, CLUeS president, told the committee that CLUeS is a Latino-led nonprofit that has operated for more than 40 years and that prior appropriations in the current biennium included $2,000,000. Fiscal staff summarized CLUeS’s past biennial support and said the new request would direct half of the funds to Greater Minnesota.
Participant outcomes: Jennifer Mendoza, career development navigator in Wilmar, said CLUeS’s Wilmar CDL program had a 100 percent completion rate and that 75 percent of Wilmar participants secured employment at higher wages; Mendoza said program completers’ average wages rose from about $11–$11.50 to more than $21 after certification.
Committee action: The bill was laid over for possible inclusion. No roll-call vote was recorded; the committee took no final funding action at the hearing.
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