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Change Starts With Community asks for state funds to expand workforce-driven food-security and violence-prevention program
Summary
Senate File 19-67 would allocate $1 million in FY2026 and $1 million in FY2027 (one-time) from the Workforce Development Fund to Change Starts With Community to expand a workforce program based in North Minneapolis that operates a food shelf, community safety center and agrihood training.
Senate File 19-67, a funding request for Change Starts With Community, was presented to the Senate Committee on Jobs and Economic Development. The bill requests $1,000,000 in FY2026 and $1,000,000 in FY2027 (witnesses confirmed the intent is one-time funding) from the Workforce Development Fund to expand a workforce-driven food-security and violence-prevention program based in North Minneapolis.
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