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Committee hears testimony supporting Hired’s career pathway funding proposal; House File 718 laid over
Summary
Nonprofit Hired and employer partners described their job-placement and retention work for low-income and underemployed Minnesotans; the committee laid House File 718 over for possible inclusion in a future bill.
Julie Brecki, president and CEO of the workforce nonprofit Hired, told the committee that Hired served 4,300 people last year and placed 1,250 jobseekers with an average placement wage of about $27 per hour. Brecki asked the committee to support a direct appropriation to continue Hired’s career-pathway training and to fund job-retention services that provide individualized…
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