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Committee approves amendment to keep funding for Bridges to Healthcare program
Summary
A Minnesota House committee heard testimony on House File 661 and approved an author's amendment to maintain prior workforce-development funding for the Bridges to Healthcare program, then laid the bill over for further consideration.
A Minnesota House committee approved an author's amendment to House File 661 and heard testimony about the Bridges to Healthcare program, a public–private initiative that helps nontraditional students enter health-care careers in southeastern Minnesota.
Representative Rosanna Hicks introduced House File 661 and described the bill’s goal to maintain funding for the program. “This program, known as the Bridges to Healthcare, initially launched in the Rochester area and has expanded throughout Southeastern Minnesota,” Hicks said, noting Rochester is home to the Mayo Clinic and citing the program’s reach to cities including Albert Lea, Austin, Faribault, Owatonna, Red Wing and Winona.
The program’s convening and administrative agency, Workforce Development Incorporated, detailed demand and…
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