ESS
On average students and family work with an Education Support Specialist for this length of time
What are 7 months?
While younger students often use iPads in school, older learners are most commonly issued this device.
What is a Chromebook?
The number of masks distributed to the community to date.
What is one million?
Limiting a procurement invitation to small business enterprises (SBE) and emerging small business enterprises (ESBE), which are more likely to have owners who are women, Black, Indigenous, or people of color.
What is a Sheltered Market?
This innovative program is the first of its kind and awards money to local vendors of career pathway programs.
What is the Workforce Roster Program?
The year ESS started taking referrals.
What is 2020?
Just as their title would have you believe, this emerging profession helps residents find their way to getting online.
What are digital navigators?
Name two of the many outreach items given at events.
What is hand sanitizer, frisbees, masks, bags, water bottles, and fidget spinners?
Taking responsibility for the environmental, social, and/or economic consequences of the goods and services we purchase.
What is Sustainable Purchasing?
The number of programs WD manages that are contracted out to community-based organizations.
What are 12?
Students span this number of schools across HC/Minnesota.
Who is 200?
This internet provider has service in about 2/3 of the geography of Hennepin County.
What is Comcast?
This department's peak season.
What is April-October?
For all non-construction contracts over $100,000, the county requires contractors to have a set of goal-oriented management policies and procedures to eliminate barriers to employment and increase retention of Black, Indigenous, people of color, and women.
What is an Affirmative Action Plan?
Name one of the four programs that serve only suburban Hennepin or Carver County.
What is the MN Dislocated Worker Program, WIOA Dislocated Worker Program, MN Youth Program, WIOA Youth Program?
Name one of the four goals ESS students have that are not related to academic success.
What is self-advocacy, mentoring support, wellness, school navigation?
A good internet connection provides 100 megabits, but a great one provides 1,000 megabits, which is also known as this.
What is a gigabit?
Since July 2022 the engagement team has distributed over 15,000 of these to the community.
What is COVID test kits?
Rates for wages and fringe benefits set by the Department of Labor (DOL) to ensure there is no race to the bottom for wages paid when bidding on publicly funded contracts.
What is Prevailing Wage?
Name two of the many performance measures local government imposes.
What is credential attainment, wage gains, employment placement, employment retention?
Name the languages staff within ESS speak.
What are Spanish, Hmong, Somali, English?
Federal funds for broadband infrastructure will be administered next year by this Minnesota state agency.
What is DEED (or Dept of Employment and Economic Development)?
Daily double!!! Name the community partner our ACA worked with prior to joining Hennepin County.
Name the year she joined Hennepin County.
What is Project for Pride in Living?
What is 2020?
$22+ million.
What is the amount expended with BIPOC owned businesses through September 30, 2022?
The two entities WD funding comes from.
What are the state and federal governments?