Acronyms
QPR
What is a Quarterly Progress Report?
We believe in effective communication, honesty and good listening. Great work happens when everyone is clear on where we’re heading, and who is doing what. We strive for transparency with the public and our stakeholders
What is Communicate early and often?
Statistical data regarding employment projection and desired occupations
What is Labor Market Information (LMI)?
These services help workers find new jobs and are part of the Dislocated Worker Program.
What are job search and placement services?
These Packets are best practices developed and used by Workforce Development
Youth Program Packets
This ACP program works to provide motor vehicles, provide motor vehicle repairs, or provide loans for motor vehicles that assist eligible individuals in obtaining or maintaining employment.
Getting to Work Program
OKR
What are Objectives and Key Results?
We are public servants who strive for fairness and results for the people, businesses, and communities of Minnesota. We build authentic relationships. We listen to the people we serve and consider their feedback in our service delivery.
What is Focus on the Customer?
This program helps Minnesotans explore a wide range of occupations and related education in a single online tool.
What is the Career and Education Explorer?
This program helps workers who have been laid off get back to work as quickly as possible.
What is the Dislocated Worker Program?
This program provides specialized training for youth and young adults between the ages of 16 and 24 who are at risk of not completing or have not completed their high school education.
The Youthbuild program
Up until 2020, these ACP programs were referred to as “models”.
Pathways to Prosperity Grants.
FSR
What is Financial Status Report?
We actively remove barriers that have historically left people out. We believe we’re far stronger when we are inclusive and equitable. We respect opinions that are different than ours and we seek out diverse perspectives in the planning and execution of our work.
What is Create inclusion?
This act is the backbone structure for several DEED programs that support career training.
What is the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)?
This DEED resource provides information on job vacancies, wages, and employment projections in Minnesota.
What is the Labor Market Information (LMI) tool?
Wages or stipends paid for participation in a work experience; Orientation sessions fall under.
Allowable expenditures.
What does the academic assessment TABE stand for.
Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE)
RETAIN
What is the Retaining Employment and Talent after Injury/Illness Network?
When a challenge arises, we collaborate across teams and brainstorm ways to solve it. We focus on impact. We choose optimism, and get things done.
What is Seek solutions?
This program provides benefits and services to workers who lose their jobs due to foreign trade.
What is the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program?
This program helps dislocated workers start their own businesses.
What is the CLIMB program?
Where can one find policies addressing the following topics: Youth Incentive Policy, Individual Training Account (ITA) policy, and Stipend Policy?
DEED's website
This new ACP grant for SFY 24/25 is a major new effort to prepare more Minnesotans for high-demand jobs in 5 occupational categories: the caring professions, education, manufacturing, technology, and the trades.
Drive for Five
NICRA
What is the Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement?
We’re honored to serve the people of Minnesota. We approach our work with respect and kindness toward those we work with and for. We elevate each other. Bringing joy to our jobs makes DEED a great place to work
What is Be gracious?
This program focuses on helping adults advance their careers through education and training, often targeting those with barriers to employment.
What is the Adult Career Pathways program?
The TAA Program was established by this act in 1974.
What is the Trade Act?
Name three Programs for At-Risk Youth.
Minnesota Youth Program
Youthbuild Program
WIOA Young Adult Program
These types of spending allotments from within the state treasury are authorized by the legislature for purposes established in law. They typically limit expenditures to a specific amount and purpose within authorizing legislation.
Direct Appropriations.