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Youth Skills Training grant recipients

Below are partnerships that have been awarded Youth Skills Training grants to develop and expand programs to offer meaningful career exposure and paid work experience for students 16 years of age and older. Grants can be used to create programs, recruit students and employers, provide training, transport students and pay for industry-related student certifications.

2025

  • Alexandria Area High School

  • Cass Lake-Bena High School

  • createMPLS

  • Dawson-Boyd Public Schools

  • Edina Public Schools

  • Faribault Public Schools

  • Marshall Public Schools

  • Minneapolis Public Schools - Career and Technical Education

  • Monticello High School

  • Princeton Public Schools

  • Robbinsdale Area Schools

  • Rochester Public Schools

  • Roseau School District

  • Shakopee High School

  • TrekNorth Jr. and Sr. High School

  • West Central Area School District

  • West St. Paul, Mendota Heights, Eagan Area School District

2024

  • Albert Lea Area Schools

  • Bemidji Career Academies

  • Cambridge-Isanti Public School District 

  • Detroit Lakes Public Schools

  • Fergus Falls High School

  • Great River School (St. Paul)

  • Hennepin West Consortium

  • Hermantown Community Schools

  • Itasca Area Schools Collaborative 

  • Minneapolis Public Schools – Camden High

  • Minneapolis Public Schools – Wellstone International High School

  • Moorhead Public Schools

  • New Prague Area Schools

  • Parkers Prairie School District

  • Perham Schools

  • ROCORI School District 

  • Staples-Motley School District

2023

  • Alexandria Area High School

  • Breckenridge High School

  • Career Solutions – Stearns and Benton counties

  • Edina Public Schools

  • Elk River Area Schools

  • Faribault Public Schools

  • Hibbing School District

  • Minnewaska Area High School

  • Monticello Public Schools

  • North Branch Area High School

  • Owatonna Public Schools

  • Princeton Public Schools

  • Sourcewell/HERO Program

  • Stillwater Area High School

  • Venture Academy High School

  • Windom Area High School

  • Workforce Development Inc

2022

  • Bemidji Career Academies

  • Chisago Lakes High School

  • East Grand Forks High School

  • Forest Lake Area High School

  • Genesys Works Twin Cities

  • Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce

  • Mankato Area Public Schools

  • Milaca High School

  • Otter Tail County

  • Roseville Area High School

  • Spark-Y Youth Action Labs

2021

  • American Nursing and Technical Institute

  • Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota

  • Burnsville Public Schools

  • Eastern Carver County Schools

  • Elk River Area Schools

  • Hibbing Public Schools

  • Hutchinson Public Schools

  • Marvin and Warroad High School

  • Southeast Service Cooperative

  • White Bear Lake Area Schools 

  • Winona Area Chamber of Commerce

2020

  • Bemidji Career Academies

  • Bloomington Public Schools

  • Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Public Schools

  • Detroit Lakes Public Schools

  • Elk River Area Schools

  • Faribault Public Schools

  • Forest Lake Area Schools

  • Genesys Works Twin Cities, St. Paul

  • Goodwill Industries, St. Paul

  • Lakeville Area Schools

  • Monticello Public Schools

  • North Branch Area Public Schools

  • Princeton Public Schools

  • Ramsey County Workforce Solutions

  • Red Wing Ignite

  • South West Metro Intermediate District, Shakopee

  • Spark-Y, Minneapolis

2019

  • ISD 728 serving the communities of Elk River, Otsego, Rogers and Zimmerman

  • ISD 831 Forest Lake Area Schools

  • ISD 287 Pathways to College

  • Southwest Minnesota Private Industry Council

  • Vadnais Heights Economic Development Corporation

2018

  • Goodhue County Collaborative

  • Hutchinson TigerPath Initiative

  • Twin West Youth Skills Training Program

  • White Bear Lake Area Schools and Cerenity Senior Care

  • Winona Chamber's REACH Initiative