Minnesota HF1469 provides funding for job skills training for recently released inmates and mandates annual reporting on program outcomes.

Minnesota HF1469 allocates $850,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027 to offer job skills training to individuals released from incarceration for a felony within the last 12 months. The commissioner of employment and economic development will manage the grant, which will be awarded to Better Futures. The bill requires annual reporting to the commissioner, detailing the number of participants, their homelessness status, employment, recidivism, child support compliance, and the job skills training provided.

Minnesota HF1469 provides funding for job skills training for recently released inmates and mandates annual reporting on program outcomes.

Minnesota HF1469 allocates $850,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027 to offer job skills training to individuals released from incarceration for a felony within the last 12 months. The commissioner of employment and economic development will manage the grant, which will be awarded to Better Futures. The bill requires annual reporting to the commissioner, detailing the number of participants, their homelessness status, employment, recidivism, child support compliance, and the job skills training provided.