Two Rural Long-Term Care Providers Team Up for Training with Job Skills Partnership Grant
17 May 2016
Workforce Development
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has awarded Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical a $260,000 grant under the Minnesota Job Skills Partnership (MJSP) to train 194 long-term care employees.
In the two-year project, Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical will collaborate with long-term care providers, Tweeten Lutheran Healthcare Center in Spring Grove and Harmony Community Healthcare in Harmony, to create a Long-Term Care (LTC) Certification Program. Training will be provided to 194 employees at both facilities; and 42 employees are expected to be hired during the two-year grant period.
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