DEED Announces Grants to Help Internationally Trained Professionals Become Certified in Minnesota
June 9, 2022
St. Paul – The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) announced the grant recipients of the Internationally Trained Professionals Competitive Grant Program to help fill in-demand health care positions. This program helps internationally trained health care workers earn the professional licenses required to do similar work in Minnesota – which will lead to more qualified health care workers available for this critical sector of the workforce.
Health care is the largest industry in our state – as of the fourth quarter of 2021, there were more than 52,000 Health Care & Social Assistance job vacancies in Minnesota, accounting for about one in every four vacancies in the state. This is the largest number of vacancies ever reported, surpassing the peak set in the second quarter of 2021, and by that measure, demand for health care workers has never been higher in the state.