An additional $10,000 grant has been made available by DEED's Office of Youth Development for PY 2008.

The NWPIC applied for, and received, a $10,000 grant from DEED's Office of Youth Development. The Outreach to Schools Program is a partnership between the Workforce Service Area (WSA), the Local Workforce Investment Board (LWIB), the Youth Council of the Northwest Private Industry Council and local educational agencies. Combined these agencies will addresses a major unmet need: a strategy for delivering effective career counseling and labor market information to the region's youth and families.

The NWPIC has contracted with Inter-County Community Council, to coordinate and work with local school districts through the Outreach to Schools grant. A presentation that includes information on topics such as career pathways, goals, surveys, a listing of the requirements prior to graduation, information about grants/loans and other ways of funding post-secondary education, a summary list of occupations in demand in Northwest Minnesota and a listing of informational websites.

In addition to the following school districts, the Crookston Area Learning Center is participating in this program. Schools districts that participated in this partnership are:

• Badger
• Climax
• Crookston
• Fertile/Beltrami
• Fisher
• Fosston
• Goodridge
• Greenbush-Middle River
• Grygla
• Kittson County Central
• Norman County East
• Norman County West
• Red Lake Falls
• Stephen/Argyle

Copies of the presentation, and copies of the 2008 MnCareers Supplement may be available by contacting Suzan Gagner at suzan.gagner@state.mn.us or contact (218) 281-6020, extension 226, for additonal information.

2008 Northwest Region MnCareers Supplement