The Dual Training Grant program provides grants that generate collaborative and strategic educational solutions between employers and related instruction training providers across Minnesota. The dual-training model helps employers meet their workforce needs by pairing on-the-job training with formal related instruction to create a robust learning environment resulting in skilled employees and enhanced company culture.
Program highlights from 2024 include:
- The Dual Training Grant and grantees of the grant have covered 97% of all related instruction costs (tuition, fees, required books, and required materials) for dual trainees.
- More than half of dual trainees are considered part of the targeted age (25 to 44 years) population for the Minnesota Educational Attainment Goal of 2025. In addition, 70% of dual trainees are 25 years or older, with the oldest dual trainees being 70 years.
- A majority of the dual trainees from Dual Training Grant Rounds 11 and 12 identify as female and have an average age of 29 years.
- Dual trainees who identify as Hispanic or Latino increased by 40% from DTG Round 10 to DTG Round 11.
- 72% of dual trainees participating in the current Dual Training Grant Round 12 are enrolled in dual-training programs that are eligible for federal and/or state financial aid.
- According to data from the Minnesota Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLEDS), 84% of dual trainees were still employed by their original employer at the time of exit from the program. One year after exit, 72% of dual trainees were still employed by their original employer.
