you believe in a good business and a good job, then do we have a good deal for you.
An economy thrives when it has a skilled workforce
and locally owned businesses that provide quality jobs.
The Initiative Foundation’s combination of targeted business financing and consulting services helps to leverage private investment and create living-wage employment in the region.
From 2017-2019, the Initiative Foundation's goals are to ...
- Create 300 quality jobs
- Retain 600 quality jobs
- Issue $6 million in new loans, resulting in $36 million in funds leveraged
- Increase workforce skills for 900 people
- Increse skills and knowledge for 300 emerging entrepreneurs
- Help create 50 new business and social enterprise ventures
- Issue $3 million in new loans to startup businesses and social enterprise ventures
The Initiative Foundation accomplishes results through a range of partnerships with fellow CDFI organizations* and through the following activities and programs:
* Community Development Financial Institutions, or CDFIs, are certified by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The designation signifies that an organization meets stringent federal requirements as a financing entity with a mission to help people in underserved communities join the economic mainstream.From Minnesota Compass ...
March 29th
Employment does not necessarily lead to health coverage for lower-income workers in the same way it typically does for higher income workers. This brief documents differences in health insurance coverage by workers’ income, and explores who is eligi…
March 8th
This report examines jobs with wages sufficient to meet basic needs in each of Minnesota's thirteen economic development regions. The "typical famliy's basic needs hourly wage" is defined by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development …
March 8th
A compilation of national and state-by-state data on poverty, health, child welfare, youth at risk, early childhood development, education, nutrition and housing. Report is compiled annually.
Employement and Economic Development News ...
February 14th
Funding was approved for water projects in Evansville, Verndale, Windom and Dennison.
February 4th
DEED today announced grants totaling more than $1.8 million for infrastructure projects that support innovative businesses and organizations.
January 24th
The report outlines the work that resulted from passage of the Equity Article, a one-year, $35 million supplemental package of strategic investments that was passed by the legislature in 2016.
