WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT:

Building Minnesota's
Diverse Workforce.

High quality, diverse professional healthcare and community workers, nurses, mentors, social workers, and multicultural.

Building a skilled, culturally responsive workforce.

Minnesota’s future depends on a skilled, culturally responsive workforce capable of serving increasingly diverse communities.
The Minnesota Ethnic Provider Network (MEPN) develops workforce pathways that help individuals gain skills, advance careers, and improve service quality across healthcare, disability services, child care, behavioral health, and community-based programs.
We believe workforce development is more than training. It is about creating opportunities, strengthening communities, and improving outcomes for families.

Workforce Programs

Direct Support Professional (DSP) Training

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Community Health Worker Development

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Doula Workforce Development

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Leadership Development

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Disability Services Workforce Training

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Small Business Workforce Readiness

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Supervisor and Designated Manager Development

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Why It Matters

Professional Statement

Service Quality,
Economic Mobility, and
workforce diversity.

A strong workforce improves service quality, reduces turnover, strengthens organizations, and creates pathways to economic mobility for individuals and families.
Our goal is to build a workforce that reflects Minnesota’s diversity while meeting the growing needs of communities throughout the state.