Dec. 18 - Residential Services of NE MN Receives MJSP Grant

ST. PAUL – The state Department of Employment and Economic Development’s Minnesota Job Skills Partnership Program (MJSP) announced a $38,000 grant to support lean training for 67 employees of Residential Services of Northeast Minnesota. The one-year training collaboration includes MJSP, Residential Services of Northeast Minnesota and Lake Superior College.

Residential Services is a not-for-profit organization serving adults and children with developmental and physical disabilities, mental illness and brain injuries in facilities in Duluth, St. Louis County and seven other northeastern Minnesota counties.

Lean training in the health care environment focuses on eliminating waste and identifies steps that add value to the entire health care delivery process. Lake Superior College will collaborate with Residential Services to develop a Lean Residential Care Training Program for supervisors and managers. Courses will include principles of Continuous Improvement, Value Stream Mapping, Workplace Organization and Adapting to Change.

“Residential Services is seeing increased demand for its services in the face of regulatory changes and staff turnover, and experiencing pressure to maintain high quality with limited resources,” said DEED Commissioner and MJSP Board Chair Dan McElroy. “Lake Superior College’s lean curriculum will add value to staff, clients and residential care providers in the Duluth area.”

For more information on the grant, contact Steve Wagner, Vice President, Workforce Development, Lake Superior College, 218-733-5934 or e-mail s.wagner@lsc.edu .

The MJSP offers technical, financial and job training assistance to businesses, communities, educational institutions and workers. The board brings businesses with specific education needs together with educational institutions to design customized training programs.

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