Website Improvements Underway
Please pardon our dust. We are redesigning our website to make easier for you to find what you’re looking for quickly. You may experience some “detours” or “bumpy roads” while we complete the project.
STRATEGIES THAT WORK
The paid work experiences are delivering tangible benefits for both workers and host businesses. Participants work in a setting that meets their accommodation needs, stay active in the workforce, and continue to earn a wage during their absence from their original employer. Because Workforce Development, Inc. is paying the workers’ wages, the work sites receive […]
MAKING TRANSITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCES MATTER
RETAIN’s overarching goal is to help workers get back to work following an injury or illness, but not everyone is able to return to his or her regular job or occupation right away. For those workers, Minnesota RETAIN developed an innovative solution— arranging paid transitional work with another employer. This enables injured and ill workers […]
OUTREACH THAT ENGAGES
As his job title indicates, VanLaarhoven also specializes in employer outreach and, as such, he spends much of his time communicating with employers to inform them about RETAIN services. He does this in coordination with Minnesota RETAIN’s RTW Case Managers to ensure consistent messaging. Using targeted language focused on the bottom-line benefits of helping workers […]
