Go MN! helps Minnesotans with disabilities explore employment opportunities in our state’s growing transportation industry.
Go MN! is a new program that gives people without a lot of experience in competitive integrated employment the opportunity to explore work in Minnesota’s growing transportation industry. Go MN! believes everyone is ready for something and embraces the idea that small successes lead to further success. People are treated as individuals with unique capabilities and interests.
Go MN! connects people with a team dedicated to helping them identify their skills and interests in the transportation industry. The team works with people and businesses to find just the right opportunities. People in Go MN! move at their own pace toward employment with job tours, informational interviews, job shadows, internships, short-term work experiences, and obtaining a job.
Go MN! provides people a chance to explore the wide range of job opportunities in a dynamic, growing industry that is also facing a workforce shortage. In addition to drivers and pilots, the transportation industry includes jobs as diverse as data entry, package handler, production scheduler, shipping and receiving clerk, operations manager, dispatcher, import/export clerk, gate agent, train operator, fleet manager, and hundreds more.
If you are an employer and would like to learn more about the program or get involved, please contact Alicia Brown, Go MN! Business Engagement Specialist, by calling or texting 218-830-8516 or by email at alicia.brown@state.mn.us.
To be eligible for Go MN!, you must be a person with a disability who is either working in subminimum wage employment or is considering working in subminimum wage employment. To learn more about the program and how to participate, please contact Kayla Walton, Go MN! Navigator, by call or text at 218-830-8366, or by email at kayla.walton@state.mn.us.
Go MN! is currently only active in the Duluth/St. Louis County area but will be expanding to other locations in Minnesota over 2024. Please check back to this site for updates as the program continues to grow.
The contents of this webpage were developed under a grant number H421D220014 from the Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. (Authority: 20 U.S. Code 1221e-3 and 3474)
The VR program received 73.42% of federal fiscal year 2023 funding through grants from the U.S. Department of Education. The federal fiscal year 2023 grants totaled $47,671,377. The required state match for these funds is $12,849,251. The state of Minnesota appropriated $14.3 million to meet the match requirement.
