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GrantMinnesota Paid Leave Small Employer Assistance Grants — 2026
Atlas Opportunity Score48/100
FundingUp to $3,000 per qualifying leave; maximum $6,000 per eligible employer per calendar year. Program funding is capped at $5,000,000 per calendar year unless additional funds are appropriated.
DeadlineRolling; employer must apply within 90 days after the employee's qualifying leave ends. Funding is available only until the annual program allocation is exhausted.
Required next actionBefore applicant-specific work or ORIGINAL outreach, identify a qualifying Minnesota small employer with a current Paid Leave event and verify the employer has 30 or fewer employees, satisfies the statutory average-wage threshold, does not use an approved private Paid Leave plan, and incurred qualifying temporary-worker or substitute-wage costs. Retrieve the current application packet and submission instructions from the employer's Paid Leave Administrator Account. Verify Contact, Email Opt Out, permanent-bounce status, exact-opportunity deduplication, and authoritative send history before any ORIGINAL outreach.
Current statusVerification Pending - core statutory and current DEED program controls verified; current account-issued application packet and submission mechanics require applicant-level retrieval before package or submission workSource verificationSeptember 24, 2026
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