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Annual
R epor t help themselves
2,630
Adults received
accountable and responsible for their own growth toward
self-reliance. This reinforces our mission: PPL works with
areas of: Housing Stability, Economic Advancement, Family
Stability, and Youth Achievement, we were able to serve
family stability lower-income individuals and families to achieve greater nearly 13,000 people—a record number.
services.
self-sufficiency through housing, employment training,
PPL serves lower-income people who live throughout the
support services, and education. Since 1972, thousands
Twin Cities metropolitan area, with a concentration on the
959
Youth & children
of people from throughout the Twin Cities metro area
have built brighter, more stable futures and stronger
core neighborhoods of Minneapolis, St. Paul and several
suburbs (St. Louis Park, Robbinsdale, and New Hope).
benefited from communities as a result of PPL’s innovative, highly
schools & enrichment Our participants are racially diverse individuals and
integrated approach.
programs. families, including a growing number of immigrants.
In 2009, PPL witnessed substantial growth in the number
of participants seeking assistance. In response, we increased
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6,483
Received job
Highlights include
• Brought an additional 25 units of supportive housing to the community, helping those with multiple barriers to safe
support. and affordable housing, achieve housing stability.
• Federal stimulus funds helped people gain employable skills and get jobs, by supporting programs at the PPL Learning
Center and at PPL Industries.
• Increased technology for staff and participants. Self-Sufficiency Program staff, brought laptop computers into participants’
77,736
Number of hours
homes to teach basic internet navigation, job searching, and reviewing parent portals, among other activities.
contributed by • Our after-school programs for youth, increased children’s literacy skills and confidence in school. Moreover, we created
1,316 volunteers an environment where immigrant parents felt inspired to practice their English skills together while their children
last year. worked on homework with a tutor.
• Increased the number of highly-skilled volunteers by 30%, helping us meet community needs.
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Training Leads to Life Changes
Seth, a job training graduate, stopped by the PPL Learning Center to tell staff he had four job interviews
in the next week. He discussed with us how before PPL’s Employment Training he wasn’t getting interviews,
but now he feels confident and ready to get back to work.
“In a word, During his training, Seth was active in achieving his self-sufficiency goals. He found a new apartment, he started
‘valuable.’ ” a college savings fund for his daughter, received a perfect training attendance award, and used his training stipend
—PPL Employment Training Participant to purchase presents for his daughter’s birthday.
For Seth’s next step forward, he participated in PPL’s Digital Divide Initiative workshop to learn computer skills and
to receive his first home computer. He is a good reminder how far hard work and perseverance can take someone!
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“PPL served as Connections Create New Path
the biggest support Ja’Na points with pride to the work she did while helping build Target Field as an apprentice at a local sign
company. She and her three children are participants in Connections to Work at PPL. Her five-year-old son Tyler
system that I
is a big baseball fan, he listened attentively when his Mom pointed to the big number “42” sign hanging in the
could have ever left field corner and told the story of American hero Jackie Robinson. At 22, Ja’Na is a dedicated Mom committed
asked for.” to providing her kids a nurturing and supportive home. Connecting with PPL has helped her start a new path for
—Connections to Work Participant herself and her family. With encouragement and support from PPL staff she is now enrolled in college to improve
her future employment options.
“Now my nurses
can navigate
the computer on
the job!”
—PPL Employer Partner
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PPL Partnerships
PPL has a long history of connecting to community partners to help further our programs and services,
and ultimately to increase participants’ successes. More than 275 businesses, nonprofits, and governmental
agencies act as partners in our activities.