Loan forgiveness and grants for home care worker education established, reports required, money transferred, and money appropriated.

This bill creates two financial support programs in Minnesota to assist home care workers who are also pursuing higher education. The first program offers grants to students enrolled in degree programs who commit to working at least ten hours per week as home care providers for older adults or people with disabilities. The second program establishes a fund to forgive qualified education loans for individuals working in the same home care field. Both initiatives are administered by the Office of Higher Education, which must set application rules, determine award amounts up to $5,000, and submit annual reports to the legislature. Funding for these programs is transferred and appropriated from existing state resources.