Wilder Research News

Wilder Research were well represented at November's American Evaluation Association conference in Minneapolis. Several Wilder Researchers presented:

• Jennifer Valorose and Francie Streich will share the ways collaborative evaluation design improves quality of cross-site evaluations for youth development programs, based on their work with two foundations. 
• Michelle Decker Gerrard will moderate a panel discussion on engaging youth in evaluation activities.
• Edith Gozali-Lee, the Youth Leadership Initiative’s Nou Yang, and Stephanie Peterson on the engaging youth in evaluation. The presentation will highlight the Youth Participatory Evaluation Practice Guide developed in collaboration with youth.
• Researcher Brian Pittman and Naaima Khan of Bush Foundation will highlight what they’ve learned from evaluating the Foundation's Community Innovations program.
• Jackie Aman and Monica Idzelis Rothe will present measurement approaches to evaluating trauma-informed care, based on their work with Wisconsin’s Fostering Futures initiative.

Multiple Wilder Research staff presented at the 2019 Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless annual conference in Rochester, Minnesota. Stephanie Nelson-Dusek and Rebecca Sales led a session on Using Data to Inform Service and Policy. Brian Pittman and Michelle Decker Gerrard presented key findings from the 2018 Minnesota Homeless Study.