Wilder Research News
Wilder Research staff are busy! Here are some highlights about the many ways they are sharing their knowledge and skills to make an impact in lives and communities.
Improving Access to Dental Care in Minnesota
Highlights from four new summaries of promising practices and opportunities to expand access to oral health care. Read the article »Wilder Research will be well represented at November's American Evaluation Association conference in Minneapolis. Several Wilder Researchers will present:
- 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.
Nicole MartinRogers and Bunchung Ly attended a ceremonial bill signing launching the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force. Wilder Research will provide research and consultation support to the task force. At right, Governor Walz signs the bill before the first task force meeting. (Photo: Bunchung Ly).
Nicole MartinRogers and Edith Gozli-Lee both presented at the National Indian Education Association conference in Minneapolis. Nicole presented on the development of the Evaluation Guide for Culturally Specific Youth Development Programs and Edith presented her poster on the evaluation results of the MIGIZI Opportunity Reboot Green Jobs Pathway program.
Jackie Aman and Kerry Walsh shared some of their favorite free and low-cost evaluation resources during during a breakout session at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Annual Conference.
Monica Idzelis Rothe and Michelle Decker Gerrard presented What Works for Mothers in Recovery at the MARRCH 2019 conference. The presentation was based on their 5-year evaluation of the the Women's Recovery Services Initiative. Related: Read a recent blog post about what works.