2023
This summary report presents highlights of results and recommendations from the Indigenous evaluation of Minnesota’s preschool development grant.
The State of Minnesota was awarded a federal Preschool Development Grant Birth through 5 (PDG B-5) Renewal Grant in late 2019. The PDG B-5 aims to align and coordinate multiple systems for families with children, prenatally through age 5, including American Indian families.
This summary report presents highlights of results and recommendations from the Indigenous evaluation of Minnesota’s preschool development grant.
To answer questions about how Indigenous children and families are doing as a result of the Preschool Development Grant, Wilder Research conducted a story collection method, called storybanking, in which parents and caregivers were invited to share stories about what was important to them in their parenting/caregiving arc. This booklet is a short collection of the major themes and stories.
This summary presents information about Baby’s Space Child Development Center which was funded by the Preschool Development Grant.
This report presents first-year results from the Indigenous evaluation of Minnesota’s preschool development grant.
This Guide was developed by Bowman Performance Consulting and Wilder Research as part of our work with the Minnesota Department of Education to conduct an Indigenous Evaluation for Minnesota’s Preschool Development Grant. It was developed to help the State of Minnesota, Indigenous organizations, and others to recognize the steps and considerations necessary to design and implement an evaluation that considers Indigenous ways of knowing. It contains concrete tips and tools, and includes links to other resources.
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