Grantee Learning Logs

To increase the sustainability and supply of high quality child care in sovereign Native nations within the Bush Foundation region

To pilot a peer learning community in South Dakota for increasing homeownership opportunities and creating a mortgage ready environment in tribal communities

To partner with Community Health Centers and other community stakeholders to improve access to colorectal cancer screening in North Dakota and South Dakota

Implementation and evaluation of a rural grocery redistribution hub to demonstrate how distribution channels can be modified to improve rural food access and to benefit the regional economy

To pilot a Community Ownership model to preserve affordable housing and reduce displacement in the Phillips Neighborhood of Minneapolis

For the GROW-IT Center, an innovative response to maximize an unused capital resource where university and community groups can generate and disseminate best practices in sustainable urban agriculture, healthy food access and ecological preservation

To develop an effective model of preventative strategies to eliminate sexual assault on major campus universities, using the University of Minnesota Twin Cities as a test site

To identify regional solutions to reduce unsheltered homelessness in the seven-county metro area of the Twin Cities

Thriving In Place: Surfacing innovative strategies to prevent the negative impacts of gentrification and displacement

Advance Care Planning and Palliative Care: Quality Conversations to guide End of Life decisions

To elevate the profile of microbusinesses, access data on needs and practices, and create a pipeline to resources and funding

To develop a low-barrier housing model that can provide stable housing for individuals experiencing homelessness in Minneapolis, Minnesota

To create a rural community and economy that exists at the intersection of food, art and entrepreneurship

To address housing insecurity and affordability affecting middle- and lower-income households in Rapid City, South Dakota

To align the stewardship of Pine Ridge tribal lands with community needs and aspirations

To create a trauma-informed approach to building career pathways for low-income adult learners

To facilitate a healing process that addresses long-standing shared trauma between Native and non-Native community members

To support the realization of a Rondo Land Bridge to reconnect communities proximate to I-94 in the Rondo neighborhood of Saint Paul

To reduce disparities in reproductive health care for African immigrant women in Minnesota with female genital cutting

For a new college-linked Information Technology Apprenticeship Model in North Dakota, a public-private partnership to improve the growing state demand for skilled information technology professionals

To collaborate with medical, behavioral health and housing agencies to provide Native Americans experiencing homelessness with improved access to services

Go Local! changing the paradigm from an avoidance of scarcity to the promotion of prosperity in western ND counties

To facilitate the expansion of Minnesota’s Safe Harbor laws to include labor trafficking

Mni Wizipan Wakan (Water Bundles) Project to manage and protect water rights

To develop a demonstration farm in Beadle County, South Dakota to improve soil and water health with input from producers such as farmers, ranchers and landowners in the James River Valley region

To support and rebuild immigrant-owned businesses in the Twin Cities

To create a Community Investment Fund using an integrated capital model to promote access for black communities and work towards eliminating the racial wealth gap

To adapt and test an online learning model created for students with special needs, their parents, and paraprofessionals in rural southeast North Dakota school districts

To implement the Local Emergency Assistance Farm Fund

To achieve a fully inclusive 2020 Census count in historically undercounted communities in Minnesota by Minnesota Census Mobilization Partnership

To host African women’s tea ceremonies for African immigrant women to increase understanding of gender-based violence, build a community of support, and begin to generate ideas on preventing gender-based violence

To address emergency operational needs and sector wide problems faced by affordable housing providers due to COVID 19

For community engagement to advance social impact investing and equitable development in designated Opportunity Zones

To identify community-led solutions to decrease use of payday loans in Minnesota

To partner with justice-involved youth and their families in Itasca County to design and pilot a whole-family solution led by Itasca County Public Health that is appropriate, sustainable, and impactful

To develop a model for Career and Technical Education that is grounded in Lakota culture that provides education for Native students in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

Dakod Ohna Wasagic’iyapi, to strengthen yourself through the Dakota language

To develop a community-defined vision and action plan to protect Itasca County’s water resources

To implement a collective impact process that ensures the availability of affordable housing for low-income families in Rapid City, South Dakota

To identify short-term and long-term collective strategies to address the opioid epidemic and create a regional hub for treatment and family services for people addicted to opioids in the Minot North Dakota area