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Learning Grantee Learning Log
April 20, 2020
What has been most instrumental to your progress? While COVID made everything difficult, we focused a lot on the Public Education part of our work…
Learning Grantee Learning Log
April 13, 2020
What has been most instrumenta to your progress? Existing partnerships. The project built off longstanding, trusting relationships among three housing partners – PPL, CommonBond, and…
Learning Grantee Learning Log
April 6, 2020
What has been most instrumental to your progress? The initial training on Opportunity Zones and how developers and investors do their work, provided in partnership…
Learning Grantee Learning Log
April 6, 2020
What has been most instrumenta to your progress? Structured engagement with and among local neighborhood development organizations in Opportunity Zones; built stronger relationships between the…
Learning Grantee Learning Log
April 6, 2020
What has been most instrumenta to your progress? 1. Itasca County engaged a broad range of sectors engaged with the justice system with inclusion of…
Learning Grantee Learning Log
April 6, 2020
What has been most instrumental to your progress? This past year the pandemic has put the grant work on hold/delay. We had the opportunity to…
Learning Note from Jen
April 6, 2020
One of our values is to spread optimism. To us, that means thinking bigger and thinking differently about what is possible for people and communities. It does not mean pretending like things aren’t bad or difficult. Turning optimism into action requires being realistic and adjusting efforts to fit changing circumstances. Published 2020
Learning Grantee Learning Log
March 10, 2020
What has been most instrumental to your progress? While implementing this program, we learned to prioritize the relationship between teacher and students (or mentor and…
Learning Grantee Learning Log
March 10, 2020
What has been most instrumental to your progress? As referenced in the previous interim report, the family outreach program recognized a need to shift from…
Learning Grantee Learning Log
March 10, 2020
What has been most instrumenta to your progress? One aspect instrumental to progress was adaptability in meeting the needs of the community. Throughout the last…
