Saint Paul, MN — For continuing support (Phase II) of Achievement Plus, a school reform effort to increase academic achievement in Saint Paul public schools
Saint Paul, MN — To add clinical and administrative staff, which will increase insured Latinos' access to linguistically appropriate and culturally competent mental and chemical health services
To conduct a series of focus groups with members of the singing ensemble through the organizational effectiveness component of the Regional Arts Development Program
Duluth, MN — To create a statewide network aimed at educating the public, promoting safer practices, and initiating new policies regarding children's environmental health
Minneapolis, MN — To develop and implement an environmental justice fund for grassroots groups from low-income, rural, and communities of color in Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN — For community outreach programs of Metropolitan State University library and Dayton's Bluff, a newly constructed combined public library
Saint Paul, MN — For a challenge grant to complete the first phase of a capital campaign to construct a new headquarters and production center in Saint Paul
Park Rapids, MN — To expand a pilot job skills development and mentoring program for Native American and other at-risk high school students in rural Minnesota
Yankton, SD — To help faculty adjust their teaching styles to an increasingly older and diverse student body, reestablish an interdisciplinary honors program, improve course assessment methods, and develop joint student/faculty research projects
Aberdeen, SD — To support the second phase of a six-year effort to analyze the effectiveness of various pedagogical strategies and instructional technologies on student learning and retention