Northwest Minnesota Foundation
Who takes care of the people who take care of our children? It’s a question we don’t often ask. But communities don’t thrive by chance, they thrive because people show up for one another… It’s the person reading one more bedtime story before mom gets home from work. The neighbor who watches children after school. …
After a pause during the pandemic, more than 500 early childhood professionals gathered once again for the Communities Collaborative Brain Development Conference in Mahnomen. With support from the Northwest Minnesota Foundation – a three-year $60,000 investment in partnership with the White Earth Tribal Nation through DEED Special Appropriation funding – this work continues to grow …
Many child care providers often lack funds for major repairs, and when they close, it immediately impacts employers and families, prompting the creation of the NMF Child Care Retain Forgivable Loan.
Through its Child Care Finance Program, NMF has now reached a milestone of more than $1 million invested in providers across Northwest Minnesota.
The Northwest Minnesota Foundation is seeking proposals from community partners interested in creating or expanding programs to support the early childhood education workforce.
The Learning Tree Childcare Center in Hallock used grant funding to reconfigure its preschool space to create a combined toddler and preschool room.
The Minnesota Department of Human Services will host two in-person engagement sessions in Northwest Minnesota as it continues to solicit input on the second draft of licensing standards for child care centers and family child care programs.
A recent training series aimed to give child care providers the tools they need to manage stress, avoid burnout, and continue delivering high-quality care.
More than 600 people attended the three-day Collaborative Brain Conference held in August at Shooting Star Casino Hotel & Event Center in Mahnomen as the conference returned for the first time since it was cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic.
