Northwest Minnesota Foundation
Often used to illustrate the many hands who help lift a child through their development, this phrase speaks to the need for many people to come together to provide a safe and healthy environment for children, where children are given the security they need to develop and flourish, where children’s voices matter.
Five years after launching the Step Up workshops to child care professionals, educators continue to see familiar faces.
Reflections on journey from providing in-home child care to running 2 child care centers.
For the last three years, Missy Okeson has served on the Great Start for All Minnesota Children Task Force, working with legislators and state officials to develop a state plan to provide Minnesota families access to high-quality child care and education.
All it took was an email written in Ojibwe.
A grant awarded to the White Earth Early Childhood Program helped restore the use of the Ojibwe language in their classrooms and homes of young families.
STRATEGIC COLLABORATION Multiple organizations come together to assist Fadumo Ahmed in the opening of Gold Childcare Center, a culturally supportive child care center planned for East Grand Forks. A culturally supportive child care center is planned for East Grand Forks. Fadumo Ahmed, who has provided in-home child care for several years in East Grand Forks, …
When teachers are away from the classrooms in the summer, their children frequently stay home with them.
The Northwest Minnesota Foundation is committed to strengthening support for children and families throughout our region.
