Northwest Minnesota Foundation
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.
The Face of Child Care has Changed - Communities form taskforces to address their child care needs
Her Legacy Continues: Fund honoring Ruth Edevold, our founding executive director, is reinvested in NMF general endowment
The Northwest Minnesota Foundation began working in 2017 with the community of Hallock to discuss potential ways to increase the availability of child care slots. The Grace Lutheran Church, through its church council, stepped forward and offered its space to create a child care center.
