random sampler header image
Executive
Summary 
by Paul Mattessich
Executive Director
 
"If a community wants to bring organizations together to carry out a project to improve health, what's the most effective way to get action started?"  

A member of the audience asked that question, after I delivered a talk at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on the day after Election Day. I had described some of the results from national research conducted by Wilder Research and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis that examined collaboration between the health and community development sectors in the United States. My talk and a related panel discussion were hosted by Health Affairs, who brought together several authors from their November 2014 issue, Collaborating for Community Health, to shed light on new strategies, partnerships, and measurement tools that show great promise for addressing the health needs of our...
December 2014
New From the Wilder Blog
Over the last few decades, we've learned a great deal about how we're all impacted by traumatic events. Recently, there has been a growing movement to take what we have learned about trauma and think bigger. Senior Research Manager Cheryl Holm-Hansen discusses steps organizations can take to become more trauma-informed. More.  
Updates from Minnesota Compass
Two Minnesota Compass topics were recently updated to make data even easier to find:

Immigration: Groups at a glance profiles have been updated and now appear in the navigation. Key measures with immigration information have been added under a new cross-topic navigation heading within the Immigration topic. 
 
Aging: Data about older adults on 16 key measures throughout the site can now be quickly accessed directly from the Aging topic. Check out the new Group at a glance profile for a quick overview of Minnesota's older adult population.  
Event Spotlight

About 1 in 6 Minnesota students have had an incarcerated parent.

On November 17, more than 100 people attended an event to learn about the impact of incarcerated parents on students and discuss ways to support these students in the classroom. The forum was hosted by the Strengthening Families Affected by Incarceration Collaborative, which includes Wilder Research. 

 

Read more and see video from the event.

New Research
The Cookie Cart is a youth employment program in North Minneapolis that provides quality, paid, first-time employment training for neighborhood teens. The multi-year evaluation looks at the effectiveness of the program in helping youth gain employment skills.

Invest Early - Early Childhood Initiative
A multi-year evaluation of a community collaboration to improve children's school readiness by improving the system of early childhood screening, care, and education; strengthening and empowering families; and promoting healthy child development.

Applied Learning Institute
The Applied Learning Institute works to support industrial technology education in Northeastern Minnesota by funding the purchase of equipment, instructor training, and activities that connect high school students to local colleges and employers. The evaluation sought perspectives from key stakeholders to identify successes, challenges, and directions for the future of the program.

Homeless Adults Age 55 and Older
Highlights key findings from the 2012 study about this growing population in Minnesota.

Supportive Housing Outcomes in Minnesota
A new issue brief and executive summary from our study of supportive housing in Minnesota. The study looked at the characteristics of the programs and the populations they serve, outcomes achieved by participants over time, and the program models that appear to work best for participants. Revisit the blog post from Patrick Troska of the Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota on the report.
New Staff
Please join us in welcoming three new staff to Wilder Research! Learn about their backgrounds and skills by clicking on the links below.
Sera Kinoglu
Research Assistant
Stephanie Kobbe
Research Assistant
Kara Malmgren
Senior Administrative Specialist
Stay Connected
     email button