Community Innovation Learning Logs

To initiate Partnering for Resilience -- supporting high needs families with young children through collaborative problem-solving around safety, resilience and independence

To increase civic and social engagement of the American Indian community in order to build community leaders who can collectively address the pervasive, negative socio-economic disparities of the American Indian population in Bismarck-Mandan

To engage with families to access educational opportunities and build inclusive communities in Southwest Minnesota

To build a statewide problem-solving process on the issue of mass incarceration and the impact of the prison system on communities of color

Conduct a Family Freedom School Initiative to increase awareness and build capacity of Duluth's African American community to address institutional barriers and structural policies of race impacting their lives

To plan, establish and prepare to implement a "one-stop-shop" family resource center to improve delivery, increase capacity, remove barriers and close gaps in family and social services

To build a hub for a healthy, equitable and just food system

To strengthen the South Dakota One Health Producer/Provider/Veterinarian Network (PPV Net) to more effectively communicate information regarding zoonotic disease and other public health issues among livestock producers, medical providers and veterinarians in an effort to improve the quality and continuity of healthcare among both human and animal populations in South Dakota

A pilot program to remove barriers to Native home ownership in South Dakota

To create an educational and career path for young people of color in the environmental science and natural resource fields

To strengthen the North Minneapolis community and improve academic achievement by building a cohort of strong parent leaders

To further develop the Mental Health Advocacy Network to better serve those in need of mental health support

To develop a Collaborative Process for Landscape Conservation in Western North Dakota

To create a 2 Generation Plan to End Violence that will incorporate community generated ideas, include outcome measures, and identify solutions to test

To support the "Keeping the Woods in the North Woods" partnership that targets peer-to-peer conservation efforts to stop deforestation and protect water quality

To create North Market: building with, not for, to improve community health in North Minneapolis

To institutionalize a statewide system in North Dakota to solve addiction with an intersection of technology, private and public sectors

To encourage investment in communities through the adoption and implementation of responsible banking ordinances

To engage communities in identifying factors contributing to high youth dropout and unemployment rates

To create the Neighborhood Youth Navigator Program

To collaboratively design the Minnesota LGBTQ Health and Human Services Standards of Care

To develop a coordinated regional forensic medical response to sexual violence in Northeast Minnesota

To solve the need for better access to affordable, culturally competent, quality early childhood education services (ECE) in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood (West Bank)

To conduct a "Race Equity and Excellence in Education Action Planning" process with the goal of identifying specific strategies to address race equity in education

To design and pilot a coordinated system for social service providers to enter, manage and share client data in order to better serve local families

To further develop a multi-tribal power authority and to plan workforce development of a utility-grade wind power installation

To increase civic engagement within communities of color in the Northwest suburbs of the Twin Cities

To assess needs, build a foundation and create a work plan for the Work 2 Wellness (W2W) Project

To partner with the Rapid City Area Schools and others, examining the need to address cross-cultural understanding and relationships in their community

To engage the community to build a new economic model of comprehensive, coordinated service delivery to improve outcomes for young people

"Northfield Promise" is a collective impact initiative designed to achieve community-level change for children and youth growing up in Northfield. By aligning all the major community institutions around a shared set of measurable benchmarks, assembling diverse action teams, collecting and sharing data, implementing action plans, and sharing progress with community stakeholders, the project seeks to ensure success for all Northfield youth.

To use the Yes Network's community engagement model to create neighborhood-based summer enrichment programs for children

To engage underserved families in designing and testing a children's museum model that is responsive to their needs, interests and challenges

The Vital Aging Network's Wellness 50+ program will engage and train teams of older adults in four communities across Minnesota to lead community–developed wellness initiatives.

To engage healthcare stakeholders in creating a public-private funding program that will support foreign-trained medical professionals in securing medical residency

To move rural communities forward by creating opportunities for improved housing stability and economic development

To develop a creative, resilient and community-driven future for the diverse neighborhoods along the St. Louis River

To co-create the Sustainable Home Ownership Project (SHOP): a workforce development initiative and homeownership system that supports a green construction industry on Pine Ridge

To test and implement the Minneapolis Public Schools "Grow Your Own" program: a fast-track alternative teacher preparation and licensure program for bilingual educators and educators of color

To create a shared community vision for the Seven Mile Creek watershed, establish a watershed council to implement the community vision and build the relationships necessary to sustain watershed rehabilitation efforts into the future