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Grantee Learning Logs

An important part of creative problem solving are the lessons learned along the way. As a learning organization, we realize how important these discoveries are and have intentionally included time for reflection and sharing as part of how we work. 

In that same spirit, we ask our Community Innovation grantees to share their reflections and learnings through interim and final reports. Their learning logs are a great resource for what went well, what didn't and what others might take away as they work to make our region better for everyone.

Rapid City Area School District #51-4

Term: November 01, 2013 - December 31, 2015

"Teen Up," an initiative of Partnership Rapid City, will create online youth engagement technology, provide opportunities for youth to participate in city planning and cultivate all that youth have to offer by engaging them in service and in advisory and leadership roles throughout the community.

Interim Report
Report date
February 2015

The process has facilitated the transformation of teens from volunteers/helpers to truly expressing their own voices and creating their own work for an issue they are passionate about.

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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

Term: November 01, 2013 - June 30, 2016

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe will hold talking circles and lead a community assessment to guide the development of a network of home and community-based service providers who qualify for Medicare and state reimbursement programs. This network will help elders and adults with disabilities in their community continue living independently.

Interim Report
Report date
January 2015

The “inclusive” element has grounded the entire project, that is, the elders who are going to benefit from the project, are integrally engaged in contributing their own knowledge and own assessment of needs, and in also proposing and brainstorming possible solutions.

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The Barbara Schneider Foundation

Term: November 01, 2013 - December 31, 2015

The Barbara Schneider Foundation will work together with four Native nations--Red Lake Nation, White Earth Nation, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and Rosebud Sioux Tribe--to create culturally distinct programs for prevention of and intervention in mental health crisis and wellness recovery. Each Nation will identify strengths, needs, priorities and barriers to wellness, and develop a collaborative response plan for their community.

Interim Report
Report date
January 2015

We come from this majority society that has made enormous errors in our relations with Native communities and we have so much to learn from them as we engage with them in this work.

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