First Year Recap: PDG Indigenous Evaluation

Minnesota's Preschool Development Birth through Five grant (PDG) is a partnership of the Minnesota departments of Education, Health, and Human Services, along with the Children's Cabinet, to align education and care systems?across the state.?The three-year, $26.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services supports expecting families and families with children age 5 and younger. Wilder Research was contracted to conduct an Indigenous evaluation of the grant activities, focused on the experiences of and impacts on Indigenous families. The evaluation plan guiding the work was developed collaboratively with Indigenous grantees and partners, and the State. In December 2022, Wilder Research analyzed administrative data, which are presented here, along with highlights of the first year of evaluation.