Guests discuss the changing populations in Minnesota, and how breaking large, general categories of data into more specific sub-groups is essential to understanding the needs, strengths, and challenges of the diverse communities and people who live here. Host Paul Mattessich talks with KaYing Yang, director of programs and partnerships at Coalition of Asian American Leaders, and Nicole MartinRogers, research scientist at Wilder Research.

More information and resources

 

Minnesota Compass:

mncompass.org

Race data disaggregation: What does it mean? Why does it matter? https://www.mncompass.org/trends/insights/2018-04-04-data-disaggregation

 

Minnesota Department of Education - Counting All Students: https://education.mn.gov/MDE/fam/count/

 

White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: https://sites.ed.gov/aapi/

East Metro Pulse:

https://www.spmcf.org/east-metro-pulse

Paul Mattessich talks with three guests about the friends, family, and communities providing informal caregiving to Minnesota’s older adult population, the need for culturally responsive support services, and how we can improve how we support Minnesota’s informal caregivers. Guests include: Maureen Kenney, director of Aging Services at the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation; Dorothea Harris, program manager of Volunteers of America – Minnesota’s Culturally Responsive Caregiver Support and Dementia Consultation; and Christin Lindberg research scientist at Wilder Research.

More information and resources:

MINNESOTA:

Wilder Foundation Healthy Aging & Caregiving Services: https://www.wilder.org/what-we-offer/healthy-aging-caregiving-services

Wilder Research Older Adults and Aging research:

https://www.wilder.org/wilder-research/research-topics/older-adults-and-aging

Volunteers of America Caregiver Support: https://www.voamnwi.org/caregiver-support

Culturally Responsive Caregiver Support and Dementia HELPLINE (available in 4 languages):

952-945-4034

Minnesota Board on Aging Senior Linkage Line: http://www.mnaging.org/advisor/SLL.htm

MNHelp.Info - https://mnhelp.info/SpecialTopics/Seniors

NATIONAL:

National Alliance for Caregiving: https://www.caregiving.org/

Family Caregiver Alliance: https://www.caregiver.org/

AARP: https://www.aarp.org/

Next Avenue: https://www.nextavenue.org/

Paul Mattessich talks with Laura Sutherland, Safe Harbor Regional Navigator for Southeastern Minnesota, and Laura Schauben, research scientist at Wilder Research, about sex trafficking and sexual exploitation in Minnesota, the statewide effort to identify and support victims, and what you need to know that could help save a life.

More information:

Information on Safe Harbor Minnesota: https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/safeharbor/

Understanding Sex Trafficking and What Minnesota is Doing to Address it: https://www.wilder.org/articles/understanding-sex-trafficking-and-what-minnesota-doing-address-it

5 Facts That Can Help you Save a Life: What You Need to Know About Commercial Sexual Exploitation: https://www.wilder.org/articles/five-facts-can-help-you-save-life-what-you-need-know-about-commercial-sexual-exploitation

Paul Mattessich talks with Jen Reedy, President of the Bush Foundation, and Allison Liuzzi, Project Director of Minnesota Compass, about ways communities are changing in Minnesota; how data helps to understand and prepare for future challenges and give us hope; and tips for being an informed consumer of facts.

Learn more about the Bush Foundation: https://www.bushfoundation.org/

Learn more about Minnesota Compass: https://www.mncompass.org/

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so Paul Mattessich spoke with two experts on children's mental health in Minnesota. The discussion covers formal and informal mental health services, what we know about building positive relationships, and what you can do to help promote mental health among children.

Guests:

Dr. Cheryl Holm-Hansen, senior research manager at Wilder Research, where she's led studies related to children's mental health for more than 20 years.

Dr. Mark Sander is a senior clinical psychologist for Hennepin County & Director of School Mental Health for Hennepin County and Minneapolis Public Schools.

Useful links:

Wilder Research publications on mental health: http://www.wilder.org/Wilder-Research/Publications/Pages/results-Mental-Health.aspx

National Alliance on Mental Illness - MN: http://www.namihelps.org/

Ramsey County Children’s Mental Health Collaborative: https://www.rccmhc.org/

Hennepin County Children’s Mental Health Collaborative: http://www.hccmhc.com/

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Children's Mental Health:

https://www.samhsa.gov/children

Amherst H. Wilder Foundation Mental & Chemical Health Services :

https://www.wilder.org/Programs-Services/Children-Family-Mental-Health/

Host Paul Mattessich talks with Michelle Gerrard of Wilder Research and Senta Leff of the Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless about who is homeless in Minnesota, the causes of homelessness, and the one thing they would do to end it.

Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless: https://www.mnhomelesscoalition.org/

Minnesota Homeless Study: http://mnhomeless.org/