Wilder Research gathers and interprets facts and trends in order to help families and communities thrive, get at the core of community concerns, and raise issues that are overlooked or poorly understood. We work with organizations at the local, state, national, and international levels.

EVALUATION WORKSHOP SERIES
This 4-part series gives you practical tips to ensure your program evaluations provide reliable information and results with impact. Each session explores one topic.

Session 1: Getting the most from your evaluation
September 17, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 
Wilder Center

Paul Mattessich, Wilder Research executive director and author of "Information gold mine: Innovative uses of evaluation," will show you the power of research findings to influence policy, improve services, and to market and raise funds for your organization. Then, three program managers will talk about how they use their evaluations to benefit their programs.

Sessions are free, but registration is required.
Learn more and register for our first session now.

Featured releases

A new age of immigrants
This new report from Wilder Research was commissioned by The Minneapolis Foundation to help promote constructive dialogue on the issue of immigration in Minnesota. It lays out immigration facts and poses unanswered questions.

Reports from the 2009 study on homelessness 
A fact sheet, Homeless children and families in Minnesota,and statewide tables providing detailed survey results are available.

Homeless service use in Minnesota
This report provides numbers and characteristics of people residing in emergency shelter and transitional housing throughout the state. A companion report presents detailed tables for each of Minnesota's 11 Continuum of Care regions.
Hmong mental health
This assessment explores the mental health needs of the Hmong community, and looks at mental health service needs for Hmong youth and adults.
Saint Paul Children's Collaborative Tri-Project Initiative
This evaluation highlights early lessons learned by this new initiative to reduce disparities in academic achievement and child protection involvement among African-American youth in targeted Saint Paul neighborhoods.

More new releases

Reports by topic

Resources and tools

Interesting reading
Evaluation
Collaboration Factors Inventory
Evaluatod web site

Minnesota Compass: Trends and data

Twin Cities Compass, a quality-of-life initiative led by Wilder Research, has expanded to include the entire state. Now, get county and regional trends data for the Twin Cities 7-county region and regions across the state. Also find ideas and strategies to improve quality of life in your community. www.mncompass.org

New webcast from Compass: Immigration: Changing Minnesota's Landscape
Minnesota's immigrant population has increased by by 35 percent just this decade. This webcast, focused on immigration in Greater Minnesota, highlights key immigration trends followed by a discussion moderated by Dave Peters, Minnesota Public Radio News, with special guests Tim Penny, CEO and president, Southern Minnesota Initiative; Marcy Costello, a native of Peru and board member, Southwest Initiative Foundation; and Don Hickman, senior program manager, Initiative Foundation.

More data and trends:
St. Paul neighborhood profiles