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The Deep Poverty Project was led by the Department of Human Services cash assistance, food assistance and public health care programs, with consultation from Department of Revenue, Department of Health and faculty from the Humphrey School at University of Minnesota.
The goals of this initiative were to examine how living in deep poverty can lead to poor health and to identify opportunities to address deep poverty through the state's existing programs in order to improve health outcomes.
The final report of this work relied on interviews with people living in deep poverty and health care and social service providers, analysis of administrative data and published research. Outcomes of this project include:
The mission of the Food Security Work Group is to ensure all Minnesotans have access to stable food supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic, and that Minnesotans do not need to put themselves in harm’s way to access that food.
For more information about the Food Security Work Group, subscribe to its newsletter, which contains invites to the meetings and recaps of the meetings. The newsletter also contains resources for people at food shelves and food banks, tribal nations, private nonprofit organizations, and affiliated organizations who work to address hunger in Minnesota.
To address the growing need for food assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Minnesota Department of Human Services is re-launching the Nutritious Food Coalition, and changing its name to the SNAP Coalition. The SNAP Coalition seeks to increase awareness and participation in SNAP through coordinated outreach efforts. Those encouraged to participate include community-based organizations; state, county and local governments; tribal nations; business associations; advocacy networks; and others to make up a broad mix of partners.
Learn more by viewing SNAP Coalition: Coming together to fight food insecurity (PDF). If interested in participating in the meetings, subscribe below to receive SNAP Coalition News and Updates.
Minnesota Whole Family Systems is a partnership among state agencies, local organizations, communities and families to create system change across government to eliminate racial disparities in program access and outcomes, so all children and families can thrive together.
The Department of Human Services grants funds to local organizations throughout Minnesota to engage families and communities in work that creates innovative program designs called "prototypes" to address racial disparities in human services and outcomes. Whole Family Systems focuses on approaches that enable and support the whole family to create meaningful and lasting change in all aspects of their lives: well-being, family preservation, housing, childcare, health and economic stability.
Minnesota was selected to participate in the TANF Data Collaborative, an innovative approach to increasing data analytics capacity at state Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) agencies.
The department examined the use of sanctions in Minnesota’s TANF program, Minnesota Family Investment Program, in collaboration with Dakota and Olmsted counties, to better understand the relationship between NOITS rates and sanction rates and then to explore how NOITS and sanctions are associated with race, language, age, and immigration status. Read the research brief here.
Watch this video to hear staff from participating agencies (Minnesota staff featured at 4:30) describe their research questions and discuss building data capacity, integrating datasets, networking with other states, increasing collaboration between state and county agencies, learning new technical skills, and the benefits of being able to draw from diverse skillsets.
This is a summary report on the first decade of the Minnesota Family Investment Program, based on December reports from 1997 to 2006:
These indicators are quarterly data on state-mandated performance measures, by county, tribal providers and county consortia.
These are annual summaries on state-mandated performance measures for the Self-Support Index and the Work Participation Rate by county, tribal providers and county consortia.
Annual data on Self-Support Index on Racial/Ethnic and Immigrant groups within counties, tribal providers, and county consortia regions.
This is a supplemental report on Diversionary Work Program.
Diversionary Work Program Fifth and 12th Month Outcomes- Data for DWP cohorts from June 2012 through June 2014 DHS-4563A (PDF)
The Minnesota Family Investment Program Monthly Report Dashboard includes summary data for the Minnesota Family Investment Program.
Short reports on economic assistance in Minnesota.
The Minnesota Department of Human Services conducted a five-year study following nearly 2,000 early Minnesota Family Investment Program participants.
Family Self-Sufficiency and Health Care Program Statistics on Cases, Persons and Expenditures gives statewide data for a series of 10 annual and 13 monthly periods for cash, food and medical programs. The report is based on the month the payment was received. Contact DHS.ReportsAndForecasts@state.mn.us for more information.
Minnesota’s Early Childhood Longitudinal Data System (ECLDS) is a tool that combines data collected by the state departments of Education, Human Services, and Health into one online, interactive database. The system shows population level results related to children's growth and achievement in relation to their participation in a variety of educational and social programs over time. The Kindergarten Reports Economic and Food Assistance Measures reflect the portion of Minnesota’s kindergartener’s and early childhood learners in public programs who are in households participating in MFIP or DWP or receiving SNAP.