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Stand Up Participate Program Evaluation Report | Year I

2015, Public Health /

This report evaluates the ongoing process of the SUP program during the first year (September, 2014- August, 2015). SUP’s target areas include: Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn
Center, and North Minneapolis. All of them have higher than average violence crime rate and homicide rate, which correlates with high percentage of minority families
and poverty rate in those areas. Such living environment affects youth’s safety and health, as well as their behavior and performance. Therefore, the discussion will evince the necessity of the program, and its goal of effectively integrating public health and community law enforcement, in order to reduce racial disparities that
prevail throughout the community.

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SUP Program Evaluation Report

2015, Public Health /

This report evaluates the ongoing process of the SUP program during the first year (September, 2014- August, 2015). The discussion will evince the necessity of the program, and its goal of effectively integrating public health and community policing in order to reduce racial disparities
that prevail throughout the community. Six domains will be included into discussion: the
improvement of coordination, collaboration, and linkages among stakeholders; the academic outcome of youth participants; reduction in negative encounters with law enforcement; increment in access towards needed public health and/or social services; impact in community
violent crimes perpetrated by minority youth; and efforts in reducing violence against minority
youth. Some issues need to be paid attention to, which is at the end of the report.

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Opportunities And Challenges: The Education Of Latinos In Minnesota

2012, Education and Youth /

This report presents the results of research into factors that contribute to successful educational outcomes for Latino students in Minnesota high schools. The Chicano-Latino Affairs Council (CLAC) and the Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) partnered with Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research (HACER) as part of a larger initiative to more successfully
leverage the potential of Minnesota’s Latino students to contribute to the state’s overall economy and wellbeing. 1 This initiative is based on data showing that Minnesota’s rapidly growing Latino population is poised to support the state’s future success in a globalized economy if we tap into the intercultural knowledge and language skills that have been historically underutilized. Central to
this initiative is the goal of improving high school graduation rates, lowering dropout rates, and
expanding college enrollment of Latino youth, thereby allowing them to develop the skills required
in today’s workforce.

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Jovenes De Salud Youth health advocates ANSR/CLUES

2011, Education and Youth, Public Health /

Jovenes de Salud (JdS) is a mentorship health participation outreach program centered on St. Paul high schools. The aim of this program is to help at risk youth stay in school, increase school involvement, and promote healthy lifestyles. To achieve this, the program focuses on after school meetings once a week during which the participants are encouraged and helped with school work, planning community activities, and are educated in current health topics. In addition, the participants engage the community participating in demonstrations, conferences, and training’s after school and during the weekends. Through these activities, the program aims to form community leaders.

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Minnesota Latino Nonprofit Economy Report

2010, Economic Development and Entrepreneurship /

In 2000, the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN) and Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research (HACER) undertook a research study of Latino nonprofits in Minnesota to address a gap of information regarding the number and type of nonprofits that served the Latino community. The result was the
first Latino Nonprofit Economy Report, published in September 2000.
This report is an update of the previous one, and provides a picture of the state of Minnesota’s Latino nonprofit organizations by size, location, types of services and funding sources. The report is also designed to examine the impact the nonprofit sector has on Latino communities.

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Understanding Behaviors, Values, Motivations And Recommendations Of Latino Subgroups In Designing Effective Community-Based Tobacco Cessation Programs

2008, Public Health /

Centro Campesino, Inc., in collaboration with Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research (HACER) and Dr. Michael Rodriguez from the Educational Psychology Department at the University of Minnesota, carried out an 18-month Developmental Community Academic Research Award project entitled
Understanding Behaviors, Values, Motivations and Recommendations of Latino Subgroups in Developing
Effective, Community-based Tobacco Cessation Programs. This research worked to unify Latino health promoters, bilingual/bicultural community-based researchers, academic researchers, and key stakeholders in a collaborative effort to better understand tobacco use and tobacco cessation among Latino subgroups in Minnesota. Our asset-oriented approach intended to shift from the current paradigm of focusing on negative behaviors associated with tobacco use, to a paradigm that focuses on positive behaviors associated with not using tobacco among Latino adults in south central Minnesota.

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Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund: Focus Groups With Hispanic/Latino Residents In Rural Minnesota Manufactured Home Parks

2007, Economic Development and Entrepreneurship /

Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund (NCDF) contracted Hispanic Advocacy
and Community Empowerment through Research (HACER) to conduct a study to assess
the perceptions, experiences and needs of Latino residents of manufactured home parks in rural Minnesota so that they would be able to promote their cooperative ownership program with this community.

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Let Us Meet You Where You Are: Securing the Educational Accomplishments of Migrant Students (SEAMS)

2006, Education and Youth /

Migrant students are among the most educationally disadvantaged students in the United States public school system. In 2005, the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) contracted Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research (HACER) to conduct a
Comprehensive Needs Assessment (CNA) for migrant students in Minnesota. In an effort to move away from a deficit-based approach to discussing the needs of migrant students, the project was titled Securing the Educational Accomplishments of Migrant Students (SEAMS). The purpose of this project was to describe the particular context of migrant students in Minnesota, identify and prioritize their specific needs, and finally, highlight their unique strengths. This
project also aimed to create recommendations for how the Migrant Education Program (MEP) in
Minnesota can best help migrant students succeed in school. The data and analyses presented here draw on the experience and expertise of service providers working with Minnesota’s migrant population. Most importantly, however, this study foregrounds the voices and insights of migrant parents and migrant students in the state.

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Minnesota Migrant Education Program: 2006 Re-Interview Process

2006, Education and Youth /

Under the Migrant Education Program (MEP), state education departments in the United States receive federal funds to support the education of migrant children. The level of MEP funding dispersed to a particular school district depends on the
number of eligible migrant students identified in that district. In 2005 the
Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) contracted Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research (HACER) to implement a reinterview process to evaluate prior eligibility determinations for MEP. MDE hired
HACER to conduct a similar re-interview process in 2006. Over the summer of 2006, HACER conducted re-interviews with the families of students previously
identified as eligible for the program. This report describes HACER’s research methodology for the 2006 re-interviews, explains the eligibility determination process, and estimates the ineligibility rate (i.e. the “defect rate”) of identified migrant students in Minnesota. The report concludes with a discussion of findings and a series of recommendations to MDE.

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