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Now accepting applications from providers in the following regions/counties in Minnesota for the session beginning January 13, 2024: 

• Aitkin
• Carlton
• Cook
• Itasca
• Koochiching 
• Lake​

• St. Louis
• Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
• Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
• Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 
• Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (District 1) 
• Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe (District 2) ​

• Benton
• Cass
• Chisago
• Crow Wing
• Isanti
• Kanabec
• Mille Lacs​​

• Morrison
• Pine
• Sherburne
• Stearns
• Todd
• Wadena
• Wright​

• Blue Earth
• Brown
• Dodge
• Faribault
• Fillmore
• Freeborn
• Goodhue
• Houston
• Le Sueur​
• Martin​

• Mower
• Nicollet
• Olmstead
• Rice
• Sibley
• Steele
• Wabasha
• Waseca
• Watonwon
• Winona

• Grant
• Stevens
• Traverse

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​Generous funding from Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation, the Mardag Foundation, and the Otto Bremer Trust, has allowed the necessary planning for this new program. We are currently working with Family Child Care providers from partnering regions in Minnesota and plan to offer additional opportunities for new providers to experience the S.M.A.R.T. Steps program - stay tuned!

S.M.A.R.T. Steps is offered in partnership with the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF), Northland Foundation, and the Initiative Foundation.