January 2025

Now accepting applications from providers in the following regions/counties in Minnesota for the session beginning January 16, 2025: 

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• 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) ​

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

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

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s.m.a.r.t. steps course timeline

​Generous funding from Otto Bremer Trust, Fred C. and Katherine B. Anderson Foundation, and Sheltering Arms Foundation 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.