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Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,582
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
People Serving People Charities, Inc. AKA People Serving People
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2016
End Date
February 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
Partners in Arts Participation
Project Details
Together with MacPhail Center for Music, People Serving People will provide early childhood music classes to children experiencing homelessness enrolled in their Early Childhood Development program.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Janet Brademan: Retired executive director, Headwaters School of Music and the Arts; Julia Donaldson: Director of advancement, Pillsbury United Communities; Jessica O'Brien: Associate director, Minnesota Council of Churches’ Mankato refugee services; Anna Ostendorf: Program director, ArtReach; Jenea Rewertz-Targui: Arts learning program manager, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Kari Ruth: Director of strategic communications, Hennepin Theatre Trust; Sara Sternberger: Executive director, Free Arts Minnesota; Zahra Tafarrodi: Cross-cultural educator, researcher, author and artist
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,582
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$8,582
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Through exposure to music, children experiencing homelessness will see improvements in executive functioning skills. Use of music will be measured and children’s self-regulation, impulse control, working memory, and attending skills will be assessed quarterly.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Children in People Serving People's Early Childhood Development Program received 144 hours of music lessons and increased their executive functioning. People Serving People measures children's progress in a Microsoft CRM database every 2-3 weeks using the Teaching Strategies GOLD Birth through Kindergarten and Preschool Individual Growth and Development Indicators assessments. Children who received music classes saw a 20-25% increase in five indicators when compared to pre-class levels. Hearing children sing independently during free play and seeing their faces light up when the instructor arrives speaks to the qualitative impact.

Description of Funds
Recipient Board Members
Paul Kelash, Guy Becker, Elizabeth Hinz, Robert Metcalf, Tom Sipkins, Daniel Gumnit, Janine Wenholz, Drew Fesler, Josephine Pufpaff, Stefani Tygar Barnes, LaToya Burrell, Christopher Clark, Karen Kepler, Michael Kremenak, Cora McCorvey, Gretchen Musicant, Vernon Chico Rowland, Ryan Strack, Andrea Turner, Joe Chybowski, Jesse Bergland
Project Manager
First Name
Karen
Last Name
Kunze
Organization Name
People Serving People Charities, Inc. AKA People Serving People
Street Address
614 3rd St S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55415
Phone
(612) 333-4500
Email
kkunze@peopleservingpeople.org
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Administered By
Administered by

Minnesota State Arts Board

Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
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Email the Agency
msab@arts.state.mn.us
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