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April 20, 2012 || Vol. 4, Issue 16
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Funding Opportunities
Advancing Social Sciences-Based Research on Food Assistance and Nutrition Challenges in Rural America
Deadline: May 4, 2012
(From the Rural Assistance Center Health Update)
The purpose of the RIDGE (Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics) Center for Targeted Studies @ the SRDC is to invest in innovative social sciences-based research that explores the food and nutrition assistance challenges of rural people and places. The program is especially interested in proposals that focus on Native Americans, Hispanics, African Americans, and other racial/ethnic populations, as well as children and low-wealth individuals/households. RIDGE grant applicants are required to focus their research on people, organizations, institutions, or communities/counties located in nonmetro counties or rural places of the United States. Click here for more information.
Desistance From Crime Over the Life Course
Deadline: May 23, 2012
This solicitation seeks proposals to conduct research that enhances knowledge of the process of desistance from crime. The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) encourages applicants to submit proposals for bold, innovative approaches to enhancing understanding of the processes underlying desistance from crime. Click here for more information.
New York Community Trust Social Work Education, Research, and Practice Grant Program Deadline: September 28, 2012 (From the Philanthropy News Digest) The New York Community Trust has released guidelines for grants that aim to make the social work profession more effective in addressing systemic social problems by integrating education, research, and practice. Through the program, the trust seeks to fund projects designed to build an evidence base for social work intervention; introduce innovations in the classroom and the field and connect training and research to communities; make macro practice a priority and improve training in policy, management, and leadership; and support research that helps social workers improve practice and addresses larger social issues. Academic institutions in New York City and nationwide, and nonprofits working with such institutions, are encouraged to apply. The program will accept applications year round and will award grants in June and December. Applications for consideration this December must be received by September 28, 2012. In addition to the new program, the trust will continue to make grants to New York City nonprofits for projects that help poor families become more self-sufficient and preserve the safety of the most vulnerable children. Click here for more information. Social Science Research on Indigent Defense Deadline: May 23, 2012 Social science research examining the fundamental issues surrounding access to quality legal representation has been lacking. Based on a long history of research and collaborative projects with other Office of Justice Programs (OJP) agencies and Federal partners, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has determined that rigorous research can play an integral role in indigent defense service, policy, and practice development. It is important to: (1) understand the barriers that indigent criminal defendants face in securing legal representation and resources; (2) identify and assess means to address these barriers; and (3) disseminate evidence-based recommendations that are easily accessible to practitioners and other stakeholders across the country. As such, NIJ seeks to fund research projects focused on the area of indigent defense. This includes research inquiries into issues such as: waiver of counsel, the importance of defense team members in indigent defense cases, and/or investigator-initiated research focused on issues surrounding indigent defense. Click here for more information. Joint Research Initiative on Peacebuilding in Sub-Saharan Africa Deadline: varies (From the Philanthropy News Digest) Carnegie Corporation of New York and the International Development Research Centre have announced the Eliciting and Applying Local Research Knowledge for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding initiative, a jointly funded research program designed to increase the level of recognition and utilization of local peace-building and state-building expertise and capacity in post-conflict contexts where challenges are most acute, with a specific emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa. The joint venture will focus on answering questions that generate new or heretofore undervalued insights about how sustainable and inclusive peace- and state-building processes can best be attained. It also will seek to bring these insights to the attention of relevant scholarly, policy, and practitioner communities. Click here for more information. W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship for Research in Race, Gender, Culture, and Crime Deadline: May 2, 2012 With this solicitation, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) seeks applications for the W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship for Research in Race, Gender, Culture, and Crime FY 2012. The Fellowship program seeks to advance knowledge regarding the confluence of crime, justice, and culture in various societal contexts. The Fellowship places particular emphasis on crime, violence, and the administration of justice in diverse cultural contexts within the United States. Applicants may apply from all academic disciplines. However, applicants must: 1) Be early in their academic career, 2) Not have been awarded tenure, and 3) Possess a terminal degree in their respective field. Applicants should propose research that speaks directly to issues related to crime, violence, and the administration of justice in diverse cultural contexts within the United States. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Papers
Research on Asia-Pacific Social Work Practice
Deadline: June 30, 2012
Journal of Social Service Research seeks multidisciplinary empirical research-related manuscripts, for a special issue on research related to Asia-Pacific Social Work. The special issue aims to increase awareness of social work practices in the Asia Pacific region as well as link the region's research and practice of social work to international level. The following sample topic areas, in addition to other manuscripts addressing Asia-Pacific social work will be considered for peer-review.
-Topic Areas: Studies that focus on Asia-Pacific region and/or population in all or some of the micro, mezzo, and macro practice. Elderly Asian as an ethnic minority in the U.S., Children and Adolescent, Individuals with Disabilities, Welfare and Social Development Policy, Administration of voluntary/Non-profit organizations, Community Practice, Mental health, Clinical Social Work, Substance Abuse Treatment,
-Submissions Guidelines: To submit a manuscript for consideration, send complete author's contact information including e-mail addresses and electronic copy of the article with a cover letter that describes the topic area of the study. Page limits for these submissions are 40 double-spaced pages including all supporting materials such as tables, graphs, and references. All supporting information needs to be in one file. Send Submissions and Questions to the Guest Editor:
Young Joon Hong, Ph.D.
Department of Family Welfare
Sangmyung University
E-mail: hongsocialwork@gmail.com
Call for Papers
SSWR 2013
Deadline: April 30, 2012
The Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) announces its Seventeenth Annual Conference "Social Work for a Just Society: Making Visible the Stakes and Stakeholders" which will convene in San Diego, CA, January 16-20, 2013. You are invited to submit abstracts for one of the three types of presentations of original research: (1) oral paper presentations; (2) organized symposia; and (3) poster presentations. The conference will also include workshop and roundtable sessions for which you can submit abstracts. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
Responding to Immigrants National Conference: Bridging Research and Practice to Meet the Needs of Immigrants in New Growth Communities
May 3, 2012
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Tomás Jiménez, Stanford University
This national conference is the culmination of a year-long project to bring together researchers at the University of Illinois who study immigrant/Latino issues in new growth communities with the practitioners and professionals serving these communities in Champaign County, Illinois. Our conference aims to expand beyond this local experience by including presentations and workshops given by researchers and practitioners in other new growth and traditional immigrant communities, from a variety of disciplines. This conference is free and open to the public, however space is limited and registration is required. Workshops From Visiting Faculty Include:
*Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) with Liz Lightfoot, PhD, Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Minnesota
*An overview of Arizona State University's Southwest Collaborative on Immigration, Inequality, and Poverty (SCIIP) with Steve Anderson, PhD, Director of the Department of Social Work at ASU
*Strengthening Efforts to Engage the Hispanic Community in Citizen-Driven Governance: An Assessment of Efforts in Utah, with Patria de Lancer Julnes, Associate Professor of Public Administration at the University of Baltimore
Additional presentations from faculty and graduate students from across the country and from the University of Illinois include topics such as Latino acculturation in new growth communities, improving access to services for immigrants in new growth communities, the effects of immigration enforcement on Latinos and their communities, participatory research projects with immigrant communities, and university/community collaborative relationships. Please visit our website for a complete schedule of presentations. Advanced Analytics for Child Welfare Administration
Public/Private Partnership Focus
Applications due: May 2, 2012
In partnership with Casey Family Programs, Chapin Hall and the Center for State Foster Care and Adoption Data are pleased to offer Advanced Analytics for Child Welfare Administration, a five-day course for child welfare managers, on June 25-29, 2012, in Chicago, Illinois. The June 2012 course is designed specifically to support public child welfare systems seeking to build or strengthen their relationships with their private partners. The purpose of the course is to enable participants to become critical users and consumers of child welfare administrative data as a means toward making continuous quality improvements in their organizations. Participants accepted for the Advanced Analytics course will receive full support for tuition, room, and most meals. Travel, ground transportation, and three evening meals are the responsibility of the student. The course is limited to eighteen participants. Click here for more information.7th Young Children Without Homes National Conference
May 30 - 31, 2012
Boston, MA
Hosted by Horizons for Homeless Children, this is the only national conference that focuses exclusively on young children and their families who experience homelessness. Over the past seven years, this conference has attracted hundreds of attendees in various locations and provided opportunities for service providers from across the country to learn and share information. This year's Conference will include over 40 workshops on the following topics:
*Early education and care
*Family Support
*Supportive housing for families
*Research and evaluation
*Interdisciplinary perspectives on family homelessness
*Advocacy and current policy issues
*Trauma informed services
Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
Medicaid and Community Health Centers: the Relationship between Coverage for Adults and Primary Care Capacity in Medically Underserved Communities (From the Rural Assistance Center Health Update) Community health centers play an important role in providing care to uninsured and low-income individuals living in medically underserved communities. They rely on many different revenue sources and, over time, Medicaid has become a central source of funding for most health centers. To better understand how Medicaid influences health center practice, this paper compares the strength of health centers in states that have expanded Medicaid coverage for adults to health centers in states with more limited Medicaid coverage for adults. Differences between the two groups of health centers help shed light on the implications of broader Medicaid coverage for low-income populations on the overall strength of health care safety net. Click here to read the full report. Methods for Counting High-Frequency Repeat Victimizations in the National Crime Victimization Survey Janet L. Lauritsen, Jennifer Gatewood Owens, Michael Planty, Michael R. Rand, Jennifer L. Truman Examines the nature and extent of series victimization in the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). This technical report assesses the general patterns of victims' responses to being asked, "How many times did this type of incident occur?" and provides data on how reports of high-frequency repeat victimizations have changed over time. It describes how different procedures for counting series victimizations would affect estimates of the level and annual rate of change in victimization for various crime types and incident characteristics. The report also describes how the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) will change its counting practices for estimating annual victimization rates in future reports. Click here to read the full report.
ICPSR Additions
Below is a list of new data collection additions to the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) data archive:*27541 Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006 -- Concatenated Data [United States] *32601 Police Decision Making in Sexual Assault Cases: An Analysis of Crime Reported to the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, 2008 *33701 Afrobarometer Round 4: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in 20 African Countries, 2008-2009
Click here for more information and additional datasets.
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News & Notices
New Standards portal in USHIK This is an update regarding the U.S. Health Information Knowledgebase (USHIK) of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The most recent release of USHIK contains a new Standards portal. Some highlights regarding this portal are: *The Standards portal is currently reserved for metadata from specific Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) who have been accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) *This portal can be used to research, review and compare metadata between different SDOs *Currently, metadata from the ASC X12 5010 data set is included; data sets from other SDOs are forthcoming *The Standards portal features interactive Search functionality with real-time filtering As additional data element metadata is added to this portal in USHIK, we will keep you informed. Visit USHIK here. The new Standards portal is found here. Interactive Conference Calls on the Health Care Law, The Affordable Care Act Hosted By the HHS Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships For Faith and Community Leaders The Affordable Care Act expands access to care, ends abuses of insurers, and makes health care more affordable. The law helps those with pre-existing health conditions, people who are under age 26 and without health insurance, the most vulnerable in our society and those who are currently insured. To learn more about the health care law, click here. Call-in information will be made available 24 hours in advance. -April 17 at 2:00 pm ET - Tour of HealthCare.gov -April 17 at 3:30 pm ET - The Health Care Law 101 and Health Disparities (in Spanish) -April 25 at 2:00 pm ET - The Health Care Law and Health Disparities (in English) -May 16 at 1:00 pm ET - The Health Care Law and Access to Care
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