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June 1, 2012 || Vol. 4, Issue 22
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Funding Opportunities
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Deadline: varies
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Funding Announcements (PFAs) are issued to support a portfolio of comparative clinical effectiveness research based on PCORI's National Priorities for Research and Research Agenda. PCORI's first Research Agenda includes five broad areas. Each area represents a line of research inquiry that addresses currently unmet needs of patients, their caregivers, clinicians and other healthcare system stakeholders in making personalized healthcare decisions across a wide range of conditions and treatments. Information is currently available for the following PFAs:
-Assessment of Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options
-Improving Healthcare Systems
-Communication and Dissemination Research
-Addressing Disparities
-Accelerating Patient-Centered Outcomes Research and Methodological Research
Click here for more information.
Evaluation of National Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration Projects
Deadline: July 27, 2012
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) invites eligible applicants to submit competitive grant applications to evaluate the National Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration Projects, advertised under the forecast for the funding opportunity announcement HHS-2012-ACF-OCSE-FD-0297. This evaluation will serve to inform state child support agencies conducting national child support noncustodial parent employment demonstrations about the effectiveness of these programs and common implementation challenges and successes. Over the five year project period, this cooperative agreement will allow the selected state agency to use this federal grant award and the Federal Financial Participation associated with Section 1115 grant funds to procure and manage a multi-site impact and implementation evaluation through an independent third-party evaluator (i.e., a university or research firm). OCSE anticipates that the evaluation will utilize a random assignment design in which eligible noncustodial parents are randomly assigned into treatment and control groups in each of the demonstration sites. The evaluation will also include an implementation study component and a benefit and cost analysis. The selected evaluator will also provide evaluation-related guidance and assistance to the demonstration grantees. The state agency awarded funds under this announcement shall be responsible for the management and oversight of the third-party evaluator. Click here for more information.
FY 2012 National Crime Statistics Exchange (NCS-X) Project: Phase 1
Deadline: July 9, 2012
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is pleased to announce that it is seeking an applicant to provide project management and coordination, technological systems design, and implementation and technical assistance services in connection with the National Crime Statistics Exchange (NCS-X) Project. The NCS-X Project seeks to build an ongoing statistical collection from a nationally representative system of incident-level records on offenses known to law enforcement agencies. The sample-based system would leverage the capabilities of existing record management systems and automated information exchanges. NCS-X should enable analysts to provide reliable national crime estimates in a very short period of time and will also strive to return meaningful statistical information and analytical support to the law enforcement community. Click here for more information.
Connecting Latino and African American Males to Sexual Health Services: An Adaptation of Project Connect
Deadline: June 27, 2012
The purpose of the program is three-fold. First, this project will explore the channels necessary for reaching at-risk African American and Latino adolescent and young adult males in urban settings and particularly YMSM among these populations. Second, this project will build on these findings to adapt and evaluate an existing, efficacious program, the Project Connect Health Systems Intervention [Project Connect traditional] to meet the sexual and reproductive health care needs of these adolescent and young adult males. Other trials of Project Connect have done this by developing active partnerships between settings offering access to at-risk adolescents and community health care providers. Schools provide the reach necessary for broad community impact. However, it is important to determine if reaching at-risk adolescent males may necessitate moving outside of a school setting as well as operating within schools. Maintaining the level of reach necessary for this type of broad community impact outside of the school setting will introduce new complications, challenges, and opportunities, but may be necessary to access those adolescent males at highest risk. Third, many adolescents now interact with information, especially health information, in an online environment. To meet the needs of today's adolescents, Project Connect must evolve [Project Connect online]. Developing an online, easily modified, easily updated, and portable mechanism for online access to good providers of sexual and reproductive healthcare services is critical to meeting the needs of the target population. Click here for more information.
Projects of National Significance: Data Collection on the Employment Status of People with Developmental Disabilities
Deadline: July 20, 2012
The Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is announcing availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 funds for a cooperative agreement authorized under Subtitle E of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, Projects of National Significance. Under this Subtitle, funds will be awarded to collect, analyze, and report on data to describe services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities. The purpose of this project is to support investigations that examine the employment status of people with developmental disabilities and related outcomes as a result of programs that support their employment. The study will assess the effectiveness of State Mental Retardation Developmental Disabilities (MRDD) and vocational rehabilitation agencies in promoting full inclusion of individuals with developmental disabilities through employment and other community activities; and assess the employment and economic status of individuals with developmental disabilities on a State and national basis. Click here for more information on this topic and other related topics.
FDA Tobacco Regulatory Science Fellowship
Deadline: June 18, 2012
The Food and Drug Administration Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), in collaboration with the Institute of Medicine (IOM), is launching a new regulatory science fellowship program designed for mid-career professionals to gain experience and expertise to further define and develop the field of regulatory science as it relates to the regulation of tobacco products and FDA's new authorities under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. This is an excellent opportunity for exceptional, highly competitive professionals to actively participate in the development of science-based public health strategies, serve as the lead for defined projects, meet with policy leaders, and develop new competencies, including new knowledge, skills, and experiences related to tobacco products and their use, which is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Click here for more information.
Evaluation Fellows Program
Deadline: June 15, 2012
A project, the CDC Evaluation Fellows Program, is available in the Office of the Associate Director for Program (OADPG) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. The Fellows Program is an initiative that began last year and represents the agency's strong commitment to program evaluation and improvement. Fellows will conduct evaluations and help to build the evaluation skills and capacity of the staff in the program to which they are assigned. Fellows may be assigned to one program/project for the duration of their fellowship or may rotate through several programs, depending upon the duration of the project. Fellows will have a point of contact within the program, as well as will receive mentoring and support from the Chief Evaluation Officer and OADPG staff. In addition, the fellow will receive a customized training and professional development plan and will have high visibility with CDC programs throughout the duration of the fellowship. Fellows also have frequent opportunities to interact with colleagues in their fellowship cohort to promote the exchange of ideas and to further advance their knowledge and skills in evaluation. Click here for more information.
Beth Meyer-Arnold Dissertation Fellowship
Deadline: August 20, 2012
The National Adult Day Services Association (NADSA) announces the new Beth Meyer-Arnold Dissertation Fellowship, which is designed to encourage original, doctoral-level scholarship in the area of adult day services. The award supports PhD Candidates in completing dissertation work in areas of interest to adult day services providers and consumers. Successful award applicants will have approved dissertation proposals that examine issues that impact the quality of life of participants and their family caregivers. In addition, applicants are encouraged to address one or more of the Institute of Medicine's six domains of health care quality as they can be related to adult day services (i.e., through providing safe, effective, person-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable care). At this time, priority will be given to those applicants who examine issues of effectiveness and efficiency as they relate to adult day services. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Papers
China Journal of Social Work
Children and Families, Assistance and Welfare - Social Work in China and Sweden
Deadline: November, 1, 2012
Social work in China is rapidly expanding in terms of professional activities, higher education and research. A similar development has also been in progress in Sweden. Sweden is often seen as an ideal social democratic welfare state, though there are signs of welfare pluralism. Meanwhile, the number of social workers and social work training programs are rapidly increasing in China. What can researchers from the two countries learn from each other's experiences? The aim of the special issue is to create a forum for exchanging ideas and experiences among researchers from both countries. They can reflect on topical issues in relation to the development of social work practice, social research and education, and social policy in various areas such as children and families, and measures to combat poverty. Find out more by clicking here.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Edition of Social Work and Christianity: Towards A Christian Critique of Evidence-based Practice in Social Work Deadline: September 1, 2012 Guest Editors: Michael S. Kelly, Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work & Cynthia Franklin, University of Texas-Austin
Evidence-based Practice (EBP) is now entering its second decade in social work scholarship and practice. This special issue seeks to add a Christian perspective to the literature on the implementation of EBP in social work practice, policy, and education. Many scholars and practitioners hail EBP's impact on client outcomes and argue that it represents a deepening of our ethical commitment to empowering practitioners with a process and tools that lead to the best possible client care, while other scholars point out the limitations of the EBP approach. This special issue of Social Work & Christianity seeks to expand the epistemological and practical discussions about EBP to add a further (and we believe, necessary) complication to the debate over EBP in social work: namely, how can EBP be practiced in the multitude of Christian social work contexts we see around the world? This special issue seeks to further debate the pros and cons of using EBP in social work by asking simply, "How can Christian social workers incorporate EBP into their work?" Papers for this special issue are encouraged to look at EBP as a process that integrates clinical expertise, client circumstances, research evidence, and client values and to formulate a paper discussing one or all of those dimension from a Christian perspective. Papers can employ a variety of methodologies, though special emphasis will be given to papers that use a conceptual lens to build a foundation to either critique or defend EBP from a Christian social work perspective. Papers can be up to 20 pages, double-spaced and in APA style (6th Ed.). Contact mkell17@luc.edu with any questions and to submit papers as email attachments.
Call for Papers
Special Edition of Social Work and Christianity: Congregational and Social Work Responses to Older Adult Vulnerability
Deadline: December 15, 2012
This special issue of Social Work and Christianity highlights innovative responses of congregations to personal, relational, and/or spiritual vulnerability in the 55+ population and the role of social work in the design, delivery, and/or evaluation of these congregational initiatives. Submissions in the following areas are particularly requested:
1) Conceptual offerings and research studies that address the role of social work in congregational responses to 55+ vulnerability.
2) Congregationally-based, exemplary models for vulnerability reduction that inform social work practice.
3) Evidence-informed micro, mezzo, and/or macro approaches to decreasing vulnerability that enrich the responses of congregations and social workers.
4) Classroom and/or field instruction programs that prepare social workers for practice with vulnerable persons 55+ in conjunction with congregations.
5) Research and/or programs that involve 55+ congregants in ministry roles with vulnerable older persons.
6) Congregationally-based, exemplary models for supporting caregivers of vulnerable loved ones age 55+ that inform social work practice.
Click here for more information.
Call for Papers
Social Work Activist Reader
Deadline: June 20, 2012
The Social Work Activist Reader is now accepting contributions. Articles are sought in diverse areas of social work and humyn service that strengthen our vision and skill with social work activism and justice-centered, anti-oppressive practice-art, poetry and dreams also welcome. The Social Work Activist Reader is a welcoming, consciousness raising, holistic community forum for exploring justice, and our vision for humyn service work, through the lens of justice. All are welcome to participate, please simply have commitment to justice, equality and anti-oppression, a willingness to be a critical thinker (and encourage critical thinking!), a commitment to growing in your work and developing your skills, and have the intention of sharing something that will support our growth as a community of justice weavers. To offer submissions, request information on submission guidelines, be added to the SWAR distribution list, or otherwise connect, email bosque.de.justice@gmail.com. Submissions for the summer issue will be accepted through June 20th, 2012.
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Conferences & Trainings
8th International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision
June 13-15, 2012 Adelphi University Garden City, NJ The Eighth International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision is devoted to clinical supervision theory, practice, and research. The conference provides an opportunity for social workers, psychologists (school, counseling, clinical), nurses, marriage and family therapists, substance abuse counselors, counselor educators, speech therapists, occupational therapists, rehabilitation counselors, and other mental health professionals and educators to examine current issues in clinical supervision research and practice within and across professional disciplines. Click here for more information.
Work and Family Researchers Network Inaugural Meeting
June 14-16, 2012
New York, NY
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Work and Family
Join your work and family colleagues at this inaugural event. With over 800 presenters and 125 sessions, you don't want to miss the latest work and family research from around the world. Approximately 30% of the attendees are from outside the US, and represent more than 30 countries including Chile, Pakistan, Ghana, China, Japan, Kenya, Italy, Singapore and Nigeria. The conference features cutting-edge research and synthetic overviews of various topic areas. The program includes invited papers as well as those accepted via an open-submission process. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
Race & Ethnicity in Rural America
(From the Rural Assistance Center) Race is a central and often complex component of our national identity and history. Rural and small town areas have traditionally not been as racially or ethnically diverse as the nation overall. The 2010 Census reports that approximately 78 percent of the population in rural and small town communities are white and non-Hispanic, compared to 64 percent of the population in the nation as a whole. In the year 2000, African Americans were the largest minority group in rural and small town areas. However, as of 2010 Hispanics comprise 9.3 percent of the rural population, surpassing African Americans (8.2 percent) as the largest minority group in rural and small town areas. Less than two percent of the population in rural and small town areas identifies as Native American, but more than half of all Native Americans reside in rural or small town areas. Approximately 1.5 percent of rural and small town residents are of more than two races, which is consistent with the national level. Race & Ethnicity in Rural America is the third in a series of Rural Research Notes presenting data and findings from the recently released 2010 Census and American Community Survey (ACS). Click here for more information. Fast Focus No. 14-2012
A consumer's guide to interpreting various U.S. poverty measures
David S. Johnson and Timothy M. Smeeding
(From the Institute for Research on Poverty) Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau releases a number of public reports on the level of poverty in the previous year and trends in the level and composition of the poor from year to year. To make their annual assessment, Bureau analysts use the official poverty measure that was created around the time when President Lyndon Johnson launched the War on Poverty in 1964. The measure was devised to define and quantify poverty in America and thereby provide a yardstick for progress, or regress, and in that sense has served the nation well. However, since the measure's inception, criticisms of it have abounded, as have suggestions for alternative approaches. While continuing to use the official measure, the Census Bureau also has pursued ancillary measures, most recently the Supplemental Poverty Measure, whose first results were released in November 2011. In addition, the Census Bureau and many state and local entities have devised their own, place-specific measures, in an attempt to better understand the level and trend of poverty in their region and to gauge the effectiveness of antipoverty efforts. This issue of Fast Focus seeks to make sense of these various measures at the federal, state, and local levels. Click here to read more. ACF/OPRE Recent Releases The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) recently released a few reports and a dataset:
-What Strategies Work for the Hard-to-Employ?
-Psychotropic Medication Use by Children in Child Welfare
-National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being: Two Child Well-Being Spotlights
-Increasing Employment Stability and Earning for Low-Wage Workers: Lessons from the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) Project
-Career Pathways as a Framework for Program Design and Evaluation
-2012 Report: Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Supplement of the National Agricultural Workers Survey
-Fourth National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS-4) Dataset
Click here for more information. Reclaiming the American Dream: A report from the 21st Century Commission on the future of community colleges The American Dream is imperiled. Upward mobility, the contract between one generation of Americans and the next, is under siege. Once unchallenged, this nation's primacy in college graduation rates has already been overtaken by committed competitors from abroad. The nation can take great pride in what America's community colleges have accomplished, but the message of this Commission is simple and direct: If community colleges are to contribute powerfully to meeting the needs of 21st-century students and the 21st-century economy, education leaders must reimagine what these institutions are-and are capable of becoming. Click here to read the full report. ICPSR New Releases The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community. Below is a list of new data collection additions to the ICPSR data archive: -4126 Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Women's Labor Force Participation in Illinois, 1999-2002
-27545 Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement and Juvenile Residential Facility Census, 1997, 1999-2004, 2006 -- Concatenated Matched State-Level Data [United States]
-30481 State Court Statistics, 2008, 2005, 2006, 2007
-33481 CBS News Survey, January #1, 2011
-33482 CBS News National Callback Survey, January #2, 2011
-33484 CBS News/60 Minutes/Vanity Fair Survey, January #4, 2011
-33485 CBS News National Survey, February #1, 2011
-33486 CBS News/New York Times/60 Minutes/Vanity Fair National Survey, February #2, 2011
-33487 CBS News/New York Times National Survey, March #1, 2011
-33488 CBS News National Survey, March #2, 2011
-33965 CBS News National Poll, June #1, 2011 Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
Progress Report on State Health Insurance Exchange Legislation
(From the Commonwealth Fund) New guidance on state health insurance exchanges from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services gives states more options as their deadline for establishing a state exchange nears. Previously, states could choose to operate their own exchange or opt to have the federal government run the exchange. Now, states can choose a "state partnership exchange" with the federal government in which they would operate exchange functions related to plan management and/or consumer assistance. In an updated blog post, Sara Collins and Tracy Garber review the new guidance and, in an updated map, provide a picture as of May 2012 of where states stand in establishing the legal authority for their insurance exchanges. Also available is an update on federal grants to states to develop their exchanges.
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