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November 14, 2014 || Vol. 6, Issue 46
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SWRnet provides a weekly update about new research funding opportunities, calls for papers and proposals, conferences and trainings, new data and research, and news for the social work research community.
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Funding Opportunities
FY15 Rural Child Poverty Center (Department of Agriculture)
Deadline: December 1, 2014
This RFA announces the availability of funds for one new cooperative agreement for FY 2015-2019 with a public or private Academic or Research Institution. In this funding cycle, the USDA anticipates awarding up to $2,500,000 in grant funding to support singular or modular (collaboration among multiple entities) efforts to improve nutrition program coordination in States with the highest number of persistently poor rural counties. Click here for more information.
Glenn/AFAR Breakthroughs in Gerontology Award
Deadline: December 15, 2014
Sponsored by The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research, in collaboration with the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), the "Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG)" initiative provides timely support to a small number of research projects that are building on early discoveries that show translational potential for clinically-relevant strategies, treatments and therapeutics, addressing human aging and health span. Click here for more information.
REMINDER
Institute for Research on Poverty Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Deadline: November 21, 2014
The National Poverty Fellows Program offers talented postdoctoral researchers an opportunity to participate in a federal government-university partnership. The goal of the program is both to build the capacity of researchers to conduct high-quality policy-relevant research on poverty and inequality in the United States and to contribute to the effective use of research and scientific knowledge in the formation of public policy. Click here for more information. REMINDER DOCTORAL STUDENT OPPORTUNITY The National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families Summer Research Fellowship
Deadline: January 14, 2015 The goal of the summer research fellowship program is to attract, develop, and expand the pool of emerging scholars focused on studying issues of relevance to low-income and vulnerable Hispanic children and families. We also want to provide advanced graduate students with the opportunity to see how rigorous research is done in a nonacademic environment and in ways that can have an impact on programmatic and policy issues of relevance to Hispanic children and families. Click here for more information.
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Calls
REMINDER
Call for Presentations
29th Annual Conference on Treatment Foster Care
Deadline: December 31, 2014
Successful treatment foster care programs encompass a vast array of service supports and there are many topics of interest to our conference attendees. Many participants work across the child welfare service continuum and are interested in applying what they learn throughout agency programs that engage family- and community-based treatment strategies. The FFTA Conference Committee is interested in receiving proposals for advanced-level workshops on topics geared toward clinicians; agency CEOs and other senior-level staff; program managers and directors; supervisors; administrative staff; foster parent trainers, researchers and evaluators; and foster parents. Click here for more information.
Call for Proposals
40th National Institute for Social Work and Human Services in Rural Areas - Building Rural and Frontier Areas
Deadline: March 30, 2015
We are particularly interested in proposals that address the following topics that relate to rural, frontier, and Native American reservation areas: improving health and human services, sustainable development, community organizing, overcoming health disparities, effective practice approaches, building social capital. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
November 19, 2014 - 5:00-8:00 PM PST - Los Angeles, CA
The goal of the town hall meeting is to provide a venue for discussion the on the progress made towards the integration of behavioral health care under the California Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI). Click here for more information.
Brookings Live Webcast - Enhancing Health System Transparency through Meaningful Health Data Releases December 1, 2014 - 2:00-4:30 PM EDT
A key component of a transparent health care system is providing access to physician payment data because it can reveal important trends in how we pay doctors differently, and likewise reveal glaring evidence of the faults in our payment system: inconsistent pricing of services, overuse of expensive tests and procedures; and extreme variations in health care spending. An April 2014 release of millions of lines of Medicare Part B physician payment data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) was just one of many recent data releases designed to enhance transparency. On December 1, the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform will bring together providers, payers and consumer advocates to discuss the value of current health care datasets, and explore how future releases can be used to drive health system improvements via more transparency. Click here for more information.
Institute for Research on Poverty Webinar - Poverty and the Brain
December 17, 2014 - 1:00-2:00 PM CST
In this webinar, Professors Pollak and Wolfe will discuss their interdisciplinary study that examines how the brain reflects family socio-economic status and the potential consequences for schooling attainment. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
Office on Women's Health Quick Health Data Online
Quick Health Data Online is an interactive system that provides reliable and easily accessible health data to help assess needs, develop programs, and inform policies. The system is for anyone looking for US health data and is used by the public health community, policymakers, grant writers, researchers, and students. Click here for more information.
OPRE Report - Disconnected Youth Involved in Child Welfare
This is the 21st in a series of National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) briefs focused on children who have come in contact with the child welfare system. This brief looks specifically at a subgroup of youth who have been identified as disconnected youth, defined here as 16- to 24-year-olds who are not in school and not employed three years after being reported as a victim of child maltreatment. The brief reviews characteristics of youth identified as disconnected, along with risk factors for being disconnected. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
The Commonwealth Fund Blog - The Supreme Court Decides to Hear King v. Burwell: What Are the Implications?
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) entered new and perilous territory once again today when the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decided to hear the case of King v. Burwell. King is one of several cases that are challenging the legality of federal subsidies granted to low- and middle-income people who buy health insurance in the 34 federally run marketplaces created under the ACA. Click here for more information.
Medicare and Medicaid are partners in providing health insurance protection to older people and people with disabilities. But when it comes to helping the very same people with long-term care-assistance with the basic tasks of daily life (like bathing, eating and toileting)-no such partnership exists. Instead, there's a gaping hole in protection that leaves people who need care, along with their families, at risk of catastrophe. Click here for more information.
University of Texas, Austin - New Dual Degree in Social Work and Latin American Studies Addresses Gap in Services for Latinos
The School of Social Work and the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at The University of Texas at Austin are establishing a dual degree program at the graduate level, the first of its kind in the United States. The dual degree will address the gap in services for U.S. Latinos and Latin American immigrants. Graduates of the three-year program will earn the Master of Science in Social Work (MSSW) and the Master of Arts (M.A.) with a major in Latin American studies. Click here for more information.
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About SWRnet
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