March 20, 2015  || Vol. 7, Issue 12
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Funding OpportunitiesFunding       
U.S. Administration on Aging National Resource Centers on Older Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians (ACL)
Deadline: May 12, 2015
Increased longevity continues to become more prevalent in Native American communities. This trend has placed greater demands on service delivery systems, which are even more complex and fragmented than in non-Indian communities. In recognition of this, under the Older Americans Act (OAA) Amendments of 2006, Congress mandated the support of at least two (2), and not more than four (4), Resource Centers that will focus on issues and concerns affecting individuals who are older Native Americans. The primary goal of these Centers is to enhance knowledge about older Native Americans and thereby to increase and improve the delivery of services to them. Click here for more information.

Interventions for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Native American Populations (NIH)
Deadline: August 24, 2017
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to develop, adapt, and test the effectiveness of health promotion and disease prevention interventions in Native American (NA) populations. NA populations are exposed to considerable risk factors that significantly increase their likelihood of chronic disease, substance abuse, mental illness, oral diseases, and HIV-infection. The intervention program should be culturally appropriate and promote the adoption of healthy lifestyles, improve behaviors and social conditions and/or improve environmental conditions related to chronic diseases, the consumption of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs, mental illness, oral disease, or HIV-infection. Click here for more information.

Institute for Research on Poverty RIDGE Center for National Food and Nutrition Assistance Research 2015-2016 Small Grants Program 
Deadline: April 17, 2015
The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) seeks to stimulate innovative research related to federal food assistance programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP (formerly Food Stamps) and the National School Breakfast/Lunch Program, and to support training of researchers interested in food assistance issues. Click here for more information.

Columbia University School of Social Work Postdoctoral Fellowship in Poverty and Social Policy
Deadline: April 30, 2015
The Center on Poverty and Social Policy, at the Columbia University School of Social Work, is seeking a postdoctoral research scholar with a PhD in economics, public policy, social work, sociology or a related discipline for a project on national and state trends in poverty. The postdoc will work with faculty and researchers to conduct new analyses of national and state trends in poverty using an improved measure of poverty based on the supplemental poverty measure (SPM) recently developed by the United States Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Click here for more information.

Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants (ACF)
Deadline: June 8, 2015
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) plans to provide funds for Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are working in partnership with Head Start programs and with faculty mentors. Competitive applicants will 1) demonstrate a collaborative partnership with their program partners, and 2) pursue research questions that directly inform local, State, or Federal policy relevant to early care and education practice. Click here for more information.
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Call for Nominations
ICPSR-Sponsored Awards 
Deadline: April 3, 2015

As part of its mission to support the social sciences, ICPSR presents biennial awards to individuals who have distinguished themselves in their service to the social science community. The Warren E. Miller Award for Meritorious Service to the Social Sciences recognizes individuals who have had a profound impact on social science research and infrastructure. The William H. Flanigan Award for Distinguished Service as an ICPSR Official Representative is intended to acknowledge the contributions of individuals representing ICPSR member institutions. Click here for more information. Nominations should be sent to: mf-awards@icpsr.umich.edu.


Call for Abstracts
National HIV Prevention Conference
Deadline: April 17, 2015
There are 5 abstract submission tracks: epidemiology & Surveillance; prevention research & implementation science; prevention and care programs; partnerships, community, communication, & mobilization; and HIV-related policy, economics, & program integration. Click here for more information.

Call for Abstracts
Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) Conference 2015: Navigating a Changing Healthcare Landscape
Deadline: May 15, 2015

The UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP) in collaboration with the Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center (PSATTC) is pleased to announce the 2015 Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) Conference .AHSR 2015 is accepting abstract submissions in areas of research related to the overall conference theme of "Navigating a Changing Healthcare Landscape." Submissions are encouraged (but not required) to address the following topics: innovations in addiction health services delivery; equity and disparities in addiction treatment services; methodologies:  From qualitative research to big data. Click here for more information.


 Call for Abstracts

The 39th Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA) Annual National Conference

Deadline: May 29, 2015
AMERSA's mission is to improve health and well-being through interdisciplinary leadership in substance use education, research, clinical care and policy. AMERSA seeks abstract submissions of recent substance use-related research and education innovations. Click here for more information.

Conferences & Trainingsconf  

Gero-Ed Webinar - Patient-Centered Medical Homes: Opportunities for Social Workers

March 31, 2015, 1:00-2:00 PM EST

After this webinar, participants will be able to: understand the role for social workers in augmenting the patient's primary care encounter; learn the key components of care coordination and how social work fits into it; learn what is needed to prepare masters level social work students to work in PCMHs. Click here for more information and to register.


5th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators - From Welfare to Well-being: Child Indicators in Research, Policy and Practice

September 2-4, 2015 - Cape Town, South Africa 

The 5th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators will be held on 2-4 September 2015 in the Kramer Law Building, University of Cape Town. Researchers, practitioners, policy makers and child advocates from across the world will gather for three days to share and discuss the latest child indicator research and implications for policy and interventions. Click here for more information. 

Research Publications & Data Resourcesdata 
OPRE Briefs - LGBT Populations: A Snapshot of the Knowledge Base and Research Needs
These chapter briefs were developed as part of a larger Needs Based Assessment that sought to discover what is known about low-income and at-risk lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and their interactions with human services, especially services funded by ACF, and identifies important areas for further research. Click here for more information.

Children's Bureau Report - Child Maltreatment 2013
This report presents national data about child abuse and neglect known to child protective services agencies in the United States during federal fiscal year 2013. Click here for more information.
News & Noticesnews   

National Organization of Forensic Social Work - Short Documentary

View this documentary short entitled, "The social work role in Justice Reform: Cultural Justice, LGBT Rights (Queer Justice), Solitary Confinement." Click here for more information.

 

National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

March 20, 2015 is National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NNHAAD). Click here for more information.

 

HHS Press Release - Nationwide nearly 11.7 million consumers are enrolled in 2015 Health Insurance Marketplace coverage

Nationwide, nearly 11.7 million consumers selected or were automatically re-enrolled in quality, affordable health insurance coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace as of Feb. 22, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  Click here for more information.
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