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May 8, 2015 || Vol. 7, Issue 19
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Funding Opportunities
Improving Public Safety and Health Outcomes for the Justice-Involved Population
Deadline: June 11, 2015
Justice-involved individuals are seven times as likely as the general population to experience mental illness, substance abuse disorders, infectious disease, and chronic health conditions,1 making reentry from jails and prison an especially critical juncture. This solicitation seeks a national training and technical assistance provider to assist select state and local criminal justice systems in connecting the criminal justice population to community-based health coverage and care, as well as develop resources to assist the broader criminal justice field nationwide. Click here for more information.
Secondary Analyses of Data on Early Care and Education (ACF)
Deadline: June 29, 2015
Analyzing existing data sets provides researchers an efficient and cost-effective method for answering critical research questions. Grants for Secondary Analyses of Data on Child Care and Early Education will provide funding to address key questions that will inform both policymakers and future research. Existing data, which may have been collected for other purposes, have the potential to answer questions relevant to the goals and outcomes of the programs administered through the Administration for Children and Families, and in particular the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). Data of various types and from a number of sources may be mined for these purposes. Click here for more information. Telehealth Focused Rural Health Research Center Cooperative Agreement (HRSA)
Deadline: June 29, 2015 This announcement solicits applications for the Telehealth Focused Rural Health Research Center (RHRC) Cooperative Agreement. The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to increase the amount of publically available, high quality, impartial, clinically-informed and policy-relevant research related to telehealth. This research will assist rural health providers and decision-makers at the Federal, state and local levels by contributing to the policy-relevant evidence base of telehealth services. Click here for more information.
AIDS Research Center on Mental Health and HIV/AID (NIH)
Deadline: September 14, 2017
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Division of AIDS Research (DAR) encourages applications for Center Core grants (P30) to support an HIV/AIDS Research Center (ARC). The ARC is intended to provide infrastructural support that facilitates the development of high impact science in HIV/AIDS and mental health that is relevant to the NIMH mission. This FOA intends to support innovative, interdisciplinary research in several areas, including basic, neurological (i.e., neuro-AIDS), behavioral and social, integrated biobehavioral, applied, clinical, translational, and implementation science. Click here for more information.
Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood Grants
Deadline: Rolling
The Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood provides grants for innovative, creative projects and programs that will significantly enhance the development, health, safety, education or quality of life of children from infancy through five years of age. Click here for more information.
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Calls
REMINDER
Call for Papers
Special Issue of Journal of Criminology - Trauma and Substance Abuse
Deadline: June 19, 2015
Prior research highlights the complex intersections between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance use disorders (SUD), and involvement with the criminal justice system. Despite growing attention to intersections among these experiences, many issues remain unresolved. We invite investigators and practitioners to contribute original research articles as well as review article that will enrich our understanding of PTSD, problematic substance use, lawbreaking activity, and criminal justice involvement. Click here for more information.
REMINDER - EXTENDED DEADLINE
Call for Papers
Special Issue of Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care - Family Caregiving at the End of Life
EXTENDED Deadline: August 1, 2015
Due to the aging of the population, families increasingly provide the bulk of care provided to individuals who are nearing end of life. A range of psychosocial issues can influence the illness experience, not only for those individuals, but also for the family caregivers. For this special thematic issue, manuscripts are encouraged that report on original research, including systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses, policy analysis, program evaluation, innovative educational programs, and evaluated community interventions. Cases may be presented that demonstrate effective interventions. Manuscripts must specifically relate to palliative and/or end-of-life care topics in related to family caregiving and may focus on specific populations or care settings. Click here for more information. Email questions to Journal editor-in-chief: Ellen L. Csikai, Ph.D: ecsikai@sw.ua.edu.
REMINDER - EXTENDED DEADLINE Call for Papers Special Issue of Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care - Ethical Issues at the End of Life EXTENDED Deadline: August 1, 2015 Ethical practice is a hallmark of excellent palliative care that occurs throughout the illness trajectory and at the end of life. A range of bio-psychosocial elements of the illness experience (diagnosis, treatment, caregiving) can raise ethical issues and problems that affect individuals, their caregivers, family members, friends, and health care professionals. For this special thematic issue, manuscripts are encouraged that report on original research, including systematic literature reviews (topics not previously well-covered in current literature) and meta-analyses, policy analysis, case studies with analysis of ethical problems, innovative educational programs and evaluated individual, family and community interventions. Click here for more information. Email questions to Journal editor-in-chief: Ellen L. Csikai, Ph.D: ecsikai@sw.ua.edu.
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Conferences & Trainings
Social Solutions Webinar - Becoming Evidence-Based: A Step-by-Step Approach
May 12, 2015, 3:00-4:30 PM EDT
In this webinar, we will discuss the process of becoming evidence-based, with a focus on child and youth-serving organizations. What steps must your program go through to reach the point at which independent evaluations can be done to assess whether the program works? How do you make sure it can produce sustainable results over time? Click here for more information and to register.
REMINDER
National Title IV-E Roundtable
June 2-4, 2015 - Bloomington, MN
The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare will be hosting this year's National Title IV-E Roundtable in Bloomington, MN. The National Title IV-E Roundtable is a rare opportunity for child welfare stakeholders to gather and share ideas for education, training, research, and collaboration. Staff and faculty from Title IV-E education and training programs as well as state, county, and tribal partners enjoy the roundtable format of this professional conference, which allows participants to explore programs, initiatives, and ideas in-depth and through deep and meaningful conversations. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
Be The Evidence International Report - An Analysis of United States Compassionate and Geriatric Release Laws: Towards a Rights-Based Response for Diverse Elders, Their Families and Communities
As the prison population in the US grows, and the cost to incarcerate is impacted by medical care, it is important to understand if and how various systems address the likelihood of treating incarcerated people who are older and/or who have a serious or terminal illness. The purpose of this report was to analyze other laws and regulations pertaining to the early release or furlough of incarcerated people within the United States in connection to advanced age and/or illness. Click here for more information.
OPRE Report - Understanding Data Use for Continuous Quality Improvement in Head Start: Preliminary Findings
This brief provides preliminary evidence that Head Start programs experience similar challenges and facilitators to data use for continuous quality improvement as those experienced in other fields including leadership, analytic capacity, commitment of resources, professional development, a culture of collaborative inquiry, a continuous cycle of data use, organizational characteristics, and environmental characteristics. Click here for more information.
Center for American Progress Fact Sheets - Economic Benefits of Reducing Racial and Ethnic Inequality
A few decades from now, the nation's racial and ethnic makeup will be increasingly different than it is today. The U.S. Census Bureau projects that the majority of the U.S. population will be people of color by 2043. This change is already happening at the state-level throughout our nation, and with it comes an important opportunity to reduce racial and ethnic inequalities. Closing these gaps by enacting progressive policies will improve the economic prospects and increase income for people of color, ultimately leading to a stronger economy that benefits all. But it's not just people of color who would benefit, the economy as a whole would too. These fact sheets provide snapshots of state statistics about demographic changes and the statewide economic gains of eliminating racial and ethnic disparities by enacting sensible policies that would unleash the potential of growing communities of color. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
Commonwealth Fund Blog - Latinos Have Made Coverage Gains but Millions Are Still Uninsured
Since the Affordable Care Act's health insurance marketplaces opened and states began to expand Medicaid eligibility, uninsured rates among Latinos have begun to decline for the first time in decades. Studies of the effects of health insurance suggest that these higher coverage rates will contribute to better access to care, increased use of preventive services, better management of chronic illness and, eventually, longer and healthier lives for many Latinos. Click here for more information.
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