March 25, 2016  || Vol. 8, Issue 13
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Funding OpportunitiesFunding
Office on Violence Against Women FY 2016 Research and Evaluation Program (DOJ) 
Deadline: May 2, 2016 
The purpose of the Research and Evaluation (R&E) Program is to research and evaluate approaches to combatting domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. Click here for more information.

National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored Services, Placement Stability and Permanency for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Children and Youth in Foster Care (ACF) 
Deadline: May 17, 2016 
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to establish, by awarding a cooperative agreement, one National Quality Improvement Center (QIC) that will conduct 4-6 projects in partnership with state child welfare systems to produce a dedicated system of successful supports and interventions that specifically support the permanency and stability of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth in the child welfare system. Click here for more
information.

Drug Abuse Dissertation Research (NIH)
Deadline: September 7, 2016
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite applications for support of drug abuse doctoral dissertation research. Click here for more information.
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REMINDER
Call for Papers 
Special Issue of Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care - Pain Issues in Palliative Care and End of Life: Expanding the Social Work Role
EXTENDED Deadline: March 30, 2016 
Pain and/or the fear of pain is often experienced by patients receiving palliative care and those facing end of life. Failure to address the multidimensional sources of pain and related suffering can produce emotional and moral distress for both personal and professional care providers. Disparities continue in access to quality pain management, and too few providers feel well-prepared to care for those with complicated pain concerns. 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. Manuscripts must specifically relate to palliative and/or end-of-life care topics in pain/symptom management for serious illness. Click here for more information.

Call for Presentations
International Social Work Conference on Social Innovation - Technology and Disaster Recovery: Creating Opportunities for Global Exchange
Deadline: April 4, 2016
This conference aims to foster rigorous, meaningful and forward-looking discussions on disaster related social issues promoting social work innovative practices. Presentations should offer research evidence, creative theory development, new and refined methods in service delivery and education geared at improving disaster resilience, social innovation, community development, livelihood restoration and development, as well as social justice. Click here for more information. 

Call for Book Chapters
The Emerging Integration of Genetics in Social Work Practice and Research
Deadline: April 16, 2016
The role of genetics in relation to the social work profession has evolved from social workers occupying traditional practitioner roles to that of researchers and scientists. Social workers are key actors in public policy forums; setting national and international standards related to the ethical concerns of genomic exploration. As members of interdisciplinary teams, social work researchers examine genetic disclosure distress and measure the risk revealed by genotypes and mental health conditions. Instead of acting solely as a genetic counselor while others work in the lab behind the scenes, social workers are donning lab coats and masks as they expand the scope of the profession. This book builds upon previous treatments of the subject by discussing public policy issues, bioethics, gene by environment interactions, epigenetics, established and emerging practice issues, and future frontiers of social workers in the interdisciplinary sphere of genetics. Please submit questions, request for further information, and abstracts of potential chapters (no more than 500 words) to geneticsocialwork@gmail.com.  
Conferences & Trainingsconf   
2016 Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS)
June 1-3, 2016 - Washington, DC
The 2016 RECS will provide a valuable opportunity to gather in D.C. and hear the latest findings from evaluations of social welfare programs and policies, discuss ways to incorporate findings into the design and implementation of programs, and develop strategies for future evaluations. The conference will focus on programs, policies and services that support low-income and vulnerable families on the path to economic self-sufficiency and well-being. Click here for more information.  

EVER Changing World: 4th International Conference
June 8 - 9, 2016 - Albany, NY
Over the last several years the Experts Conference held in the Netherlands focused on recovery and reintegration of persons who live with mental health issues and highlighted programs and projects from the United States and Western Europe. This year the Experts Conference is in New York and the focus has expanded to explore the role of the peer support movement in diverse countries as well as for those who come to the US and Europe as refugees and immigrants. Join this exciting International exchange of ideas with those in the disciplines of social work, public health, mental health, medicine, peer support, immigrant and refugee services. Click here for more information.

19th Annual Hign Interprofessional Summer Research Scholars Program
July 25-29, 2016 - New York, NY
The 19th Annual Summer Scholars program is a week-long, intensive, summer seminar open to doctorally prepared nurses, physicians, social workers, occupational and physical therapists, pharmacists and other health care professionals. It is an in-depth mentoring experience with nationally recognized geriatric researchers. Click here for more information.
Research Publications & Data Resourcesdata
Children's Bureau Report - Child Welfare Outcomes 2010-2013 
The Child Welfare Outcomes Report provides information on national performance as well as the performance of individual states in seven outcome categories: Reduce recurrence of child abuse and/or neglect; Reduce the incidence of child abuse and/or neglect in foster care; Increase permanency for children in foster care; Reduce time in foster care to reunification without increasing reentry; Reduce time in foster care to adoption; Increase placement stability; Reduce placements of young children in group homes or institutions. Click here for more information.
News & Noticesnews   
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Blog - What's the Connection Between Residential Segregation and Health?
Residential segregation is a fundamental cause of health disparities. We need to take steps that will reduce health risks caused by segregation and lead to more equitable, healthier communities. Click here for more information.
About SWRnet
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