April 8, 2016  || Vol. 8, Issue 15
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Funding OpportunitiesFunding
Family Violence Prevention and Services/ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Questioning Institute on Intimate Partner Violence (ACF)
Deadline: May 31, 2016
Intimate partner violence is a significant health and social problem among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, questioning and two-spirited communities and has serious physical health, mental health, and social consequences for its victims, their families, communities, and society-at-large. However, victims of intimate partner violence continue to face barriers when seeking trauma informed and culturally competent services to prevent and address such abuse. The intent of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) Institute on Intimate Partner Violence grant program is to expand and enhance the capacity of both domestic violence and LGBTQ-specific organizations to more effectively identify and respond to the unique needs of LGBTQ intimate partner violence victims. Click here for more information.

NIH Research Project Grant
Deadline: May 7, 2019
The NIH Research Project Grant supports a discrete, specified, circumscribed project in areas representing the specific interests and competencies of the investigator(s). The proposed project must be related to the programmatic interests of one or more of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) based on their scientific missions. Click here for more information. 

Russel Sage Foundation Grant Program on Social Inequality
Deadline: June 15, 2016
The Russell Sage Foundation's program on Social Inequality supports innovative research on whether rising economic inequality has affected social, political, and economic institutions, and the extent to which increased inequality has affected equality of opportunity, social mobility, and the intergenerational transmission of advantage. We seek investigator-initiated research projects that will broaden our understanding of the causes and consequences of rising economic inequalities in the United States. Click here for more information.
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Call for Proposals
2016 National AI/AN Behavioral Health Conference - Creating Trauma Informed Systems in AI/AN Communities
Deadline: April 15
The National AI/AN Behavioral Health Conference is the nation's premier opportunity to assemble and hear from nationally recognized speakers, behavioral health care providers, Tribal leaders, and health care officials committed to addressing emergent behavioral health topics in Indian Country. The conference attracts presenters and participants from across the country who want to share their research and promising practices, while providing opportunities for professional development, collaboration and networking. Click here for more information.

Call for Abstracts

World Health Summit - New Voices in Global Health 2016
Deadline: June 30, 2016
The New Voices in Global Health (NVGH) initiative promotes the active participation of young scientists in the World Health Summit (WHS). It is supported by the M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centers, Universities and National Academies. The NVGH is aimed at empowering research, policy and advocacy initiatives among future leaders in global health, who are invited to send in abstracts of their scientific work and ideas. Click here for more information.
Conferences & Trainingsconf   
NIMH Special Lecture for Autism Awareness Month - In a Different Key: The Story of Autism Then and to Come
April 11, 2016 - Bethesda, MD
The National Institute of Mental Health is pleased to invite you to attend a special lecture to recognize National Autism Awareness Month. Mr. John Donvan and Ms. Caren Zucker will discuss autism's past, including some new findings, and how rediscovering that past can advise the future for those who have autism, their families, and for those researching and treating it. Click here for more information.

Rural Health Information Hub Webinar - Integrating Health and Human Services in Rural Communities
April 14, 2016 - 2:00-3:00 PM EDT
This webinar will introduce a new Rural Services Integration Toolkit designed to help rural communities improve access to health and human services. The toolkit identifies model programs and resources that will benefit rural communities seeking to implement services integration programs. A key focus area of the toolkit is to provide best practices for implementing services integration programs that support children and families living in poverty in rural communities. Click here for more information.

4th US Conference on African Immigrant Health (USCAIH-4), Social Determinants of African Immigrant & Refugee Health: Rethinking Integration, Challenges, and Empowerment
September 15-18, 2016 - East Elmhurst, NY
Contact Margaret Korto for more information.

Pathways to Positive Futures Free Online Pathways Transition Training Program
The Pathways Transition Training Collaborative at Portland State University's Research and Training Center for Pathways to Positive Futures has developed Promoting Positive Pathways to Adulthood, a series of 10 free online training modules. Each module is about one hour in length and integrates the best available practice and research knowledge on how to increase the engagement of transition age youth with mental health conditions in services. Click here for more information.

Research Publications & Data Resourcesdata
New Dataset Available - National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) Data, 2010
The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) is an ongoing nationally representative survey that assessed experiences of sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence among adult women and men in the United States and for each individual state. Click here for more information.

CMS Office of Minority Health Interactive Map - Mapping Medicare Disparities
The CMS Office of Minority Health has designed an interactive map, the Mapping Medicare Disparities Tool, to identify areas of disparities between subgroups of Medicare beneficiaries (e.g., racial and ethnic groups) in health outcomes, utilization, and spending. Click here for more information.

Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) Focus Volume 32, Issue 2 - Crime, Punishment, and American Inequality 
The six articles in this issue examine the topic of incarceration, and how it affects prisoners and their families, both during and after imprisonment. Click here for more information. 
News & Noticesnews   
National Minority Health Month 2016 - Accelerating Health Equity for the Nation
The Office of Minority Health invites those all across the nation to join with the HHS Office of Minority Health to raise awareness of the health disparities that continue to affect racial and ethnic minorities and how we are working together to accelerate health equity. Click here for more information.
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