May 27, 2016  || Vol. 8, Issue 22
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Funding OpportunitiesFunding
Accelerating the Pace of Drug Abuse Research Using Existing Data
Deadline: May 7, 2019 The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite applications proposing the innovative analysis of existing social science, behavioral, administrative, and neuroimaging data to study the etiology and epidemiology of drug using behaviors (defined as alcohol, tobacco, prescription and other drug) and related disorders, prevention of drug use and HIV, and health service utilization. Click here for more information.

Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP) (HRSA)
Deadline: August 2, 2016
This announcement solicits applications for the Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP).  The purpose of this program is to promote access to health care for children, youth and their families nationwide, and employ preventive health strategies through innovative community-based programs. Click here for more information.

Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health
Deadline: May 7, 2019
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages investigators to submit research grant applications that will identify, develop, test, evaluate and/or refine strategies to disseminate and implement evidence-based practices (e.g. behavioral interventions; prevention, early detection, diagnostic, treatment and disease management interventions; quality improvement programs) into public health, clinical practice, and community settings. In addition, studies to advance dissemination and implementation research methods and measures are encouraged. Click here for more information.

National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation Investigator-Initiated Research Grants
Deadline: July 11, 2016
NIHCM Foundation supports innovative investigator-initiated research with high potential to inform improvements to the U.S. health care system. Projects must advance the existing knowledge base in the areas of health care financing, delivery, management and/or policy. Click here for more
information.

William G. McGowan Charitable Fund
Deadline: July 15, 2016
The William G. McGowan Charitable Fund is pleased to announce a funding opportunity in support of projects that proactively address the problems faced by homeless individuals .The McGowan Fund is supporting initiatives that seek to correct circumstances contributing to and eradicate the    condition of homelessness in the long term. Click here for more information.
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Call for Proposals
AUCD 2016 Annual Conference - Navigating Change: Building our Future Together
Deadline: June 20, 2016
The AUCD 2016 Conference, "Navigating Change: Building our Future Together," highlights both the change that comes at the end of a Presidential term as well as our need to work together to create a future in which children and adults with disabilities are able to participate fully in all aspects of life as valued members of their communities. Click here for more information.

Call for Papers
Special Issue of Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership, and Governance - Human Service Agencies and the Question of Impact: Lessons for Theory, Policy, and Practice 
Deadline: October 15, 2016
The goal of this special issue is to bring together articles that shed empirical light on how organizations are internally coping with external pressures to show impact. We are particularly interested in papers that use a strong theoretical framework to empirically explore one of three themes related to impact: 1) the interplay between performance goals and civil society functions, 2) the implications of social innovation approaches, and 3) the consequences of evidence based-decision making. Click here for more information. 
Conferences & Trainingsconf   
Population Council Webinar - Building Evidence to Guide PrEP Introduction for Adolescent Girls and Young Women at Risk of HIV
June 1, 2016 - 9:00-10:15 AM EDT
The Population Council conducts implementation science research and builds partner capacity to reach adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) as part of DREAMS, a visionary 10-country initiative to reduce their vulnerability to HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. 
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a powerful HIV prevention tool. But while momentum is building to make PrEP available to older adolescent girls and young women at risk of HIV, the best approaches to introducing PrEP to at-risk AGYW are not clear-cut; they require careful consideration of a host of behavioral, sociocultural, structural, and ethical factors.     
In this webinar, Population Council researchers will present a framework for building evidence to guide the introduction of PrEP to AGYW in DREAMS countries, and to identify key populations and research domains to gather information at various stages of PrEP roll out. Click here for more information.

22nd National Health Equity Research Webcast - Political Power, Policy, and Health Equity
June 7, 2016 - 1:30-4:00 PM EDT
Speakers will discuss importance of policy for advancing health equity, importance of political power for policy development & implementation, and factors that influence distribution of political power such as: public relations, media and lobbying, partisan voter redistricting, voter disqualification, accessibility of polling times & places, handling of absentee and provisional ballots; and vote counting irregularities. Click here for more information.

National Academy of Sciences Workshop - Implementing Evidence-Based Prevention by Communities for Children's Behavioral Health
June 9-10, 2016 - Washington, DC
Communities represent the front line in addressing many behavioral health conditions experienced by children, adolescents, young adults, and their families. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will host a 2-day workshop on progress, challenges, and opportunities that exist for communities in implementing interventions that promote cognitive, affective, and behavioral health in children and adolescents. Click here for more information.

HRSA Webinar - Addressing the Behavioral Health Needs of Trans* Patients
June 13, 2016 - 2:00-3:00 PM EDT
This HRSA webinar aims will focus on ways to address the behavioral health needs of transgender and gender non-conforming patients in a culturally appropriate manner and will feature promising practices of Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grantees. Additionally, the HHS Office for Civil Rights will discuss the proposed nondiscrimination rule under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. Click here for more information. Click here to register. 
Research Publications & Data Resourcesdata
New Dataset Available - Dating Violence Among Latino Adolescents (DAVILA) Study
The Dating Violence among Latino Adolescents (DAVILA) study assessed the victimization experience of a national sample of 1,525 Latino adolescents living in the United States. Trained professionals from an experienced survey research firm conducted the interviews over the phone in either English or Spanish, from September 2011 through February 2012. Click here for more information.
Commonwealth Fund Report - Evaluating the CARE Act: Implications of a Proposal to Repeal and Replace the Affordable Care Act
In this report, we analyze the effects of the Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, and Empowerment (CARE) Act, a comprehensive proposal to repeal and replace the ACA. Click here for more information.
News & Noticesnews   
May is National Foster Care Month
Show your support for all youth in foster care, but especially those who will age out, but supporting Dr. Johanna Greeson's "Let's End The Aging Out Crisis" Thunderclap! She started this online campaign to raise awareness of the issue of youth aging out foster care and the potential of natural mentoring to be a part the solution. Click here for more information.
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