Cooperative Agreement 90CA1797

This $300,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) supports collaborative research on extended family support and housing stability among at-risk youth. Over a 14-month period, researchers will study 80 youth aged 16-19 in two Southwest states to understand how instrumental and emotional support from grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and adult siblings influences the youths' sense of safety and housing...

This $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports collaborative research on extended family support and housing stability among at-risk youth. The Regents of the University of California at Riverside will study how instrumental and emotional support from grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and adult siblings influences the sense of safety and housing stability over time for 80 youth aged 16-19 in rural and minority communities in two Southwestern states. Using mixed methods...

This $150,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program will fund research to develop impact-aware machine learning models for risk assessment in juvenile justice systems. The University of Arizona will design a framework that incorporates the effects of interventions on recidivism risk while achieving individual fairness and data privacy. The researchers will adapt potential outcomes frameworks from causal inference to build models...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) provides $199,993 to Trinity University to conduct a 2-year longitudinal study on how support from extended family members shapes the housing stability and safety of youth at risk of homelessness. The study builds on a previous 1-year study, following 83 youth aged 16-19 from two states in the Southwest U.S., including rural and minority communities. Through...

The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $498,972 Project Grant to Youth Advocates of Sitka, Inc. to establish a demonstration program supporting at-risk and vulnerable youth transitioning out of foster care in Alaska. The goal is to promote positive youth outcomes and public safety for this population. Through this grant, Youth Advocates of Sitka will provide stable housing, comprehensive trauma-informed services, and life skills...

Residential Youth Services & Empowerment (Ryse) will provide housing navigation, life skills training, behavioral health services, and economic development support to at-risk youth in Hawaii through a $600,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The goal of the Supporting Vulnerable and At-Risk Youth Transitioning out of Foster Care program (CFDA 16.049) is to promote positive youth outcomes...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Scholarship Prep under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The project, "Creating Community Change: Addressing the Traumas of Homeless Students and Other Vulnerable Youth," aims to develop a multi-tiered, trauma-informed, cross-agency approach to prevent and respond to community violence affecting vulnerable youth, especially those...

The Council on At-Risk Youth (CARY) will provide trauma-informed care and violence prevention services to middle school students in Austin, Texas through a $750,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The award period is from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Under the STOP School Violence Program, CARY will enhance its PeaceROX program at three Austin Independent School District middle schools serving...

This federal Project Grant award of $740,250, provided by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), supports the adaptation and evaluation of the Youth Nominated Support Team (YST) intervention to prevent the escalation of suicide risk among youth on probation. The project aims to address the high rates of suicide ideation and behaviors among justice-involved youth, who often face barriers to accessing needed mental health...

The Council on At-Risk Youth (CARY) was awarded a $702,519 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to hire "CARY Youth Advisors" and provide trauma-informed, school-based programming at three high schools in the Austin and Manor Independent School Districts. The CARY Youth Advisors will conduct the Aggression Replacement Training (ART) curriculum with 100 students per year over two school...