Cooperative Agreement SM063056

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) will fund a $177,833 research study at Wayne State University to investigate the intergenerational impact of maternal childhood trauma on children's fear neurobiology and internalizing psychopathology risk. The 1-year study will enroll 120 Black American mother-child dyads to assess the relationship between maternal trauma history, PTSD symptoms, children's...

The Children's Institute Inc. (CII) was awarded a $972,405 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Children Exposed to Violence program (CFDA 16.818). The funding will allow CII to expand services for two target populations in Los Angeles: children who have witnessed violence at LAPD crime scenes, and community youth impacted by trauma and violence. Key services include on-site crisis response, counseling, mental...

The Chicago Children's Advocacy Center (ChicagoCAC) and its multidisciplinary team will implement a collaborative treatment model to provide trauma-informed and victim-centered services to help children and families heal from sexual abuse and serious maltreatment. Funded through a $425,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Missing Children's Assistance program (CFDA 16.543), ChicagoCAC...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Children Exposed to Violence (CFDA 16.818) program provides $825,000 to the Contra Costa Family Justice Alliance (CCFJA) to build community and organizational capacity to increase equitable implementation of evidence-based practices that address the impacts of abuse and exposure to violence on children and youth from marginalized communities in Contra...

This Project Grant award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (CFDA 93.350) provides $159,103 to investigate the experiences of parents seeking emergency care for their injured children with special healthcare needs. The study will engage at least 35 family caregivers to gather qualitative data on factors contributing to poor care quality and hospital complications for this population. The project aims to elucidate the mechanisms behind adverse outcomes in injured...

Grant Award Summary: Promising Futures: Healing-Centered Systems to Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences The University of Pittsburgh received a Cooperative Agreement award of $899,870 from the Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support under the Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs (CFDA 93.136) to develop and implement healing-centered systems designed to prevent adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). The award, issued on September 30,...

The Children's Hospital New Orleans (CHNO) was awarded a $825,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Children Exposed to Violence (CEV) federal grant program (CFDA 16.818). The funding will be used to implement a multi-faceted approach to build protective factors and foster healing and resilience for 21,000 children exposed to violence in New Orleans over the 3-year grant period. The key goals are...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $850,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Children Exposed to Violence (CFDA 16.818) program to Futures Without Violence. This 3-year award, effective October 1, 2024, aims to build the capacity of project sites to implement strategies that support children exposed to violence. Futures Without Violence will provide training and technical assistance to increase grantees' ability to develop...

This Project Grant award of $158,500 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) will support research to illuminate how a parent's adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and neighborhood environment influence their child's obesity risk. The study, led by Temple University, will create a Neighborhood ACEs Index (NAI) to examine how neighborhood characteristics associated with ACEs...

The LUK Crisis Center, Inc. was awarded a $972,406 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.818 Children Exposed to Violence program). The grant will support the implementation of the Personalized Approach to Healing (PATH) program in North Central Massachusetts over a 36-month period. PATH provides prevention, intervention, and treatment services for youth under age 18 who have experienced or witnessed violence in...