This Project Grant award of $465,000 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) supports a study to compare technological and relational approaches to engage families who miss scheduled well-child visits. The study aims to: 1) demonstrate feasibility of integrating a new referral protocol for community health worker outreach after missed visits, 2) compare attendance rates after missed visits for...
This $461,662 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) will fund a study to adapt and evaluate the Text4Father mHealth intervention to directly reach first-time expectant fathers using social media. The goal is to improve infant and family health outcomes by increasing first-time fathers' infant care self-efficacy and engagement during the prenatal...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $3,870,700, granted by the Administration for Children and Families under the Adoption Opportunities program (CFDA 93.652), funds the establishment of the National Tribal Child Welfare Center for Innovation and Advancement. The Center aims to provide virtual and onsite training and technical assistance (TTA) to tribal child welfare programs to enhance organizational and system performance, and improve outcomes for children, youth, and families. Key...
This $3,150,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Social Security Administration (SSA) under the Social Security Research and Demonstration grant program (CFDA 96.007) will fund a three-phased randomized controlled trial (RCT) study conducted by the University of Chicago Inclusive Economy Lab and the Illinois State Treasurer's Office. The study aims to promote the take-up and use of ABLE accounts among Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients in Illinois, with the goal of improving...
The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,646,000 Project Grant under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program to Workforce Alliance Inc., a non-profit workforce development organization in south central Connecticut. The 36-month GET IT (Growing Equitable Training in Information Technology) project aims to address gaps in the regional IT talent pipeline and engage disconnected youth ages 18-24 in IT and STEM-related career...
Empower 225 will use a $499,985 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime to deliver the Preventing Trafficking of Girls program. The three-year award will support prevention and early intervention services for girls at risk of sex trafficking in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Key services include providing evidence-based trafficking prevention curricula to 300 middle and high school girls; establishing a mentoring program for at-risk...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $825,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Children Exposed to Violence (CEV) program (CFDA 16.818) to SBCS Corporation, a non-profit organization based in Chula Vista, California. The project will implement a trauma-informed, two-generation model of care to support children and parents impacted by domestic violence at the Casa Segura domestic violence shelter in San Diego County. Key...
This $799,999 Cooperative Agreement award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs (CFDA 93.136) will support Prevent Child Abuse America in strengthening the capacity of its nationwide state chapter and Healthy Families America networks to translate public health science into action for the equitable prevention of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Over the 5-year project period, Prevent Child Abuse...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) provides $1 million to Itherapy, LLC of Martinez, California to develop an evaluative artificial speech intelligence and autism screener system called EASI-AS. The system aims to improve treatment for children with communication impairments by providing specialists and parents with accurate, efficient reports on speech and language evaluations along with...
This Project Grant award of $714,638 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) supports the development and evaluation of the CAARE (Caregivers' Aid to Accelerate Recovery after Pediatric Emergencies) intervention. CAARE is a technology-assisted, stepped-care intervention that provides emotional and behavioral screening, education, symptom monitoring, and referrals to evidence-based treatment for...