Project Grant P120A230050

This $471,422 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) to develop and evaluate an empowerment program for LGBTQ+ students in school (GSAs). The project, titled "BUILDING EPIC-HEALTH: AN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM FOR LGBTQ+ STUDENTS IN SCHOOL GSAS", will be implemented and evaluated by a collaborative team from Boston College, San Diego State...

The Wilderness Education Project (WEP) was awarded $1 million under the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to implement the Project SOAR initiative in partnership with Johnson County Schools in Kentucky from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Project SOAR will provide social-emotional learning assessments, training for students and staff, and implement an evidence-based therapeutic program focused on...

Special Service for Groups, Inc. (SSG) was awarded $400,000 under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice program by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to implement the Stopping Hate through Outreach, Awareness, and Reporting (SOAR) program from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The SOAR program aims to address the continued rise in hate incidents and underreporting of such crimes in Los Angeles County, California through enhanced outreach, education, and...

This $595,227 National Science Foundation project grant supports the University Enterprises, Inc. dba Sacramento State Sponsored Research to implement the PROJECT-ACE program. PROJECT-ACE aims to enhance engineering students' identity, self-efficacy and sense of belonging through active learning pedagogy in six core electrical, electronic and computer engineering courses along critical paths. This supports the NSF STEM Education program's goal of improving STEM education effectiveness for all...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $445,276 Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program grant to Pro Youth & Families Inc., a non-profit organization based in Sacramento, California. The 3-year project, running from Sep 30, 2024 to Sep 29, 2027, will provide evidence-based educational and intervention programs designed to promote youth wellness, build life skills, and reduce risky behavioral patterns among adolescents,...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Xavier University a $111,895 Project Grant under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to develop the Scaffolded Computing Projects for the Social Good (SPSG) framework. This framework aims to increase service-learning opportunities in computing programs by enabling the integration of externally sourced projects supporting the social good into software engineering and related courses. The SPSG framework...

The Self Awareness and Recovery (SAR) was awarded a $999,999 cooperative agreement by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). SAR will lead a multidisciplinary, multi-agency collaborative team to deliver intensive case management, trauma healing programs, intervention tactics at school sites, referrals and recommendations for students, and "backpack" support...

The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) awarded a $985,475 Project Grant under the Research in Special Education program (CFDA 84.324) to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) for "The Special Educator Workforce: A Research Collaborative (SPARC)". The goal of the project is to conduct rigorous research that expands knowledge and understanding of developmental, educational, and transitional outcomes for students with or at...

The San Diego State University Research Foundation was awarded a $745,351 Project Grant (Award ID H325D240052) by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325). The grant supports the Foundation's efforts to prepare leaders through networks engaged in responsive strategies for serving infants, toddlers, and...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.726 Juvenile Mentoring Program) provides $1,000,000 over 36 months to Self Awareness And Recovery (SAR), a minority-owned non-profit organization, to improve outcomes for at-risk and high-risk youth in Los Angeles County through the provision of mentoring services. The key objectives are to: 1) increase the number of at-risk or high-risk youth receiving...