Projects Human Development - All Projects
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Monday, April 1, 2013
Evaluation of OJJDP’s Mentoring Enhancement Demonstration Project
Selected by the U.S. Library of Congress, AIR is conducting a five-year scientifically-rigorous evaluation of ten mentoring enhancement demonstration projects funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
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Friday, March 15, 2013
Service and Housing Interventions for Families in Transition (SHIFT)
The Service and Housing Interventions for Families in Transition Longitudinal Study examines and compares the long-term outcomes of families entering shelters, transitional housing programs, and permanent supportive housing programs in four communities in upstate New York.
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Friday, March 15, 2013
Physical and Emotional Awareness for Children Who Are Homeless (PEACH)
PEACH is an innovative curriculum that teaches young children about good nutrition, physical activity, and how to deal with the stress of being homeless.
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Friday, March 15, 2013
Partners United for Supportive Housing Cedar Rapids
Partners United for Supportive Housing Cedar Rapids will work to retain family unity, provide stable housing, and improve family functioning and well-being for children who are in, or at-risk of entering, the child welfare system.
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Friday, March 15, 2013
Healing Hearts, Promoting Health
Healing Hearts, Promoting Health (HHPH) is an intensive pilot project that addresses the trauma and related nutrition, health, and wellness issues of recently displaced families and children, with particular focus on Haitian earthquake evacuees in Southern Florida.
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Friday, March 15, 2013
Promoting Best Practices in Transitional Housing for Domestic Violence Survivors
This project, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Violence Against Women, supports the transition of domestic violence survivors from homelessness to safe, stable, permanent housing.
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Monday, March 4, 2013
Improving the Lives of African American Males in the Child Welfare System
AIR is currently designing training opportunities and identifying best practices and model programs focused on improving the lives of African American males in the child welfare system. The goals are to assist foster parents in supporting positive outcomes for the children and youth in their care and to help judges, juvenile court staff, and child welfare providers make quality referrals for placements and services.
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
The National Center on Family Homelessness
The National Center on Family Homelessness was founded in 1988 and is the nation’s foremost authority on family homelessness. The National Center conducts state-of-the-art research; develops evidence-based services and practices; conducts training and technical assistance for service providers on the front lines; and shares innovative solutions with practitioners, government programs, policymakers, and the public.
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
START with Kids
START with Kids provides trauma-informed, clinically driven care to children and families in emergency shelters in Worcester, MA. Conducted by The National Center on Family Homelessness, START with Kids is part of the Safe Start Initiative—a federal effort to prevent and reduce the impact of family and community violence on children and their families funded by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Technical Assistance and Training for HUD Continuum of Care Grantees
The National Center on Family Homelessness leads an initiative to provide technical assistance to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and communities receiving HUD funding with two partners—the Center for Social Innovation and HomeBase. The focus of this work is implementation of specific federal goals to end homelessness.
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Domestic Violence and Homelessness Technical Assistance Initiative
The National Center on Family Homelessness is supporting Transitional Housing (TH) grantees of the Office of Violence Against Women at the U.S. Department of Justice. The project supports the transition of domestic violence survivors from homelessness to safe, stable, permanent housing.
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
HSD Creates New Substance Abuse Youth Topic page on FindYouthInfo.gov
AIR’s Human and Social Development Program (HSD) recently launched a new Substance Abuse Youth Topic on FindYouthInfo.gov to provide information and resources for youth-serving agencies. The new topic provides information and resources focused on substance abuse prevalence, risk and protective factors, warning signs, screening assessments, and prevention and treatment.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
AIR Experts Co-author Volume on Improving Emotional and Behavioral Outcomes for LGBT Youth
New research shows that rates of depression, suicide, and illegal drug use are many times higher among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth than among their peers. Seven AIR human and social development experts share their insights in a new book, "Improving Emotional and Behavioral Outcomes for LGBT Youth: A Guide for Professionals."
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
National Workgroup to Address the Needs of Children and Youth Who Are LGBTQI2-S and Their Families
The Child, Adolescent and Family Branch (CAFB) of the Center for Mental Health Services initiated the National Workgroup to Address the Needs of Children and Youth Who Are LGBTQI2-S and Their Families to support and enhance services for children and youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, or two-spirit (LGBTQI2-S).
