School of Social Work Research Report- December 2021

Dear reader, I am delighted to introduce the second issue of “Real World Impact,” the research bi-annual newsletter of the School of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The goal of the newsletter is to provide a snapshot of the outstanding research with real world impact that is taking place at our school. Each issue is organized around a theme that is critical to the advancement of social work.

Over the past couple decades academics and scientists became more aware of the benefits of interprofessional collaboration, which takes place when two or more researchers trained in different fields work together to build knowledge about a phenomenon. Research shows that interprofessional collaboration promotes innovation, improves intervention outcomes, and increases the validity and reliability of research.

The School of Social Work at the University of Illinois is nested in a dynamic and innovative environment that encourages interprofessional collaboration.

We are steadfastly committed to and engaged in collective and interdisciplinary work to promote social justice and develop solutions to real world problems. Hence, our second issue theme is interprofessional collaboration.

This newsletter highlights a sample of the exciting interdisciplinary research we are doing at the School of Social Work to lead the way in imagining and creating a more collaborative and just world.

I hope you will enjoy reading our stories and learning about the work of a truly world class set of social workers who are committed to interprofessional collaboration!

Happy reading!

Liliane Windsor, PhD, MSW Associate Dean for Research and Associate Professor

RESEARCH BY THE NUMBERS

NEW PROPOSALS IN 2020 56 27 SUBMITTED

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TOTAL AWARD BY SPONSOR TYPE IN 2020 TOTAL EXTERNAL FUNDING IN 2020= $49,994,805

FEATURED SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH BY RESEARCH THEMES

SOCIAL INNOVATION ROSALBA HERNANDEZ

Research suggests that many hemodialysis (HD) patients experience psychological distress and depression and that for this population, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death. Studies have also indicated that increased psychological well-being, such as positivity and optimism, are closely linked to favorable cardiac health, but often drug therapies are not a good fit for HD patients.

To address the limited number of treatments available for HD patients with depression, Dr. Rosalba Hernandez and her team have developed JovialityTM, a virtual reality (VR) software to help people cope with various types of health-related stress. Funded by grants from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Campus Research Board, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Dr. Hernandez and her team’s pilot study of JovialityTM has produced promising results.

Supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Disease, Dr. Rosalba and her team are now expanding on their preliminary research by conducting a 2-arm randomized controlled trial to explore the efficacy of JovialityTM in 84 HD patients in Urbana Champaign. Working with a team of investigators from various disciplines and across institutions, Dr. Hernandez aims to test the feasibility of JovialityTM as a cost-effective, adaptable, and far-reaching platform to reduce depressive symptoms and increase quality of life among HD patients.

The NIH-funded JovialityTM trial is a truly transdisciplinary project that involves experts from a diversity of fields to translate psychotherapeutic curricula into a virtual 360-degree space. Behavioral scientists in public health and psychology were involved in developing and tailoring this strengths-based intervention, while engineers, graphic artists, visual designers and a hardware-related technical director, among others, were involved in building the VR software. Clinicians then provided expertise in further refining the technology to better suit the needs of hemodialysis patients, including integration of hand-free navigation options and teleportation features to reduce motion sickness–this included nephrologists, social workers, technicians and nurse practitioners.

Dr. Rosalba Hernandez is an associate professor in SSW and her research explores the link between positive psychological well-being and cardiovascular health, particularly in underserved minority populations

FEATURED SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH BY RESEARCH THEMES

SCHOOLS BRENDA LINDSEY

Children who have experienced trauma are more likely to experience academic, developmental, and social delays, and those who also receive special education services often have complex, high-intensity needs that go unmet due to the inaccessibility of separate services. Although the rates at which children, including those with disabilities, are experiencing trauma are staggering, there remains a shortage of school social workers and ECSE (early childhood special education) professionals in Illinois and other states. Additionally, there are few ECSE programs that are financially and geographically accessible in central Illinois, and many students are unprepared for the jobs in which they were hired. To address this need, Drs. Brenda Lindsey, Jessica Hardy, and Catherine Corr have developed an interdisciplinary training program (Project TI3) for the School of Social Work and the College of Education to recruit and train future early childhood educators and school social workers. Federally funded by a grant from the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), Project TI3 equips graduate students with the skills necessary to provide trauma supports to children in their natural settings-such as in the home, or in centers where they already receive education and services.

Project TI3 relies on interprofessional and interdisciplinary work to prepare the early childhood workforce, as students draw upon the fields of both education and social work to understand and respond to the needs of children with disabilities and their families in meaningful ways. Developed in collaboration with several key partners, including the Illinois Department of Human Services and the credentialing body in Illinois, Project TI3 is committed to education and service through a team-based, interprofessional approach that leverages resources and expertise to maximize outcomes. Through interdisciplinary coursework, fieldbased opportunities, and research experiences, Project TI3 addresses the need for qualified social workers and educators to address high-intensity needs of children with disabilities who have experienced trauma by providing comprehensive, collaborative training.

Dr. Brenda Lindsey is a teaching professor at SSW. Her research and practice interests focus on the role of school social workers and Response to Intervention (RtI), with a special emphasis on evidence-based practice interventions for children with challenging problem behaviors.

FEATURED SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH BY RESEARCH THEMES

HEALTH KAREN TABB DINA

Depression during the perinatal period is the most common complication of childbirth. Because maternal depression increases the risk of harm to both the mother and child, several states (including Illinois) require providers to screen patients for depression.

Despite these mandates, maternal depression is still prevalent, and a recent study conducted by Dr. Karen Tabb’s research team suggests that screening processes may be developed and implemented in ways that are unresponsive to the needs of perinatal women. Tabb’s team interviewed women who had participated in the maternal depression screening process at a local health department. They found that many women were not aware that they had been screened, that their results were not shared or discussed with them, that their scores warranted further assessment or service for which they were not provided, and that many of the women felt their providers were dismissive of the screening process. Additionally, patients felt that the screening process should be extended beyond the mother to other family members, should include a social worker to facilitate conversations around diagnosis and services, and should provide medical professionals with specialized training to enhance their compassion and sensitivity when having these discussions.

In an effort to address these issues and promote effectiveness in the screening process, Tabb suggests using a standardized protocol for maternal depression and including multiple stakeholders in the development and implementation of services and research. As such, the research team’s advisory board, Perinatal Connect, is comprised of patients, caregivers, providers, and researchers that provide input on and awareness about research and perinatal depression. Guided by the advisory board and funded by an award from the federal Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), Tabb and her research team are developing innovative ways to increase research engagement and raise awareness during the COVID-19 pandemic through social media, print media and flyers, short and accessible informational videos and infographics, and free webinars. These interprofessional collaborations with patients, caregivers, providers, and researchers promote patient-centered approaches developed and implemented in ways that are most meaningful to those involved, and in doing so, will provide effective, supportive services for people and families experiencing or coping with maternal depression.

Dr. Karen Tabb Dina is an associate professor in SSW and her current research agenda focuses on identifying risk factors for morbidity and mortality among perinatal women and clinical factors to improve minority health.

FEATURED SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH BY RESEARCH THEMES

CHILD WELFARE HYUNIL KIM

About 1 in 20 US children are reported to and investigated by child protective services (CPS) for child abuse and neglect concerns annually. The best available evidence based on national surveys and official CPS records suggests that about 1 in 3 US children are expected to experience some form of abuse or neglect in their lifetime. The high prevalence of child abuse and neglect requires effective strategies to prevent child abuse and neglect and promote wellbeing. Child abuse and neglect rates differ widely across communities by social, economic, cultural, and resource conditions, and understanding these relationships therefore may inform responsive policies and programs.

Funded by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Dr. Hyunil Kim is working to understand these relationships by using US national and Illinois data to examine effects at the county and zipcode levels. Specifically, Dr. Kim is examining how a range of community conditions, such as community-level food insecurity, the availability of childcare and health services, and home visiting program provisions, are related to abuse and neglect report rates. Additionally, Dr. Kim is conducting a scoping review of policies known to improve these community conditions in order to understand potential policy impacts on child abuse and neglect rates.

Dr. Kim established an interprofessional collaboration between social work and economics to develop and implement this important project. The project’s theoretical foundation draws from several disciplines including sociology, geography, social work, child welfare, public health, and economics to increase our understanding about child abuse and neglect in Illinois. The findings can be used to inform policy and practice that can effectively reduce child abuse and neglect.

Dr. Hyunil Kim is an assistant professor in SSW. His work focuses on developing the best possible evidence to help improve the safety and welfare of children and directly enhance our ability to address child abuse and neglect.

FEATURED SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH BY RESEARCH THEMES

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT JANET LIECHTY Funded by a grant from the Health Services Research Administration (HRSA) and in partnership with multiple and diverse collaborators, Dr. Janet Liechty is working to address the mental health workforce shortage through the Illinois Behavioral Health Workforce Education, Learning & Leadership (BHWELL) Scholars Program. BHWELL scholars receive a stipend, earn a certificate in Integrative Behavioral Health, and participate in specialized clinical training including interprofessional education (IPE) events and simulations. The IPE events bring students from social work, medicine, nursing, and other health professions together to learn teambased approaches to improve patient-centered care while addressing topics such as poverty and health, discharge planning, farm disasters, disability awareness, trauma-informed care, COVID-19, and social determinants of health. Through an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach, BHWELL scholars learn evidence-based practices to promote mental health and well-being across the lifespan, with an emphasis on children, adolescents and young adults at risk. Intervention foci include trauma-informed care, violence prevention, and telehealth modalities.

Since its inception in 2017, 120 BHWELL scholars have been successfully trained. More than 85 BHWELL-approved SSW field sites located in HRSA-designated Health Provider Shortage Areas throughout Illinois have been established through the project, including in rural, small urban, and urban underserved communities. The BHWELL Rural Social Work Initiative outreach team –which includes several field faculty-is collaborating with community partners in high-need, high-demand areas to recruit students into the iMSW and MSW programs and on to high quality clinical field placements and jobs. This provides opportunities for students in high needs areas to receive high quality education and training while remaining in place, and thus contribute to alleviating the shortage of mental health care. Most BHWELL scholars (83%) are employed in health provider shortage areas after graduation, and 92% intend to get their LCSW. Drawing on data collected weekly from students during their internships, focus groups, and repeated surveys at six time points that follow students three years after graduation, Dr. Liechty leads a comprehensive evaluation of the BHWELL program. This research also aims to advance understanding of professional self-efficacy and identity development of social work students during field, learning on interprofessional teams, social work roles and leadership, and professional resilience and burnout prevention.

Findings from the evaluation and research enable Dr. Liechty and her team to make data-driven decisions and recommendations on recruitment, training, and retention of behavioral health professionals who can serve effectively in high need, high demand areas.

Dr. Janet Liechty is an associate professor in SSW, Carle-Illinois College of Medicine, and Division of Nutritional Sciences. Her research explores psychosocial determinants of health, integration of health and behavioral health, healthy lifestyle behavior change, professional socialization, and interprofessional education to enhance cultural competency, teamwork, and the integration of behavioral health and healthcare.

FEATURED SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH BY RESEARCH THEMES

POVERTY WILL SCHNEIDER

Despite billions of dollars being allocated to interventions and treatment each year, child maltreatment remains a pervasive problem in the US, and the risk of having contact with Child Protective Services (CPS) increases dramatically for children who are Black or living in a single-parent or low-income household. Although psycho-social interventions for parents are often the focus of policy and have been effective in reducing child abuse, these approaches have done little to prevent or reduce child neglect.

Child neglect is the most common type of maltreatment case in the US and is rooted in economic hardship rather than psychopathology. Funded by an award from the William T. Grant Foundation, Dr. Will Schneider is leveraging three pre-existing anti-poverty experiments to examine economic impacts on child maltreatment, and neglect in particular.

Dr. Schneider suggests that one barrier for scholars investigating the effect of anti-poverty policies on child maltreatment is the siloed nature of social and child welfare agencies. By linking and examining data from three employment and housing programs to administrative data housed at the Child Family Research Center (CFRC) in the School of Social Work, Dr. Schneider aims to identify causal effects of economic resources on neglect and actionable policy levers to reduce child neglect. Working with scholars in the fields of psychology, policy studies, and economics, Dr. Schneider uses an interdisciplinary lens to better examine the impacts of economic resources on child maltreatment.

Dr. Will Schneider is an assistant professor in SSW. His research examines the influence of macroeconomic factors, family complexity and fatherhood, and interventions in the promotion of child well-being and the prevention of child maltreatment.

YU-LING CHIU TED CROSS

THE CHILDREN AND FAMILY RESEARCH CENTER (CFRC) The Children and Families Research Center (CFRC) is an independent research organization at the School of Social Work. The purpose of CFRC is to identify research needs and support research that is policy and practice relevant and encourage and facilitate public child welfare research activities through collaborative relationships. Funded by a grant from the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Mississippi, CFRC researchers Drs. Ted Cross and Yu-Ling Chiu, conducted a two-year program evaluation to better understand development and outcomes of the Mississippi CAST Initiative, and recently completed a final report of the program evaluation. They published their initial findings from faculty interviews in a peer reviewed journal article (see reference below).

Child Advocacy Studies Training (CAST) is a national program that responds to the deficits in education concerning child maltreatment. Colleges and universities throughout the United States provide CAST courses and certificate or minor programs to educate undergraduate and graduate students about child maltreatment and help prepare many for careers in child-serving professions, especially child protection. The Zero Abuse Project runs the Center for Child Advocacy Studies (C-CAST), which partners with colleges and universities throughout the United States that are providing CAST curricula. In less than two decades, 73 different CAST programs have been developed in colleges and universities in 20 different states. CAST was usually developed in one college or university at a time. However, starting in 2014, Children’s Advocacy Centers of Mississippi (CACM) introduced a paradigm shift by creating the first statewide program to implement CAST in multiple schools throughout the state.

When interviewed by Cross and Chiu, CAST faculty suggested that the support of the administration and other faculty was essential for the development and implementation of CAST on their campus. Additionally, because CAST classes require instructors with various skill sets, real world experience, and effective teaching abilities. Some CAST programs in Mississippi IHEs sought out expertise from other departments, institutions, and community agencies to develop and deliver course content. Other Mississippi IHEs formed formal partnerships with community agencies to provide CAST to professionals working in the field, and to provide students with experiential learning opportunities through service components.

Several Mississippi IHEs have developed CAST certificate or minor programs with multiple CAST courses (and capstone projects for minors), and other schools are seeking to develop these programs. Many of the faculty and administrators interviewed reported the intention to expand CAST by moving from offering CAST courses to creating CAST Certificate or Minor programs, The evaluation also suggested that the recruitment and training of faculty and professionals, as well as the networking, training, and technical support provided by the Child Advocacy Centers of Mississippi (CACM) likely enhanced the quality and durability of CAST programming throughout the state. Data from Cross and Chiu’s evaluation suggests that strong partnerships are of significant value to the success of CAST programming, and that by involving multidisciplinary teams of instructors, professionals, and students in CAST, it has become firmly established and highly valued in a range of different colleges and universities in Mississippi.

Dr. Yu-Ling Chiu is a research specialist at CFRC and her research focuses on the effectiveness of child welfare or juvenile justice related programs or services and workforce development.

Dr. Ted Cross is a research professor and a senior research specialist at CFRC. His overarching interest is in developing effective systemic responses to victims of child maltreatment.

DOUG SMITH

THE CENTER FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (CPRD) The Center for Prevention Research and Development (CPRD) in the School of Social Work has a long history of creating and maintaining successful collaborative partnerships with local, state, and national organizations, agencies, and businesses. Since its inception in 1989, CPRD has worked closely with many rural, suburban, and urban communities both in Illinois and across the United States. CPRD has an interdisciplinary staff of researchers covering such disciplines as public health, education, anthropology, psychology, political science, social work, and administration who specialize in research, evaluation, and the development of data systems for self-study and program improvement.

For over 20 years, CPRD has been working with state and local juvenile justice agencies to inform decision making through research and the development and maintenance of data systems. In partnership with and funded by a grant from the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission (IJJC), CPRD operates and analyzes data from the Juvenile Monitoring Information System (JMIS), a statewide secure juvenile detention data system that is used to monitor and track children as they enter, stay, and exit Illinois’ sixteen juvenile detention centers. As principal investigator, Dr. Douglas Smith works with IJJC and other key stakeholders, including judges, detention and probation staff, advocates, and other interested parties that are working to understand and reduce youth entry and reentry into the system.

In collaboration with IJJC and Loyola University, Smith’s team at CPRD examined trends in young children ages 10-13 admitted to detention. The concern is that these youth may not truly represent public safety threats, for which detention is reserved. Instead, improving the social services to meet these families’ needs merits additional attention. It likewise is troubling that these youth are disproportionately from racial/ethnic minority families.

For example, JMIS data helped identify inconsistencies and racial disparities in admission and detention rates in Illinois, including disproportionally high rates of admission at the Peoria County Juvenile Detention Center. In response to the findings, the Peoria County Juvenile Detention Center worked with multiple stakeholders to implement changes that drastically reduced the admission rates of children under the age of 13 to their facility. Through collaborative efforts with diverse and multiple stakeholders, Dr. Smith and the interdisciplinary team of researchers at CPRD are using data to make real world impact.

Dr. Douglas Smith is a professor in SSW and director of CPRD. His practice and research experience has focused on treating and preventing substance use disorders, with special emphasis on what treatments work best for adolescents and young adults.

FEATURED DOCTORAL STUDENT

GAURAV SINHA Being poor or vulnerable affects people in a variety of ways. It places a huge burden on cognitive bandwidth available for many other important demands of a person’s life. Gaurav Sinha, a PhD student in the SSW, is interested in developing a comprehensive understanding of finances and their relationship to mental health of young people. Using big data analytics and strengthsbased approaches he is aiming to promote financial and mental health equity.

Gaurav’s research is informed by his 16 years of post-MSW experience working with underserved communities in India, Tanzania, and the United States.

His research has brought out a set of structural and institutional discriminatory practices that financially exclude nearly 1.7 billion people globally; 63 million in the US alone. Known as the financially invisible, issues facing this group make it much harder to move out of poverty and live financially secure lives.

A firm believer in interdisciplinarity, Gaurav has collaborated with a wide range of scholars from many different disciplines, such as business, information sciences, economics, sociology, psychology, and law, to foster inclusive financial services for financially invisible populations.

Gaurav is acutely aware that algorithms and other new technologies that he uses or employs in his research also can be used to exacerbate social problems such as racial hatred and violence, ethnic cleansing, inequalities, misinformation, and mental health issues among vulnerable emerging and young adults, given the human biases inherent to designing and deploying such algorithms.

He would like to actively promote just and ethical applications of emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning from a social work perspective and thus he finds coordinating a key initiative – Harnessing Technology for Social Good Lecture Series – at the SSW, a humbling experience.

Gaurav plans to continue his research into finding evidence-based solutions to reduce the consequences of financial vulnerabilities among invisible populations, whose narratives have traditionally been situated at the outer periphery of intellectual and academic inquiry in social work.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

PROPOSALS AWARDED IN CALENDAR YEAR 2020

FEDERALLY FUNDED Douglas Smith (PI): Core and Specialist Education in Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Master’s in Social Work Student – MSW, US Department of Health and Human Services (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) Hyunil Kim (PI): Public Policies, Community Conditions, and Child Abuse and Neglect: National and Statewide Data Analyses and Literature Reviews, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Karen Tabb Dina (PI): Engaging Stakeholders in Perinatal Depression Research in the Context of COVID-19, Patient

Centered Outcomes Research Inst (PCORI) Liliane Windsor (PI): Optimization of a new adaptive intervention to increase COVID-19 testing among people at

high risk in an urban community, National Institutes of Health (NIMHD) PRIVATELY FUNDED Kevin Tan (PI): Promoting Racial Healing through a Restorative Approach to Social and Emotional Learning,

Chicago Community Trust Janet Liechty (PI): Social Work HEALS Scholars (CSWE), Council on Social Work Education Michael Braun (PI): Playful Learning Landscapes Evaluation, Metropolitan Family Services Tamara Fuller (PI): Children’s Mental Health Initiative (CMHI) 3.0 Evaluation, Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation STATE FUNDED Dawn Carpenter (PI): OPA Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program -Evaluation, US Department of Health and Human

Services via Illinois Department of Human Services Dawn Carpenter (PI): Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Evaluation, US Department of Health

and Human Services via Illinois Department of Human Services Dawn Carpenter (PI): Office of Population Affairs, Adolescent Health Programs, Optimally Changing the Map -Tier 1,

US Department of Health and Human Services via Illinois Department of Human Services Douglas Smith (PI): Illinois Youth Survey (IYS), US Department of Health and Human Services via Illinois Department

of Human Services

Douglas Smith (PI): Juvenile Justice System Improvement Continuation, US Department of Justice via Illinois Department

of Human Services Karen Tabb Dina (PI): All Our Kids Early Childhood Networks (AOK) Initiative, Illinois Department of Human Services Nancy Flowers (PI): Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV), US Department of Health and

Human Services via Illinois Department of Human Services Nancy Flowers (PI): Substance Use Prevention Evaluation (SUPP EVALUATION), US Department of Health and Human

Services via Illinois Department of Human Services

Nancy Flowers (PI): Coordinated Intake-Pilot, US Department of Health and Human Services via Illinois Department of

Human Services Rachel Garthe (PI): 2020 Statewide Violence Prevention Planning, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Scott Hays (PI): State and Regional Substance Abuse Prevention Services (SRSUPS), US Department of Health and Human

Services via Illinois Department of Human Services Steven Anderson and Tami Fuller (PIs): Workforce Research and Development, US Department of Health and Human

Services via Illinois Department of Children and Family Services FUNDED BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION Ryan Wade (PI): Sociological Influences on Mental Health Service Utilization for Young Black Gay, Bisexual and other Men

who have Sex with Men, National Institutes of Health via Emory University FUNDED BY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Douglas Smith (PI): Peer-Enhanced Motivational Interviewing Emerging Adults Heavy Substance Use, UIUC Campus

Research Board Judy Havlicek (PI): Accelerating the Use of Research Evidence through Human Centered Design in the Delivery of

Independent Living Services for Youth in Foster Care, UIUC Campus Research Board Katie Shumway (PI): WeCU, UIUC Chancellor’s Office Kevin Tan (PI): Advancing An Integrated Approach to SEL, STEM, and Equity in Middle and High School, Extension

Collaboration (UI) Rachel Garthe (PI): Urban Surveillance: Exploring the relationship of place to maternal incarceration and child welfare

system involvement, University of Chicago/UIUC Collaborative Urban Research Program

Rosalba Hernandez (PI): Virtual Reality to Deliver Psychotherapy to Lung Cancer Patients with Depression,

JUMP Arches (UIUC) Rosalba Hernandez (PI): Virtual Reality to Improve Emotional Well being in Hemodialysis Patients: Initial Safety Testing

and Proof-of Concept, UIUC Campus Research Board Teresa Ostler (PI): Integrating and Evaluating Live Simulations Across Degree Programs: Transforming How Students’ Teach

and Learn about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Relation to Core Social Work Competencies and Practice,

PITA (UIUC)

AWARDS ALSO ACTIVE IN CALENDAR YEAR 2020

FEDERALLY FUNDED Janet Liechty (PI): Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training for Professionals -FY17, US Department of Health &

Human Services (Health Resources and Services Administration) Liliane Windsor and Douglas Smith (PIs): Community Wise: An Innovative Multi-Level Intervention to Reduce Alcohol and

Illicit Drug Use, National Institutes of Health (NIMHD) Rosalba Hernandez (PI): Positive Psychology Intervention for Spanish-Speaking Hispanic/Latino Adults at Risk for

Cardiovascular Disease. National Institutes of Health (NHLBI) PRIVATELY FUNDED Janet Liechty (PI): Social Work HEALS Scholars (CSWE), Natl Assn of Social Workers via Council on Social Work Education Janet Liechty (PI): HEALS Policy Event 2019, Council on Social Work Education Judith Havlicek (PI): Developing an Understanding of the Foster Parent Mentoring Program at Children’s Home & Aid

through Research, Children’s Home & Aid Soc of IL Judith Havlicek (PI): Using Research to Improve Postsecondary Outcomes of Foster Youth in Illinois, Spencer Foundation Kevin Tan (PI): Understanding Developmental Patterns of Social-Emotional Learning Problems among High School Students, Spencer Foundation Nancy Flowers (PI): Illinois Head Start Data Warehouse and Development System, IL US Department of Education via

Head Start Association Nancy Flowers (PI): USDE SEED, Power of Two: Pairing Literacy and Numeracy Professional Learning for Middle Grades Teachers, US Department of Education via Natl Forum Rosalba Hernandez (PI): Positive Psychology Intervention for Spanish-speaking Hispanic /Latino Adults at Risk for

Cardiovascular Disease, Rosenfeld Heart Foundation Inc. Theodore Cross (PI): Program Evaluation of Mississippi’s Child Advocacy Studies (CAST) Initiative, Children’s Advocacy

Centers of Mississippi STATE FUNDED Dawn Carpenter (PI): Teen Pregnancy Prevention PREP, US Department of Health and Human Services via Illinois

Department of Human Services Dawn Carpenter (PI): Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, Tier 1B (OAH) Evaluation, US Department of Health and

Human Services Office of Adolescent Health via Illinois Department of Human Services Nancy Flowers (PI): Juvenile Justice Systems Improvement, US Department of Justice via Illinois Department of

Human Services

Nancy Flowers (PI): MIECHV-Maternal Infant, Early, Childhood, Home Visiting, US Department of Health and Human

Services via Illinois Department of Human Services Nancy Flowers (PI): Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visit-Needs Assessment (MIECHV-Needs Assessment), US

Department of Health and Human Services via Illinois Department of Human Services Nancy Flowers (PI): Illinois Youth Survey, US Department of Health and Human Services via Illinois Department

of Human Services Nancy Flowers (PI): SUPP Evaluation, US Department of Health and Human Services via Illinois Department of

Human Services Scott Hays (PI): State and Regional SUPS, US Department of Health and Human Services via Illinois Department of

Human Services Scott Hays (PI): SPF-PFS Extension, US Department of Health and Human Services via Illinois Department of

Human Services Steven Anderson and Tami Fuller (PIs): Workforce Research and Development, US Department of Health and

Human Services via Illinois Department of Children and Family Services FUNDED BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION Ben Lough (PI): The Distinctive Contributions of International Volunteers to Gender Equality Programming: Perspectives

from Partner Organizations in the Global South, Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of

Canada via University of Ottawa.

Crystal Reinhart (PI): Addressing Financial Hardship and Insurance Knowledge among Young Adult Survivors of a Blood

Cancer through a Multilevel Intervention, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society via Tufts Medical Center.

Rachel Garthe (PI): Supplement for Chicago Youth Violence Prevention, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

via University of Chicago FUNDED BY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Chi-Fang Wu (PI): Single Mother’s Employment Instability, UIUC Campus Research Board Hyunil Kim (PI): Opioid Epidemic and Child Maltreatment in the United States, UIUC Campus Research Board Judy Havlicek (PI): Strengthening Foster Youth in Illinois Across the Life Course through Interdisciplinary Research & Public

Agency Partnership, UIUC Center for Social & Behavioral Science Rachel Garthe (PI): Perceptions of School Climate in Relation to Youth Violence, Mental Health, and Academic Outcomes among Middle School Students, UIUC Campus Research Board Rachel Garthe (PI): The Prevalence and Impact of Stalking and Cyberstalking among College Students, UIUC Center

for Social & Behavioral Science Steven Anderson (PI): BSW Completer Program, Chancellor’s Investment for Growth (UIUC)

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