RUTH H. YOUNG CENTER EARNS IMPORTANT GRANTS
The School's Ruth H. Young Center for Families and Children has received two grants to evaluate and improve services to families and children. One grant looks at services provided in Alabama while another seeks to address housing needs for grandparent-led families in Baltimore.
The Ruth H. Young Center for Families & Children has been awarded a 5 year contract to evaluate Alabama’s Implementation of a Family Centered Comprehensive Assessment Process for Children, Youth, and Families. A quasi-experimental nonequivalent comparison group design will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the Protective Capacity Family Assessments (PCFA) as implemented in three pilot counties compared to three matched sites where standard family assessment and service plan practices are implemented. Associate Dean for Research and Co-Director of the Center, Dr. Diane DePanfilis is serving as the principal investigator for the project. ACTION for Child Protection under contract with the Alabama Department of Family Sources by Cooperative Agreement with the US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families is the funder.
Grandparent Family Connections (GFC), a program of the Ruth H. Young Center for Families and Children, has been awarded a $140,000 planning grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund, and the Helena Foundation for the Baltimore City Intergenerational Housing and Service Initiative. The project will be led by GFC's Dr. Fred Strieder.
Strieder, along with Marla Oros of the Mosaic Group and former White House Fellow Wes Moore, will be investigating existing housing/service models that have been developed to serve grandparents, who are caregivers for their grandchildren, and other caregivers caring for their relatives. The goal of the grant is to design a plan for grand-family housing in Baltimore that would include the provision of specialized services for these families. The initiative would also develop services that would be available to caregivers throughout Baltimore City.
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