2017

How can colleges improve services and outcomes for African American male students?

What strategies enable research-practice partnerships to improve the use of research evidence by child welfare agencies?

Clemans-Cope and her team at the Urban Institute will partner with the Addiction Policy Forum to promote the use of evidence-based interventions to target adolescent opioid use.

Does a mentoring intervention improve academic outcomes for racial/ethnic minority and low-income college students whose parents did not graduate from college?

How can peer interactions improve mental health disparities in ethnic and racial minority youth?

Can policy-induced changes in parents’ dental health behaviors reduce disparities in the dental health of their children?

Do food scholarships improve academic performance and persistence among low-income community college students?

This award supports the Committee’s efforts to improve public policy and decision making by promoting the understanding and dissemination of research in matters involving law and justice.

Read, the Durham Public School District, and World Relief Durham will develop research-informed programs and procedures to successfully transition Muslim refugee children and their families to the United States.

Russell, Equality Texas, and the Texas Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network will collaborate to bring research to bear on advocacy efforts to promote safer and more supportive schools for LGBTQ youth in Texas.