[Tribal-drug-courts] Wellness Court Research Projects Opportunity

[Preeti Menon]

Call for Wellness Court Research Projects

Attention! The National Institute of Justice has released a Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grant.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nij.gov_funding_Documents_solicitations_NIJ-2D2018-2D13840.pdf&d=DwMGaQ&c=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q&r=CIiz_dJ3JpBHIDO-H7VCzL-2uyiNyFryE3QEDjJRoBQ&m=ZONzEtkLdv1udVFtQQeqxSsqV6dmaKZdPB_D6BJZ-Mc&s=zoiSL9EYxT5_aZSMDgv7gO8bYpu7DyT7sk_JilxktGA&e=> This planning grant offers a unique opportunity to develop innovative research in the Wellness Court field!

Do you have interest in pursuing a criminal justice research project in your community? For example, how has substance abuse affected your community? How does your Wellness Court serve its target population? How effective are culturally-tailored treatments?

The grant encourages a tribal-research partnership. We're looking to support your work and to bolster the entire Wellness Court community through research that is Indian country-focused. In addition to the Tribe, the partnership could include the Tribal Law & Policy Institute and the research partner, Justice Programs Office (JPO), to offer logistical support and research expertise for the research goals of the Tribe. JPO, a center at the School of Public Affairs at American University, houses the National Drug Court Resource Center and works with research faculty on wide array of justice topics. JPO's Research Director has extensive experience working closely with practitioners and difficult to access communities and subpopulations to develop community-driven research and resolutions. Examples of her most recent community-based planning and research include rural gang violence and rural veteran suicide prevention.

The tribal community does not need existing data; the tribe only needs an interest in understanding a topic of their choice through a research partnership. The purpose of the planning grant is to fund a tribal-researcher partnership that will then develop a research project. The research project could then be funded through an implementation grant. Broad examples of tribal interests include, but are not limited to:

  *   Alcohol and other substance use, abuse, and addiction
  *   Tribal healing to wellness courts
  *   Tribal justice for youth and/or adults
  *   Understanding crime and criminal offending
  *   Crime intervention and prevention strategies
  *   Violent crime reduction
  *   Victimization (reduction or response)
  *   Human trafficking
  *   Technology to improve justice


Interested parties should contact me directly at pmenon at american.edu<mailto:pmenon at american.edu> to meet with the research partner to discuss the tribe's interests, goals, and questions.

Have a great weekend!
Preeti

Preeti P. Menon, M.A.
Senior Associate Director
Justice Programs Office
School of Public Affairs, American University
202-885-2875  | pmenon at american.edu<mailto:pmenon at american.edu>
Twitter: @PreetiPMenon
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