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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Call for Wellness Court Research Projects</span><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Attention! The National Institute of Justice has released a
<a href="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=">
Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grant.</a> This planning grant offers a unique opportunity to develop innovative research in the Wellness Court field!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">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? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">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:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Alcohol and other substance use, abuse, and addiction<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Tribal healing to wellness courts<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Tribal justice for youth and/or adults<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Understanding crime and criminal offending<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Crime intervention and prevention strategies<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Violent crime reduction<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Victimization (reduction or response)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Human trafficking<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpLast" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Technology to improve justice<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Interested parties should contact me directly at
<a href="mailto:pmenon@american.edu">pmenon@american.edu</a> to meet with the research partner to discuss the tribe’s interests, goals, and questions.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Have a great weekend!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Preeti<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#7030A0">Preeti P. Menon, M.A.</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#7030A0"><br>
Senior Associate Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#7030A0">Justice Programs Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#7030A0">School of Public Affairs, American University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#7030A0">202-885-2875 |
<a href="mailto:pmenon@american.edu"><span style="color:#7030A0">pmenon@american.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#7030A0">Twitter: @PreetiPMenon<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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