Grant Awards 2011-2012

Thanh Tran/Keith Tsz-Kit Chan

The Gerontological Society of America
"Hartford Doctoral Fellowship"
$25,000
December 9, 2011

Keith Chan received $25,000 from The Gerontological Society of America towards his Hartford Doctoral Fellowship to support work on his dissertation proposal entitled, "Examining the Measurement of Physical and Psychological Health and their Relationship to Acculturation for Older Asian Americans."

Kevin Mahoney/Julie Norstrand

The Gerontological Society of America
"Hartford Doctoral Fellowship"
$25,000
December 9, 2011

Julie Norstrand received $25,000 from The Gerontological Society of America towards her Hartford Doctoral Fellowship to support work on her dissertation proposal entitled, "What Pathways Link Social Capital to Physical and Mental Health Among Older Adults."

Thomas Crea/Ruth McRoy

Cutler Institute for Health and Social Policy at University of Southern Maine
"Hartford Doctoral Fellowship"
$16,998
November 29, 2011

Thomas Crea and Ruth McRoy received an additional $16,998 from The Cutler Institute for Health and Social Policy at University of Southern Maine to continue to work on the evaluation research project in partnership with the Northeast & Caribbean Implementation Center (NCIC) and the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF).

Eileen Ihrig

Hunter College/UNICEF
"Development of National Occupational Skills Standards for Social Work with a Focus on Child Protection"
$124,833
October 28, 2011

Eileen Ihrig was awarded $124,833 by Hunter College to assist in developing a culturally appropriate social work curriculum in collaboration with the government of Afghanistan. The funds will be used create a National Occupational Skills Standards (NOSS), National Training Curricula, and certifications for social workers at three skills levels.

Vince Lynch

Gilead Sciences, Inc.
"24th Annual National Social Work and HIV/AIDS Conference"
$25,000
October 28, 2011

Gilead Sciences, Inc. has donated $25,000 in support of the annual HIV/AIDS Conference. The 24th Annual National Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS will be held at the Hotel InterContinental in Miami, Florida, on May 24-27, 2012. The theme of the Conference will be "Linking Policy and Practice: Implications for HIV Social Work."

Katie McInnis-Dittrich/Philip Higgins

The American Cancer Society
"Training Grant in Oncology Social Work"
$20,000 ($40,000)
September 6, 2011

The American Cancer Society awarded an additional $20,000 to Philip Higgins to support work on his dissertation proposal entitled, "A Community-Based Palliative Care Social Work Intervention."

Kevin Mahoney

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
"An Environmental Scan of Self-Direction in Adult Behavioral Health Services & Supports"
$299,999
August 22, 2011

Kevin Mahoney was awarded $299,999 from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to conduct an environmental scan to determine the feasibility of deploying the Cash and Counseling model for people receiving behavioral-health supports and services.

Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
"Assessing the Impact of Time & Place Management Policies"
$1,031,833
August 19, 2011

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded $1,031,833 to the Sloan Center for Aging and Work to assess the effectiveness of policy related to Time and Place Management (TPM) in the workplace.

Kevin Mahoney

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging
"Accelerating Adoption of Participant Direction Philosophy and Models in the Aging Network"
$499,997 ($2,249,993)
August 11, 2011

The Administration on Aging awarded $499,997 to Kevin Mahoney and the National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services (NRCPDS). The goal of this project is to enhance home and community based service delivery by identifying essential skills necessary in job occupations that provide assistance to individuals in finding and obtaining home and community based services and developing staff competency training.

Kevin Mahoney

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
"Veteran Directed Home and Community Based Services Program"
$509,754
August 9, 2011

Kevin Mahoney was awarded $509,754 by The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to continue to support the Veteran Directed HCBS training of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMC) and Veteran Integrated Service Network (VISN) staff on the concepts and principles of participant veteran directed services.

Ruth McRoy/Charu Stokes

Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation at the New York Community Trust
"Complex Lives: Resiliency of Midlife African American Women Living with HIV/AIDS Serving as Informal Kinship Care Providers"
$2,595
July 26, 2011

Charu Stokes has been selected as a Fahs-Beck Scholar and has been awarded a a grant in the amount of $2,595 to support work on her dissertation proposal entitled, "Complex Lives: Resiliency of Midlife African American Women Living with HIV/AIDS Serving as Informal Kinship Care Providers."