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Ells, Mark Center on Children, Families <strong>and</strong> the LawMidwest Child WelfareTechnical Assistance Implementation Center$8,695,645 DHHS-ACF9/1/08 – 9/29/13Graef, Michelle Center on Children, Families <strong>and</strong> the LawA five-year, $8.7 million grant from the U.S.Department <strong>of</strong> Health <strong>and</strong> Human ServicesChildren’s Bureau has helped establish theMidwest Child Welfare Technical AssistanceImplementation Center. The new center willprovide long-term consultation <strong>and</strong> supportto child service agencies <strong>and</strong> tribes inNebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri,Minnesota, Ohio <strong>and</strong> Wisconsin. It will partner with state <strong>and</strong>tribal child welfare agencies to assess their inner workings <strong>and</strong>identify broad changes that could help them operate moreefficiently <strong>and</strong> effectively to serve families <strong>and</strong> children; identifyobstacles to helping families; build the capacity <strong>of</strong> state <strong>and</strong> tribalchild welfare systems; <strong>and</strong> work toward significant changes toimprove outcomes for children <strong>and</strong> families involved with thesesystem. The ultimate goal is to ensure all children have safe, stable<strong>and</strong> permanent homes. Co-leaders <strong>of</strong> the project are Mark Ells <strong>and</strong>Michelle Graef <strong>of</strong> the Center on Children, Families <strong>and</strong> the Law.Espy, Kimberly AndrewsPsychologyExecutive Function Development in Preschool Children$3,270,348 NIH-NIMH8/26/09 – 5/31/14Wiebe, S<strong>and</strong>raPsychology/Research <strong>and</strong>Economic DevelopmentSheridan, Susan Educational Psychology/Nebraska Center forResearch on Children, Youth, Families <strong>and</strong> SchoolsCarlo, GustavoPsychologySchutte, AnnePsychologyWith support from the NIH National Institute<strong>of</strong> Mental Health, Kim Espy, Charles BesseyPr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Psychology, will continue herresearch into executive control in children,which has been shown to be a precursor tochildhood externalizing disorders (includingADHD). The objective <strong>of</strong> this project is todetermine how executive control relates to later functionaloutcomes, the next step toward clinical application. Espy’sresearch will elucidate the fundamental mechanisms that go awryin childhood psychopathology <strong>and</strong> identify precursors for use infuture work to tailor preventive interventions to those who st<strong>and</strong> tobenefit most.6AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE
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