Projects Report
This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 16
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 85
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Food and Water Security, Self-Sufficiency
Description : Warehouse work
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 11
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 27
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 11
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Food and Water Security, Health Awareness
Description : UNO physical education students worked with Sherman Elementary School students and YMCA Outside Connections coordinator to promote the YMCA "Let's Move" initiatives (play, learn, serve, work). The students did activities prepared by the UNO students outdoors and indoors to encourage them to play games and learn skills, such as stretching, recognizing animal tracks and community service. UNO students presented at Sherman's family night to show parents what activities were done and what they learned.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 5
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 191
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 7
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 443
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : UNO social work students visit Omaha Street School one day per week throughout the semester to interact with and build rapport with OSS students. They are integrated into the school’s Life Skills course from 8:30am to 10:00am each morning. OSS teachers help UNO students engage with OSS students and assist in teaching. As the communication unit of the semester begins, UNO students plan and facilitate about 2 lesson plans related to listening and communication. UNO students then attend the ball pit events with OSS students to help them engage with the community and speak with others. A second portion of this project involved UNO students working with Table Grace Café. UNO students went to Table Grace Café one day per week to interact with patrons and assist with the peer resource guide. UNO students were expected to talk to patrons from a variety of backgrounds, learn more about them, and help connect them to resources if needed. They also helped to recreate and update Table Grace Café’
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2021-22
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : The Federal Reserve is about to begin its most challenging inflation-fighting campaign in four decades. And a lot is at stake for consumers, companies and the U.S. economy.<br><br>Most economists predict the Fed will raise interest rates by a quarter point on March 16, 2022, the first of many increases the U.S. central bank is expected to make over the coming months. The aim is to tamp down inflation that has been running at a year-over-year pace of 7.9%, the fastest since February 1982.<br><br>The challenge for the Fed is to do this without sending the economy into recession. Some economists and observers are already raising the specter of stagflation, which means high inflation coupled with a stagnating economy.<br><br>As an expert on financial markets, I believe there’s good news and bad when it comes to the Fed’s upcoming battle against inflation. Let’s start with the bad.<br><br>
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2021-22
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : Without question, there is a serious workforce problem within the general child and adult behavioral health care industry. When adding intellectual disabilities as a co-occurring disorder with mental illness, the qualified workforce inadequacies become even more severe. To complicate matters, the lack of validated or accommodated EBTs. for this population of mentally ill and intellectually challenged persons is virtually non-existent. Consistent with the conceptual strategy of task shifting and training within the context of usual care, this project provided specialized training to a wide variety of both professional and paraprofessional persons within the behavioral health, child welfare, and correctional industries. Results indicated that all participants improved their basic knowledge of this comorbid population, demonstrated a better understanding of EBTs, and exhibited a willingness to employ EBT approaches in their management and treatment strategies.<br>
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2021-22
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : NCJR will provide the following services for the purposes of evaluating the Vocational and Life Skills initiative (VLS):<br>Develop and coordinate evaluation plans and processes<br>Oversee an evaluation of the effectiveness of sub-grant recipient programs<br>Provide training to NDCS and grantees on evidence-based programs, performance measures and outcomes, data collection procedures, and other topics as appropriate<br>Visit program sites at beginning of grant cycle and as needed for data coordination<br>Provide data system administration to track legislatively required information:<br>Number of individuals receiving programming (categorized by inmate, parolee, or felony probationer discharged from supervision within the last 18 months)<br>Number of individuals served by program type<br>Cost per individual for each program, service or training provided<br>Number of individuals successfully completing programming<br>Total funds allocated and total funds spent<br>Identify other data points to track to assist in program evaluation and accountability<br>Collect program data on a schedule approved by NDCS<br>Administer participant and staff surveys as necessary to comply with evaluation plan/s<br>Conduct participant interviews as necessary to comply with evaluation plan/s<br>Track recidivism and employment among participants and assess the potential to compare this data to a control sample of non-participants<br>Provide monthly participants served across programs to NDCS<br>Provide quarterly evaluation update reports to NDCS<br>Produce yearly report of evaluation activities and results from data analysis<br>Other evaluation-related activities as identified
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2021-22
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : This study utilized life story interviews with 21 formerly incarcerated individuals to examine the role vocational reentry programming played in the desistance process. A thematic analysis revealed that programming assisted individuals who were either open to lifestyle changes or committed to pro-social lifestyle improvements prior to beginning programming. Findings also revealed participants committed to desistance isolated themselves from anti-social peers, found social support through the programs, overcame employment barriers through programming, and held resilient and optimistic attitudes in changing their identities and behavioral trajectories. We conclude with a discussion on how the findings can inform desistance theory and reentry policy.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : Nebraska Vocational and Life Skills Initiative. Client Perceptions of Program Services and Ability to Reintegrate. 2018. For the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. With Don Kurtz and Johanna Peterson
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : Evaluation of the Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) at the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. 2018. For the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. With Emily Wright, Joselyne Chenane, and Sara Toto.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : Analysis of Douglas County Juvenile Assessment Center, 2012-2019: Successful Completions and Recidivism by Youth Level of Service Scores and Race/Ethnicity. 2020. For the Douglas County Juvenile Assessment Center.