Projects Report

This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.

Engagement Type: Engaged Research
Activity Type: None
Start Semester: Summer
Total UNO Students: 3
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester: None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Juvenile/Adult Justice System

Description : Assessment programs are a Direct Service program - a program that meets with a youth a few times to conduct a singular service, in this case, to evaluate the youth to identify mental health and/or behavioral risks and needs. Referral Services are agencies that help youth and families find services within their communities based on their assessed needs.
Engagement Type: Engaged Research
Activity Type: None
Start Semester: Summer
Total UNO Students: 3
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester: None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Juvenile/Adult Justice System

Description : Assessment programs are a Direct Service program - a program that meets with a youth a few times to conduct a singular service, in this case, to evaluate the youth to identify mental health and/or behavioral risks and needs. Programs may use any number of different assessment tools to assess the risks and needs of the youth and provide recommendations for services for prevention and intervention. Under Assessment programs are also Assessment Centers, which are a location where staff can meet with youth to complete the evaluations, and Referral Services, which are agencies that help youth and families find services within their communities based on their assessed needs.
Engagement Type: Engaged Research
Activity Type: None
Start Semester: Summer
Total UNO Students: 3
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester: None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Juvenile/Adult Justice System

Description : Mentoring programs match a young person (mentee) with a more experienced person who is working in a non-professional capacity (mentor) to help provide support and guidance to the mentee in one or more areas of the mentee’s development. There are 4 types of Mentoring programs: Community, Juvenile Justice, School, and Youth Initiated. School-based mentors meet with youth on school premises to focus on school-related issues. The goal of this relationship is to improve youth attendance, grades, and attitudes toward school so that the youth is more likely to graduate.
Engagement Type: Engaged Research
Activity Type: None
Start Semester: Summer
Total UNO Students: 3
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 3
End Semester: None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Juvenile/Adult Justice System

Description : Community-based mentoring is a mentoring model where a positive adult is engaged in the youth’s life by spending time in the community together. The match is based on interests, hobbies, and compatibility in order to spend time together to share fun activities they both enjoy. The goal of this mentoring model is to reduce drug and alcohol use and antisocial behavior through establishing a supportive friendship and providing guidance.
Engagement Type: Engaged Research
Activity Type: Faculty Research
Start Semester: Summer
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester: Summer
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: 2021-22
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Other

Description : Develop and coordinate evaluation plans and processes Oversee an evaluation of the effectiveness of sub-grant recipient programs Provide training to NDCS and grantees on evidence-based programs, performance measures and outcomes, data collection procedures, and other topics as appropriate Visit program sites and as needed for training, technical assistance, data coordination Provide data system administration to track legislatively required information
Engagement Type: Engaged Research
Activity Type: Policy research/paper
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester: Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: 2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Education

Description : CPAR prepared population projections by age and grade for the fast-growing Norris School District. The projections utilized local fertility trends and detailed migration by age patterns. They highlight what the district can expect in the years ahead to aid their planning for expected future growth.
Engagement Type: Engaged Research
Activity Type: Policy research/paper
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 2
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 40
End Semester: Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: 2021-22
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics:

Description : The Legislature’s Planning Committee plays a critical role in both the Nebraska Unicameral and, more broadly, in our state government’s efforts to plan and prepare for the success and wellbeing of future generations. The Planning Committee works with the University of Nebraska-Omaha’s Center for Public Affairs Research (CPAR), which compiles and presents data about demographics and the workforce to the Committee. The Committee uses that data to set priorities and then makes recommendations to the Legislature for legislation that aligns with those goals.
Engagement Type: Engaged Research
Activity Type: Policy research/paper
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 2
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 40
End Semester: Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: 2021-22
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 10
Topics: Early Childhood Education, Education, Disadvantaged Populations, Inequality, Employment and Workforce, Income and Income Equality, Poverty, Neighborhood Revitalization, Capacity Building, Social Justice Awareness

Description : The Legislature’s Planning Committee plays a critical role in both the Nebraska Unicameral and, more broadly, in our state government’s efforts to plan and prepare for the success and wellbeing of future generations. The Planning Committee works with the University of Nebraska-Omaha’s Center for Public Affairs Research (CPAR), which compiles and presents data about demographics and the workforce to the Committee. The Committee uses that data to set priorities and then makes recommendations to the Legislature for legislation that aligns with those goals.
Engagement Type: Engaged Research
Activity Type: Faculty Research
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester: Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: 2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Security & Intelligence, Employment and Workforce, Capacity Building

Description : The University of Nebraska at Omaha, with the National Strategic Research Institute at the University of Nebraska, has been awarded a contract with U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) to streamline and update database processes to increase efficiencies for the command’s personnel team.
Engagement Type: Engaged Research
Activity Type: Policy research/paper
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 20
End Semester: Fall
Total K-12 Students: 360
End Academic Year: 2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Rural Community Vitality, Neighborhood Revitalization

Description : CPAR worked with the Nebraska Community Foundation to conduct the Nebraska Youth Survey. Over 1,000 high school students in greater Nebraska responded. The results reveal the priorities, values, and desires of these individuals as well as factor that may influence their decision to return to or remain in Greater Nebraska in the future.
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