Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences http://blog.case.edu/msass/ en-us Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:14:05 EST Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:14:05 EST curtis.oneal@case.edu curtis.oneal@case.edu http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Movable Type v3.121 Inform, Influence, Impact: The Role of Research in Supporting a Community's Commitment to its Children, November 2009 http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/11/19/inform_influence_impact_the_role_of_research_in_supporting_a_communitys_commitment_to_its_children_november_2009.html All too often research is conducted in a way that is disconnected from the reality of life in communities,... http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/11/19/inform_influence_impact_the_role_of_research_in_supporting_a_communitys_commitment_to_its_children_november_2009.html CENTER SPOTLIGHT Poverty Center Poverty Center: Publications and Research RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:14:05 EST Inform_Influence_Impact_11_2009_Cover.JPG

All too often research is conducted in a way that is disconnected from the reality of life in communities, with findings often having little relevance to real-world program and policy decisions. With this publication, the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development highlights an example of how research and evaluation data have been effectively used over time in a major community initiative in the Cleveland region.

Drawing on a decade of transformative research done in partnership with Cuyahoga County's Office of Early Childhood/Invest in Children and its public/private set of collaborators, the report describes the experiences of this community initiative and concrete examples of how data have been used to inform practice and policy.

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]]> ARNOVA Best Paper for 2008 by Prof. Mark Chupp http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/11/12/arnova_best_paper_for_2008_by_prof_mark_chupp.html "Transforming Civil Discourse and Neighborhood Identity through Action Research," a paper written by Mark Chupp, was recently selected by... http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/11/12/arnova_best_paper_for_2008_by_prof_mark_chupp.html MANDEL SPOTLIGHT Poverty Center Poverty Center: News Poverty Center: Publications and Research Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:21:11 EST Chupp_web_100x135.JPG

"Transforming Civil Discourse and Neighborhood Identity through Action Research," a paper written by Mark Chupp, was recently selected by the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) as the "Best Paper for 2008." Chupp, Assistant Professor at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, and Faculty Associate of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, presented the paper at ARNOVA's 2008 conference.

]]> Ohio providers develop action plans for stage-based tobacco intervention for people with mental illness and substance use disorders http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/11/03/ohio_providers_develop_action_plans_for_stagebased_tobacco_intervention_for_people_with_mental_illness_and_substance_use_disorders.html Representatives from nine community-based organizations and a state psychiatric hospital in Ohio attended a one-day training for “Tobacco: Recovery... http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/11/03/ohio_providers_develop_action_plans_for_stagebased_tobacco_intervention_for_people_with_mental_illness_and_substance_use_disorders.html CENTER SPOTLIGHT Center for EBPs MANDEL SPOTLIGHT Ohio SAMI CCOE Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:59:00 EST TRACeventretrospect_90px.jpg
Representatives from nine community-based organizations and a state psychiatric hospital in Ohio attended a one-day training for “Tobacco: Recovery Across the Continuum (TRAC)”, a stage-based motivational service model that helps people diagnosed with mental illness and/or substance use disorders reduce and eventually eliminate the use of tobacco products. The event provided practical information and useful strategies for implementing TRAC services and featured Carlo DiClemente and other presenters from the Mandel School's Center for Evidence-Based Practices.

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]]> Reserachers team up with Federal Reserve to help nation respond to foreclosure crisis. http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/11/03/reserachers_team_up_with_federal_reserve_to_help_nation_respond_to_foreclosure_crisis.html The economic epoch that has shaken the foundation of the American Dream and swallowed housing markets into a nationwide... http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/11/03/reserachers_team_up_with_federal_reserve_to_help_nation_respond_to_foreclosure_crisis.html Poverty Center Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:59:00 EST Coulton_Claudia_30_web_153x100.JPG

The economic epoch that has shaken the foundation of the American Dream and swallowed housing markets into a nationwide financial sinkhole has had several epicenters. One is the City of Cleveland.

Foreclosures and vacant properties in many neighborhoods have stock piled, values have plummeted, and numerous properties are being bought at below-market values of $10 thousand or less by real-estate speculators, most of whom are corporations that have no vested interest in planned and coordinated community development.

Now, Coulton and her colleagues are teaming up with the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and The College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University in a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional partnership to provide a report to the nation, titled “Facing the Foreclosure Crisis in Greater Cleveland: What Happened and How Communities are Responding.” The new report is being funded in part by the Federal Reserve and Neighborhood Progress Incorporated. Coulton’s four previous reports were funded mainly by the The Cleveland Foundation and The George Gund Foundation, with additional support from Enterprise Foundation and Neighborhood Progress, Inc.

To see the full article from the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences's Insight and Action please to here.

To see Foreclosure related research papers from the Poverty Center please go here.

Beyond REO: Property Transfers at Extremely Distressed Prices in Cuyahoga County, 2005-2008.

Pathways to Foreclosure: A Longitudinal Study of Mortgage Loans, Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, 2005-2008.

Behind the Numbers Brief Number 6, Houses in transition: a report on properties owned by financial institutions and real estate organizations in Cuyahoga County, 2007.

Foreclosure and Beyond: A report on ownership and housing values following sheriff’s sales, Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, 2000-2007.

]]> Urban Institute Paper affecting Community Initiatives by Coulton, Theodos and Turner released. http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/11/03/urban_institute_paper_affecting_community_initiatives_by_coulton_theodos_and_turner_released.html "New Evidence and Implications for Community Initiatives" by Claudia J. Coulton, Brett Theodos, Margery Austin Turner Publication Date: November... http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/11/03/urban_institute_paper_affecting_community_initiatives_by_coulton_theodos_and_turner_released.html Poverty Center Poverty Center: Publications and Research RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:24:50 EST Claudia_Student_Lounge_100x130.JPG
"New Evidence and Implications for Community Initiatives" by Claudia J. Coulton, Brett Theodos, Margery Austin Turner

Publication Date: November 02, 2009

The text below is an excerpt from the complete document at the Urban Institute. Read the full report in PDF format.

Abstract

Americans change residences frequently. Residential mobility can reflect positive changes in a family's circumstances or be a symptom of instability and insecurity. Mobility may also change neighborhoods as a whole. To shed light on these challenges, this report uses a unique survey conducted for the Making Connections initiative. The first component measures how mobility contributed to changes in neighborhoods' composition and characteristics. The second component identifies groups of households that reflect different reasons for moving or staying in place. The final component introduces five stylized models of neighborhood performance: each has implications for low-income families' well-being and for community-change efforts.

This research is part of the work that the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development participates in for the Annie Casey Foundation's Making Connections Initiative.

]]> A brief TRAC consult regarding e-cigarettes, electronic nicotine delivery systems http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/11/02/a_brief_trac_consult_regarding_ecigarettes_electronic_nicotine_delivery_systems.html The topic of e-cigarettes came up at a recent TRAC Program Leader Training, held in Cleveland on October 1st,... http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/11/02/a_brief_trac_consult_regarding_ecigarettes_electronic_nicotine_delivery_systems.html CENTER SPOTLIGHT Center for EBPs Ohio SAMI CCOE Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:05:28 EST cigarettemousetrap_125p.jpg
The topic of e-cigarettes came up at a recent TRAC Program Leader Training, held in Cleveland on October 1st, so the "Tobacco: Recovery Across the Continuum (TRAC)" intitiative at the Center for Evidence-Based Practices (CEBP) at Case Western Reserve University presents a summary regarding what is known to date about electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), what are commonly called "e-cigarettes."

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]]> MSASS Honored With Bronze Key Award http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/10/30/msass_honored_with_bronze_key_award.html Download Movie FileThe Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University will receive the Bronze Key... http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/10/30/msass_honored_with_bronze_key_award.html MANDEL SPOTLIGHT Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:56:18 EST bronzekey.jpg

Download Movie FileThe Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University will receive the Bronze Key Award, one of the highest honors awarded by the National Council for Alcohol and Drug Dependence to recognize leadership in the field of substance dependence and recovery.  This award will be presented by local affiliate Recovery Resources, a stalwart provider of substance abuse and mental health services in Northeast Ohio.

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]]> Conference 2010 to celebrate ten years of EBPs in Ohio, combine annual SAMI-IDDT & SE events, as well as tobacco http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/10/13/conference_2010_to_celebrate_ten_years_of_ebps_in_ohio_combine_annual_samiiddt_se_events_as_well_as_tobacco.html Save these dates! The Center for Evidence-Based Practices (CEBP) at Case Western Reserve University will host its next conference October... http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/10/13/conference_2010_to_celebrate_ten_years_of_ebps_in_ohio_combine_annual_samiiddt_se_events_as_well_as_tobacco.html CENTER SPOTLIGHT Center for EBPs MANDEL EVENTS MANDEL SPOTLIGHT Ohio SAMI CCOE Ohio SE CCOE Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:25:50 EST Conference2010full_125p.jpgSave these dates! The Center for Evidence-Based Practices (CEBP) at Case Western Reserve University will host its next conference October 12, 13, and 14, 2010. The event, titled "Sustaining Evidence-Based Practices: The Next Ten Years", will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the State of Ohio's success with implementing EBPs for people diagnosed with mental illness. The event will highlight national EBP research and lessons-learned from EBP initiatives in Ohio and other states. The Center for EBPs is a partnership of the Mandel School and the Dept. of Psychiatry.

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]]> New Thinking About Poverty http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/10/12/new_thinking_about_poverty.html New Thinking About Poverty in a Shrinking City: a presentation by Claudia Coulton, Co-Director, Center on Urban Poverty and... http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/10/12/new_thinking_about_poverty.html CENTER SPOTLIGHT Poverty Center Poverty Center: News Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:18:46 EST fs2009s.png

New Thinking About Poverty in a Shrinking City: a presentation by Claudia Coulton, Co-Director, Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, September 2009.

Cleveland has lost more population and housing in the past 5 years than previous trends would have suggested. Yet it continues to be one of the poorest cities in America. This presentation documents the shifts in demographics and an economic downturn that suggest the need for new thinking about how to address poverty in a shrinking city.

]]> A Plain Dealer Article by Brent Larkin Quotes Center Co-director Rob Fischer Regarding Investment in Early Childhood in Cuyahoga County. http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/10/12/a_plain_dealer_article_by_brent_larkin_quotes_center_codirector_rob_fischer_regarding_investment_in_early_childhood_in_cuyahoga_county.html A Plain Dealer article by Brent Larkin, "Focus public investment on early-childhood intervention," on October 11, 2009, quotes Center... http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/10/12/a_plain_dealer_article_by_brent_larkin_quotes_center_codirector_rob_fischer_regarding_investment_in_early_childhood_in_cuyahoga_county.html CENTER SPOTLIGHT Poverty Center Poverty Center: News Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:02:57 EST Rob 200xSomething.JPG

A Plain Dealer article by Brent Larkin, "Focus public investment on early-childhood intervention," on October 11, 2009, quotes Center Co-director Rob Fischer regarding Investment in Early Childhood in Cuyahoga County.

The articles main point can be summed up by this quote from the article from Arthur Rolnick and Rob Grunewald, officials at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis:

"We're quite certain that investing in early childhood education is more likely to create a vibrant economy that [sic] using public funds to lure a sports team by building a new stadium or attracting an automaker by providing tax breaks," Rolnick and Grunewald wrote in 2007. "The return on early childhood development programs that focus on at-risk families far exceeds the return on other projects that are funded as economic development."

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]]> Ohio Supported Employment conference 2009 retrospective http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/10/09/ohio_supported_employment_conference_2009_retrospective.html The Annual Ohio Supported Employment (SE) Conference 2009, entitled "Recovery Is Working," attracted some 200 people from around the country... http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/10/09/ohio_supported_employment_conference_2009_retrospective.html CENTER SPOTLIGHT Center for EBPs Ohio SE CCOE Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:34:10 EST PresenterPodium4163145_125px.jpgThe Annual Ohio Supported Employment (SE) Conference 2009, entitled "Recovery Is Working," attracted some 200 people from around the country to Columbus in March. Participants learned about the most recent outcomes from national studies of the evidence-based SE model and forged professional relationships, sharing consumer-success stories and lessons-learned stories from implementation of SE. Listen to and read about presentations and conversations in this retrospective of the event.

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]]> SE pioneer Gary Bond provides an update on research, evidence for supported employment http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/10/08/se_pioneer_gary_bond_provides_an_update_on_research_evidence_for_supported_employment.html Gary Bond, PhD, digs into the researech evidence and explains why Supported Employment (SE) is one of the most sought-after... http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/10/08/se_pioneer_gary_bond_provides_an_update_on_research_evidence_for_supported_employment.html CENTER SPOTLIGHT Center for EBPs Ohio SAMI CCOE Ohio SE CCOE Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:39:38 EST GaryBond2009_125p.jpgGary Bond, PhD, digs into the researech evidence and explains why Supported Employment (SE) is one of the most sought-after service models for people diagnosed with schizophrenia and other severe mental illnesses. He also foreshadows the coming of two emerging best practices—cognitive rehabilitation and supported education—which will likely augment SE and enhance consumer outcomes.

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]]> Consultant and author Philip Devol helps people understand the psycho-social dimensions of poverty http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/10/07/consultant_and_author_philip_devol_helps_people_understand_the_psychosocial_dimensions_of_poverty.html Philip Devol wants everyone to know that if you are going to help people get out of poverty, you must... http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/10/07/consultant_and_author_philip_devol_helps_people_understand_the_psychosocial_dimensions_of_poverty.html CENTER SPOTLIGHT Center for EBPs Ohio SE CCOE Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:45:23 EST PhilDevol_125px.jpgPhilip Devol wants everyone to know that if you are going to help people get out of poverty, you must include representatives from all economic classes—the wealthy, the middle class, and the poor—in the process of planning and implementing services. Each has mental models (perspectives and experiences) that contain knowledge to shape useful solutions.

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]]> Michele Robinson helps young woman with co-occurring disorders re-enter community after prison by providing http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/10/06/michele_robinson_helps_young_woman_with_cooccurring_disorders_reenter_community_after_prison_by_providing.html Michele Robinson is an employment specialist embedded in an Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) team, which serves people diagnosed with... http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/10/06/michele_robinson_helps_young_woman_with_cooccurring_disorders_reenter_community_after_prison_by_providing.html CENTER SPOTLIGHT Center for EBPs Ohio SAMI CCOE Ohio SE CCOE Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:05:35 EST MichelleRobinson.jpgMichele Robinson is an employment specialist embedded in an Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) team, which serves people diagnosed with co-occurring severe mental and substance use disorders. She shares a story about a woman in her twenties who started her teen years and adult life with the odds stacked against her.

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]]> Social Work Students Conduct Housing Survey in East Cleveland http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/10/05/social_work_students_conduct_housing_survey_in_east_cleveland.html First year students Susan Ross and Jeong Woo Lee help survey vacant homes and lots in the City of... http://blog.case.edu/msass/2009/10/05/social_work_students_conduct_housing_survey_in_east_cleveland.html MANDEL SPOTLIGHT Poverty Center Poverty Center: News Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:39:33 EST Social Work project.JPG

First year students Susan Ross and Jeong Woo Lee help survey vacant homes and lots in the City of East Cleveland, for their Macro and Policy Skills course. The students, accompanied by East Cleveland residents, surveyed the vacant properties and the results are helping city officials prioritize which buildings should be demolished. The students’ project helped the City of East Cleveland secure $2.2 million in federal funds from the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

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