Projects Report
This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
Faculty Research
Start Semester: Summer
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Summer
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : "Statement of Work Minority Health Initiative Project Implement the MHI project evaluation and work plan Ensure appropriate implementation or adaption of Evidence Based Public Health strategies Design/develop project-specific performance measures process and outcome Report quarterly and annual evaluation results Develop project pre/post-tests, surveys, data collection forms or other tools to evaluate project Coordinate MHI data collection activities at the local level Develop a reporting mechanism for collecting community and program level data Analyze community and program level data and present findings to SPONSOR and others as appropriate Participate in at least one initial grant meeting and subsequent meetings as necessary and appropriate" 2015-2019
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
Faculty Research
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
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 City of Omaha will seek to accomplish the following goals as part of the PSN initiative: 1. Reduce violent and gang crime through a holistic crime reduction strategy in targeted high crime areas. 2. Utilize gang intelligence to strengthen enforcement operations and prevent gun and gang violence. 3. Increase federal and state prosecutions of violent armed criminals. 4. Conduct community outreach and support youth mentoring activities. 5. Conduct a proactive analysis and evaluation of PSN program activities." "The University of Nebraska at Omaha Nebraska Center for Justice Research (CJR): The University of Nebraska at Omaha Nebraska Center for Justice Research (CJR) agrees to perform the following tasks along with all other obligations agreed to in a post-award subgrantee agreement with the City of Omaha during the FY2015 PSN Grant period: Use FY2015 PSN Grant funds to conduct an analysis of the local crime problems and actively assist law enforcement to develop a continuous proactive plan for gun crime reduction. CJR will provide a Graduate Research Assistant to the Omaha Police Departments Crime Analysis Unit to work directly with the Gang Unit. The Graduate Research Assistant, under the direction of Dr. Ryan Spohn, Nebraska Center for Justice Research Director, will provide real time analysis of the crime statistics for the Gang Unit to use and tailor operations that are intelligence-led and data-driven. Provide post-operation evaluation to determine if law enforcement operations reduced crime in the target areas. Comply with guidelines, requirements and special conditions of the United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance applicable to the Project. The CCJR designates Director Ryan Spohn as the Project Point of Contact, accountable for implementing the University of Nebraska Omaha Nebraska Center for Justice Research responsibilities."
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
Faculty Research
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
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:
Description : "This project proposes a new partnership between the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs, which represents the four tribes of Nebraska: Omaha Tribe, Ponca Tribe, Santee Sioux Tribe, and Winnebago Tribe, as well as other Native persons living on and off tribal lands in Nebraska, and the researchers at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. The research team will conduct a pilot study involving the collection of preliminary data and secondary data analysis on the topics of murdered and/or missing Native women and children. Specifically, the proposed collaboration will include secondary analysis of quantitative data (e.g., law enforcement data [LE], data from the Nebraskas Missing Persons Database, the Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the Childrens Bureau) as well as collection and analysis of qualitative data from key informants (e.g., tribal leaders and community members; state, local, and tribal LE; tribal and non-tribal victim service providers) to: (1) identify the scope and context of missing American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) women and children in Nebraska, (2) identify the scope and context of murdered AI/AN women and children in Nebraska, (3) identify both challenges and promising practices regarding reporting and investigating missing and/or murdered Native American women and children in Nebraska, and (4) generate data-driven recommendations for developing and strengthening partnerships to increase opportunities for justice and support for Nebraskas Native women, children, and families. In addition to delivering important, actionable information to Nebraskas tribal communities, tribal and non-tribal LE, victim service providers, court systems, and legislators, the proposed collaboration will also provide a replicable model for other states to complete their own comparable research to improve responses for what is perceived as a significant public health problem. ""Note: This project contains a research and/or development component, as defined in applicable law,"" and complies with Part 200 Uniform Requirements - 2 CFR 200.210(a)(14). CA/NCF"
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
Faculty Research
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
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:
Description : Steiner and Schwartz will be measuring stress among corrections officers currently working at three prisons in Minnesota by collecting a combination of personal perceptions as well as biological markers of stress. This information will be used to examine the potential connection between prolonged exposure to stressful experiences and the development of both physical and mental health problems.
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
Faculty Research
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Summer
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2018-19
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : The purpose of this study was to work in conjunction with the Nebraska Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative to examine the utilization of juvenile detention in Lancaster County.
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
Faculty Research
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : The purpose of this project was to provide an evaluation of Omaha Police Athletic for Community Engagement (PACE).
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
Faculty Research
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : Professors Benjamin Steiner and Emily Wright, along with Nebraska Center for Justice Research Director Ryan Spohn, recently entered into an agreement with Douglas County to assist with the design and evaluation of assessment and case management services being implemented at the Douglas County Detention Center. The new screening assessment will focus on identifying the risk and criminogenic needs of individuals booked into the detention center, while the case management services will provide individuals with ongoing reentry case management and referrals to services offered in the detention center and the community that are designed to address the needs identified by the assessment. The ultimate goal of the project is to reduce the rate of recidivism among individuals placed in the detention center.
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
Faculty Research
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : The Juvenile Justice Institute will work collaboratively with Legal Aid of Nebraska to empirically examine the impact of civil legal services, mentoring, and reentry planning provided by the Juvenile Reentry Project to youth who are reentering the community after an out-of-home placement. JJI will collaborate with Legal Aid on all elements of conducting, assigning, recruiting, researching, and sharing the evaluation goals and objectives. The initiative currently provides civil legal services to youth, however, JJI will work with the program to randomly assign mentors to youth legal aid works with. The outcomes of youth assigned a mentor will be tested to examine whether youth with mentors have improved outcomes as compared to youth who did not receive a mentor.
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
Faculty Research
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2016-17
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : This project allowed for a doctoral research fellow to engage in data driven analysis in support of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
Faculty Research
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : The purpose of this needs assessment is to assess the capacity of statewide systems in Nebraska to respond to a surge or cluster of intentional, unintentional, and unknown drug overdoses, especially in high-burden areas and with a focus on opioids. This needs assessment is to inform the Prescription Drug Overdose Prevention Program in their work to strengthen incident management for crisis response, and ultimately to reduce opioid-involved fatal and non-fatal overdoses in Nebraska. ABSTRACT: The goal of this needs assessment is to better understand individuals’ drug-use behaviors in Nebraska through the lens of treatment providers. The results of this study will aid the Drug Overdose Prevention (DOP) program in providing training and other resources to treatment centers, focusing prevention efforts, and informing the statewide crisis response plan and future studies. Ultimately, this study will support DOP’s efforts to reduce opioid-involved fatal and non-fatal overdoses in Nebraska.