Projects Report
This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
Faculty Research
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
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 : Analyze the following data from Completely KIDS Liberty Elementary programs Parent surveys Youth surveys Parental attendance records for CK programming Youth attendance records for CK programming Youth grades Youth attendance and tardiness school records Develop a final evaluation report
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 1
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:
Early Childhood Education, Youth Programming, Capacity Building
Description : Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties is a community-based organization that serves as the federal Early Head Start (EHS) and Head Start (HS) Grantee for Lancaster and Saunders Counties. According to Head Start regulations, an assessment of the program service area is required every three years. The goal of this assessment is to document community needs and resources as they pertain to EHS/HS-eligible children and families within the service area. Data generated from this assessment are intended to guide program planning and delivery. This project will produce that community assessment by: 1. Building a foundational understanding of the program status and goals a. Project definition b. System conceptualization c. Early childhood education and Head Start trends 2. Gathering, analyzing, and reporting the required and desired components of the community assessment a. Program population profile b. Population needs assessment c. Program providers profile d. Community resources profile
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
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:
Capacity Building
Description : UNOs Support and Training for the Evaluation of Programs (STEPs) proposes to partner with PMP to navigate through the process of building and disseminating their Me360 program evaluation evidence. ThIs evaluation project would include dissemination of existing evaluation results, evidence-based designation pursuit planning, Me360 fidelity strategic development, Me360 survey refinement, and exploration of Iowas prevention survey data relative to Me360 impact. STEPs uses a participatory, utilization-focused approach to all its work. Participatory means that program staff are engaged in all evaluation activities, including their planning and implementation. Utilization-focused means that evaluation activities are conducted with an eye toward usefulness for the program. As a coalition, PMP has both staff and coalition members/committees who hold a stake in this program evaluation project. STEPs will look to key PMP staff to guide the process of who should be involved in which phases or components of this project.
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Summer
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2016-17
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Youth Programming, Capacity Building, Juvenile/Adult Justice System
Description : We are enthused about the opportunity presented by The Douglas County Commissioners Office, Operation Youth Success, and the Absentee Task Force to catalogue and profile existing community-based services that are available to provide support and assistance to students who are experiencing barriers to regular and consistent attendance in school. This evaluation of the Douglas County system currently responding to chronic absenteeism will include the identification of opportunities and barriers to these community-based services. The effort will also inform decisions of Operation Youth Success in its collective impact efforts to prevent youth from entering the juvenile justice system
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:
None
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2018-19
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Capacity Building, Domestic and Sexual Violence
Description : To support evaluation activities and build on existing evaluation capacity, STEPs proposes to collaborate with RPE to identify outcome indicators to measure and increase the impact of their funded agency-delivered program. In keeping with the RPE building evaluation capacity supplemental funding, this evaluation work plan will focus on carrying out activities centered on completing indicator selection criteria (option #2). The defined deliverables for that option are: (1) determine which indicators are best to select for evaluation of prevention efforts and (2) select appropriate indicators for use in an outcome evaluation. To help move RPE to that level of evaluation capacity, STEPs will: Develop logic models for statewide RPE program and funded agencies Identify evaluation tools for each service delivery tier Identify evaluation tools for coalition building and community mobilization Review and analyze best practices for coalition building, community mobilization, and RPE programs (evidence-based, evidence-informed, homegrown) evaluation Train and collaborate with Coalition Prevention Coordinator re: coalition building, community mobilization, and evidencebased programs Train and provide technical assistance for coalition and agencies re: RPE evidence-informed and homegrown programming evaluation Provide statewide RPE program evaluation support
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 : Administer a State of the Collective Impact survey twice per year to provide feedback on the development and effectiveness of the Collective Impact process Analyze survey data and summarize in an executive summary and report Serve as a data coach to the OYS data coordinator, other OYS backbone members, and the OYS data subcommittee as needed Serve as a liaison for systems data to partnering juvenile justice agencies as needed Provide data cleaning, analysis, interpretation, and reporting for quantitative evaluation data as needed Develop presentations, reports, and other deliverables from the evaluation activities as required
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2016-17
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Employment and Workforce, Capacity Building
Description : Using a participatory, utilization-focused approach, STEPs will evaluate the Career Connectors Pilot Program at Metropolitan Community College. The evaluation will include developing a logic model, multivariate analysis, a costbenefit analysis, and obtaining and evaluating participant feedback.
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2016-17
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Economic Sufficiency Awareness, Capacity Building, Social Justice Awareness
Description : Using participatory, utilization-focused approaches, STEPs looks forward to designing an evaluation framework for LAN to accomplish the following evaluation activities as it relates to their Legal Help Nebraska (LHN) website. At this early stage, we propose the following evaluation questions: Evaluation Questions (proposed): 1. To what extent are the current intake systems (LHN and phone) efficient and effective in responding to intakes? 2. To what extent will the expanded LHN system be efficient and effective as well as supporting of client satisfaction and positive client outcomes and community impact?
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
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 : After a visit to Singapore in 2018, Dr. Hobbs began collaborating with Dr. Cecelia Minkyung Ha, an Assistant Professor in the School of Law and Department of Addiction Studies at the Catholic University of Korea, in support of “Brain Korea 21” (BK21). The collaborative proposal enhances the educational options for students, increases research partnerships, and exchange opportunities for both UNO and Korea’s School of Law and Addiction Studies.