This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community. Various filters are provided to gain a better understanding of how different UNO units collaborate with the community.
| Project | Project Focus Areas | Community Partners | Campus Partners | Engagement Type: | Activity Type: | Other Activity Type: | Start Semester: | Start Academic Year: | End Semester: | End Academic Year: | Total UNO Students: | UNO Students Hours: | UNO Faculty/Staff Hours: | Total K-12 Students: | K-12 Student Hours: | Total Number of Other Participants: | Topics: | Other Topics: | Description: | Subtags: |
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| Evidence based Nebraska - School-based - Alternative School: 2020-21 (1402) | Social Justice | Alliance Alternative High School, Alliance Public Schools, Juvenile Case Management System, Nebraska Writers Collective, Platte County Juvenile Services, Saunders County Youth Services | Criminology and Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice Institute, Criminology and Criminal Justice | Engaged Research | None | None | Summer | 2020-21 | None | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Juvenile/Adult Justice System | School-based programs help provide educational support, training and/or supervision for youth where academic and/or behavioral problems originated in the school setting. There are four types of school-based programs: After School, Alternative School, School Interventionist, and School Resource Officers. Alternative Schools focus on youth who have been expelled or suspended form their home school system to provide academic enrichment to the youth. This helps youth earn credits while waiting to return to school so they don’t fall behind in school work, grades, and can graduate in a timely manner. | |||
| Evidence based Nebraska - System Improvement: 2020-21 (1404) | Social Justice | Buffalo County Community Partners, City of South Sioux City, Community Connections, Douglas County Administration, Four County Juvenile Services, Gage County MAPS Community Coalition, Holt County Juvenile Services, Juvenile Case Management System, Lancaster County Human Services, Panhandle Partnership, Platte County Juvenile Services, Seward High School, Seward Public Schools, YWCA Adams County, YWCA Lincoln | Criminology and Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice Institute, Criminology and Criminal Justice | Engaged Research | None | None | Summer | 2020-21 | None | None | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Juvenile/Adult Justice System | System Improvement programs don’t generally work directly with youth, but rather support the programs, agencies and initiatives that do the direct work. This includes, but is not limited to, grant writers, coordinators, evaluators, training/quality improvement programs, and data collection. System Improvement also included backbone support organizations, which are organizations or agencies that serve as the backbone for the entire initiative, coordinating participating organizations and agencies, facilitating technology and communications support, logistical and administrative details, and data collection and reporting. | ||
| Evidence based Nebraska - Promotion/Prevention - Gang: 2020-21 (1397) | Social Justice | Platte County Juvenile Services, YouTurn Omaha | Criminology and Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice Institute, Criminology and Criminal Justice | Engaged Research | None | None | Summer | 2020-21 | None | None | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Juvenile/Adult Justice System | Promotion/Prevention programs use methods or activities to reduce or deter specific problem behaviors such as bullying, gang involvement or substance abuse; or to promote positive behaviors and outcomes. Gang programs aimed at reducing the number of serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders from gang related activities | ||
| Evidence based Nebraska - Mentoring - School-based: 2020-21 (1394) | Social Justice | Centennial Public Elementary School, Centennial School District, Centennial Public Junior Senior High School, Centennial School District, Juvenile Case Management System, Platte County Juvenile Services | Criminology and Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice Institute, Criminology and Criminal Justice | Engaged Research | None | None | Summer | 2020-21 | None | None | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Juvenile/Adult Justice System | 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. | ||
| Evidence based Nebraska - Family Support - Family Support: 2020-21 (1386) | Social Justice | Banister’s Leadership Academy, Better Living Counseling Services: Beatrice, Boys Town, Boys Town - Buffalo County, CEDARS - Otoe County, Gage County MAPS Community Coalition, Platte County Juvenile Services, Project harmony, Thrive Center Omaha | Criminology and Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice Institute, Criminology and Criminal Justice | Engaged Research | None | None | Summer | 2020-21 | None | None | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Juvenile/Adult Justice System | Family Support Programs are community-based services that help to promote the well-being of children and families as well as increase the strength and stability of families. The services can be for youth and/or parents, and can occur within the home or at community locations. There are 4 sub-types of family support programs: Parenting Class, Advocacy, Social Workers, and Family Support. The sub-type for Family Support covers the programs that are in the community helping families with a variety of needs that may not fit into the other 3 categories. Family Support workers can help families work out communication issues, resolve school attendance problems, locate resources within the community to help the families meet the needs of all family members, or many other services that can be individualized for the youth and/or family’s needs. | ||
| Evidence based Nebraska - Mental Health - Treatment: 2019-20 (1392) | Social Justice | Center for Psychological Services, PC, Colfax County Mental Health, Completely Kids, Family Service Lincoln, HopeSpoke, Juvenile Case Management System, Malone Community Center, Platte County Juvenile Services, Saunders County Youth Services, Sidney Public School District, Southwest Nebraska Juvenile Services | Criminology and Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice Institute, Criminology and Criminal Justice | Engaged Research | None | None | Summer | 2019-20 | None | None | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Juvenile/Adult Justice System | Mental Health programs work with youth to promote the youth’s recognition of their abilities and help identify coping skills to assist with promoting mental health well-being. Mental health treatment services are provided to youth with the goal of promoting productive coping techniques and cognitive mental functioning through therapeutic options that are client focused. Some mental health programs may complete mental health assessments and treatment. | ||
| Evidence based Nebraska - Promotion/Prevention - 40 Developmental Assets: 2020-21 (1396) | Social Justice | Community Connections, Platte County Juvenile Services | Criminology and Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice Institute, Criminology and Criminal Justice | Engaged Research | None | None | Summer | 2020-21 | None | None | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Juvenile/Adult Justice System | Promotion/Prevention programs use methods or activities to reduce or deter specific problem behaviors such as bullying, gang involvement or substance abuse; or to promote positive behaviors and outcomes. 40 developmental assets promotion/Prevention programs are 40 research-based, positive qualities that influence young people’s development, helping them become caring, responsible, and productive adults. Based in youth development, resiliency, and prevention research, the Developmental Assets framework has proven to be effective and has become the most widely used approach to positive youth development in the United States and, increasingly, around the world. The framework has been adapted to be developmentally relevant from early childhood through adolescence. |