University of Nebraska Public Policy Center


May 18, 2013NU | UNL | UNMC | UNO | UNK | IANR 

News and Events

PPC Graduate Student Appointed to Fellowship Program

Joseph Hamm, a Public Policy Center Graduate research assistant and doctoral student in psychology and law, was one of eight UNL students to be appointed to the Center for Great Plains Studies 2013 Graduate Fellows Program.

According to the press release the program "provides a place for select graduate students to work, meet, obtain support, learn from fellow students, engage with Center faculty and staff, benefit from the center's resources and progress in their studies."

Women, Children and Family Treatment (WCFT) Program

The purpose of the project is to serve as a third party evaluator of the Heartland Family Service's Residential Program for Women and Children, with an emphasis on pregnant and postpartum women (PPW). The PPC will assess how well the Program is meeting the needs of the program's clientele and how the Program effects crime and violence.

Key Partners
Heartland Family Service

Funding
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration



Related Publications:

PPW Family Works Final Report_April 2010
SAMHSA
Authors:Carolyn Thiele,Heather Bird

Lead Contact:
Name: Juan Paulo Ramírez
E-mail: jprmaps@gmail.com
Phone: (402) 472-7905


Staff Researchers:

Name: Mark DeKraai
E-mail: mdekraai@nebraska.edu
Phone: (402) 472-1496

Name: Kate Speck
E-mail: kspeck2@nebraska.edu
Phone: (402) 472-0501