MISSION
The
mission of the Youth Violence Prevention Program is to develop
and support collaborative, culturally relevant, community-based
research on youth violence prevention and to broadly disseminate
these findings.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The
Program is multidisciplinary, supporting research from
a number of different
fields of study, and interdisciplinary, supporting projects
that cross disciplinary boundaries. The overall program is
funded on a year-to-year basis through a Congressional appropriation
to the Office
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).
Dr.
David Johnson, Dean of Arts & Sciences, is Principal Investigator,
Dr. Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling is Co-Principal Investigator,
and Ms. Shannon Shelley-Tremblay is Program Manager.
Initial
funding for the program was received in September 2001. The most
recent award - $987,228 was received in September 2006
- brings the 6 year total to $4,418,934.
Each
year, the USA Youth Violence Prevention Program (YVPP) requests
proposals for research projects related to its mission. The proposals
must include at least one faculty member from the College of Arts
and Sciences. While successful proposals must meet the same
Federal standards
for research projects as in national competitions, the applicant
pool is smaller and only among USA Faculty.
The USA Youth Violence Prevention Program uses an expert advisory panel
that is external to USA to evaluate these research proposals and makes recommendations for funding. Investigators who submit
proposals to the USA Youth Violence Prevention Program are given the
opportunity to confer with the members of the advisory panel before,
during, and after the proposal process.
See
the latest Categorical Assistance Progress Report (CAPR)
for additional details:
Award
2005-JL-FX-0118 01/01/2007 - 06/30/2007
CAPR
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