Research Projects

 
 

From children to social policy and from mental health to gerontology, our research and training projects span a variety of subject areas. Below is a list current and completed projects.

For more information about each project, please contact our Office of Research at (314) 935-8675

Current Projects

Adolescent American Indian Multisector Help Investigation (AIM-HI)

American Dream Policy Demonstration (ADD)

Assets Across the Life Course

Asset Building in Indian Country: Tribal Outreach

Asset Building Research and Policy at Local, State, and National Levels

AssetsAfrica

Child Neglect: Service Paths and Young Adult Outcomes

China: Inclusive Asset-Based Policy

Civic Service Research Grants and Fellows Program

Conference: Developing Interventions for Latino Children, Youth and Families

Connecting State College Saving Plans (529s) with Resource Flows: Innovations with EITC Recipients

Experience Corps School Based Mentoring Project

Family Services for Runaway Homeless Youth

Global Assessment of Civic Service

Global Service Institute (GSI)

I Can Save

IMPROVE: Intervention for Multisector Provider Enhancement -- Child Welfare

Head Start Project

Hong Kong: Asset Policy Development

Inclusion in College Savings Plans

Increasing Access to Higher Education: Inclusion in 529 Savings Plans

Indonesia: Asset-Based Policy Development

Institutional Capacity for Elder Service

Institutional National Research Service Award: Mental Health Services Pre-doctoral and Post-doctoral

KC-MO-GAM Household Study of Missouri Youth

MOKAN Save

Peru and Colombia: Asset Building Initiatives

Poor Finances: Assets and Low-Income Households

Productive Engagement of Older Adults: Effects on Well-Being

Research Network Development Core (RNDC)

St. Louis
Family-to-Family Evaluation

Saving for Education, Entrepreneurship, and Downpayment (SEED)

The Scope and Nature of Service-Learning: A Comparative Study of Urban and Suburban Schools

Social Policy in Law Program

Sociocultural Processes in Latina Teen Suicide Attempts

South Korea: Asset-Based Policy Development

Taiwan: Demonstrations and Policy Progress

Transnational Service

Wealth Building in Rural America Project

Welfare Reform, Asset-limit Policy, and Financial Asset Accumulation

Youth and International Service

Youth Service in Latin America and the Caribbean



Completed Projects

Asset-Building in Indian Country: A Native Discussion

Black Rural and Urban Caregivers -- Mental Health/Functioning

Child Neglect: Cross-sector Service Paths and Outcomes

Children with Disabilities: Implications for the Transition from Welfare to Work

Choices of Life for Adolescents' Success  (CLASS Project)

Community Based Family Responsive Psycho-Education

Community Long Term Care Services and Outcomes: Burden of Depression

Community Participation to Develop a Nutrition Activation Program for the Prevention of Diabetes among the Tohono O’odham

Early Head Start Project

Evaluation for the Missouri Interdepartmental Initiative for Children with Severe Needs

Exits, Employment, Earnings, and Recidivism

Gateways and Pathways Project (GAPP)

Hispanicity, Language, and Psychiatric Diagnosis

HIV Prevention and Life Options for Youths in Foster Care

Homeless Drug Abusers: Spatial Predictors of Service Use (GIS)

Homeless Drug Abusers: Service Use, Needs, and Cost of Drug Abusing Homeless (SUNCODA)

IMPROVE: Intervention for Mental Health Provider Enhancement -- Child Welfare

Improving Depression Treatment in MO Delta

Measuring Outcomes of Interventions with Run Away and Homeless Youth

Mental Health and Service Use of Youth as They Leave Foster Care (a.k.a. VOYAGES)

Mental Health Services: Youth Access and Utilization (Youth Services Project, YSP)

Mental Health and Treatment Adherence Among Adolescents and Young Adults with HIV Infection

Multicultural Outreach Project

Neuropsychiatric Impairments in Adolescent Inhalant Abusers

Perceived Benefit and Mental Health After Auto Crashes

Potential Life Improvements After Spinal Cord Injury

Productive Engagement of Older Adults: Effects on Well-Being

R.E.A.P. IDA Program for Battered Women

Resources and Domestic Violence

Rural Single Mothers' Coping Strategies Under Welfare Reform

School-Based Psycho-education for Parents of SED Children

Service Use of Depressed Elders After Acute Care (Gero-Psych)

Service Transition Points: Bridges for Young Adults

St. Louis Area Collaborative Planning Project to Address Minority Youth in Juvenile Justice

St. Louis Special Population Needs Assessment for Homeless Persons and Veterans

Substance Abuse Treatment Needs and Access After Floods

Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Cases: Patterns and Predictors of Recurrence

Tribal Asset-Building: A Community Curriculum

Tribal/State Title IV-E Intergovernmental Agreements: Facilitating Tribal Access to Federal Resources

Title IV-B Child and Family Service Plans: An Evaluation of Specific Measures
Taken to Comply with the Indian Child Welfare Act

Welfare to Work: Monitoring the Impact of Welfare Reform on American Indian Families with Children

Welfare, Work and American Indians: The Impact of Welfare Reform
Young African American Males' Readiness to Seek Help

Youths' Access to Mental Health Services: A Career Award

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 
 
 

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