QOL Hot Topic
New!! Priority Issues for 2013
Quality of Life Faculty Community-Based Applied Research Grants are awarded for proposals which fall under one or more of the following 6 categories: Autism; Criminal Justice; Children and Families; Adult General; Elderly Services; and Foster Care. Within these 6 categories are several top priority issues indicated by our community partners and/or obtained via countywide reports, which are currently significantly impacting Broward County residents. See below for QOL’s 2013 Broward County priority issues:
Obesity |
Maternal Health & Infant Mortality |
Affordable Housing |
Veterans Reintegration |
Elderly Services |
School Class Size |
Access to Health & Human Services |
Autism |
Child Abuse Prevention |
Transition Skills/Programming |
Delinquency Prevention & Diversion |
Family Strengthening |
Unemployment |
Early Literacy |
| Mental Health |
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* Proposals submitted to the Children and Families category are selected based on funding priorities identified by the Children’s Services Council of Broward County.
* Proposals submitted to the Foster Care category are selected based on the funding priority identified by ChildNet.
Children’s Services Council 2013 Funding Priorities
ChildNet 2013 Funding Priority
QOL Award Winner Presents Research at the National Level
Neil H. Katz, Ph.D., Chair of Nova Southeastern Univeristy's Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution recently presented, "Understanding Conflict Management Systems and Strategies in the Workplace: A Pilot Study" at the Association of Conflict Resolution conference in San Diego. Notably, this research funding by a QOL research grant, represented a collaboration between Nova Southeastern University, United Way of Broward County, and Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance.
Freedom Project
Co-Principal Investigators:
Dr. Lenore Walker & Dr. James Pann
Freedom Project, which is a direct offshoot of the FY2008 QOL project, ”Needs Assessment of the Mentally Ill Involved in Broward County” was featured in a recent Sun Sentinel article “A home, not jail, for now: ‘Freedom Project’ helps mentally ill homeless.” Dr.’s Pann and Walker have contracted with Henderson Mental Health Center to provide assessment services to individuals in the criminal justice system. Featured in Broward County’s Sun SentinelNovember 29, 2009
