Project Scope
Quality of Life Faculty Community-Based Applied Research Grants are Awarded for proposals which fall under one or more of the following 6 categories:
- Children’s Issues
- Elderly Services
- Foster Care
- Criminal Justice
- General
- Autism
 Within these 5 categories are several top issues which are garnering local and national attention. Please see below for a list of top issues which have been identified by several agencies within the community as the most pressing issues afflicting Broward County.
Top Issues
The theme for our meetings have been how we can work together to improve the quality of life in Broward County. We have developed a mission statement and educated ourselves on Broward’s most important community needs and demands. In order to truly understand the depth and concerns of the issues we are dealing with, we have had presenters at our meetings that specialize and deal with different areas of these quality of life issues.
These presenters include:
- Affordable Housing
Parnell Joyce, Broward City Housing
- Child Abuse & Neglect
Larry Rein, Child Net
- Elderly Services
Stephen Ferrante, Broward County Division of Elderly and Veteran’s Services
- Health Care Access
John Benz, South Broward Hospital District
- Maternal Health & Infant Mortality
Dr. Eduardo Otero, Broward General Medical Center
- Juvenile Justice
Kim Gorsuch, Broward Sheriff’s Office
- Mental Health
Dr. Steven Ronik, Henderson Mental Center
- Obesity
David Roach, Broward County Health Department
- School Class Size
Judy Zinn, Director of Strategic Planning, Broward County
School Board
- Prevention - Suicide Awareness
Deborah A. Mulligan, M.D., Director Institute for Child Health Policy (HPD)
Ralph E. (Gene) Cash, Ph.D. NSU Suicide Prevention Task Force (CPS)
Douglas Flemons, Ph.D. NSU Suicide Prevention Task Force (SHSS)
Scott Poland, Ed.D. NSU Suicide Prevention Task Force (CPS)
Other top issues affecting Broward county include:
- Children and Families
- Foster Care
- Criminal Justice
- Statewide Funding
- Cultural Competence
- Workforce Training
- Literacy
- Teacher Shortage
- High School Graduation Rates
- Redevelopment - Environmental
- Redevelopment - Transportation/Community Mobility
- Substance Abuse
- Disaster Preparedness
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