School of Public Health @ UMD : Department of Family Science

Current Grants and Contracts

Project Name	Funding Source	Period of Performance	PI/ Co-PI	Amount
Drug Use Trajectories and the Transition to Adulthood among Maltreated Youth	National Institute on Drug Abuse	2/2012-1/2017	Amelia Arria	$67,212
Maryland Veterans Resilience Initiative	Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene	6/2012-5/2014	Sally Koblinsky, Leigh Leslie, Sandra Quinn	$421,941
Drug Abuse Trajectories in the Transition to Adulthood	National Institute on Drug Abuse	6/2003-11/2013	Amelia Arria	$6,007,730
Evaluation of the Betty Ford Children’s Programs	Treatment Research Institute via the Betty Ford Institute	12/2010-10/2013	Amelia Arria	$51,016
False ID use, the Development of AUD, and Provision of Alcohol to Minors	National Institute on Drug Abuse	7/2011-6/2013	Amelia Arria	$125,750
Maryland Statewide Collaborative to Reduce College Drinking and Related Problems	Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene	7/2012-6/2013	Amelia Arria	$499,991

Past Grants and Contracts

Project Name	Funding Source	Period of Performance	PI/ Co-PI	Amount
Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program Walk Ways Evaluation	United States Department of Agriculture	7/2009-12/2012	Stephanie Grutzmacher & Lisa Lachenmayr
Maryland Population Research Center	National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	7/2001-6/2012	Sandra Hofferth
Prenatal Methamphetamine Exposure and Child Development	National Institute on Drug Abuse (via subcontract from Brown University)	9/2007-11/2012	Barry Lester & Amelia Arria	$165,669
HealthSmart Impact Team	University of Maryland Extension	2009-2011	Elisabeth Maring	$19,000
Intergenerational Influences on Men's Transitions to Adulthood	Subcontract from Cornell University	6/2006-5/2011	Kevin Roy	$215,261
Healthy Homes Partnership	NIFA/USDA/HUD		Elisabeth Maring & Leigh Leslie	$4,000
Improving Medical Assistance Outreach to Eligible Pregnant Women in Maryland	Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene		Bonnie Braun	$27,000
The Black Parenting Project 2012	National Institute on Mental Health		Mia Smith Bynum	$339,430
Family Processes; Intergenerational Learning; and Involved Fathering	Subcontract from Cornell University	6/2009-2/2011	Sandra Hofferth & Kevin Roy	$161,865
Identifying Early Intervention Targets for College Students at Risk for Suicide	American Foundation for Suicide Prevention	1/2009-12/2010	Amelia Arria	$63,750
Transition to Fatherhood	National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (via subcontract from Cornell University)	3/2005-3/2010	Sandra Hofferth & Elizabeth Peters	$105,421
I series course	University of Maryland College Park	8/2010-12/2010	Jacqueline Wallen	$9,100
New Communities Project Grant: Youth Development Programming in After School Settings in Three Maryland Communities	US Department of Agriculture	2004-2009	Susan Walker	$732,000
Family Processes, Intergenerational Learning, and Involved Fathering	National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)	1/2005-12/2009	Sandra Hofferth	$582,297
Rural Families Speak: Well-Being of Rural Low-Income Families in the Context of Welfare Reform	Maryland Cooperative Extension, Univ of Maryland, USDA	10/1998-9/2008	Bonnie Braun
Measuring Children's Activity in its Social Context	Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)	9/2004-7/2006	Sandra Hofferth	$150,000
Psychological, Dyadic, and Environmental Predictors of Satisfaction and Stability in African American Interracial Couples	Graduate Research Board, University of Maryland	2005	Jaslean LaTailade	$9,750
Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program Evaluation	USDA, Maryland Department of Human Resources	10/2003-9/2005	Bonnie Braun	$62,412
Family Psychoeducational Intervention for Schizophrenia	USDHHS/Public Health Service	4/2002-9/2005	Roger Rubin & Norman Epstein	$300,000
Development of an Integrated Family and Consumer Science and 4H Web Site on Child Care and After-School Programming	Maryland Cooperative Extension	2004	Susan Walker	$5,000
Engaging Limited Resource Citizens in the Deliberate Public Process	Kettering Foundation	2/2004-12/2004	Bonnie Braun	$30,000
Lifelines for Kids: Support for Children in Concurrent Planning in Foster Care Program Evaluation	USDSS/Subcontract with Center for Adoption Support and Education Evaluation	9/2000-9/2004	Jacqueline Wallen & Sally Koblinsky	$180,000
NICHD Family & Child Well-Being Research Network	NICHD	4/1999-3/2004	Sandra Hofferth	$659,833
Maryland Family Policy Impact Seminar	William J. & Dorothy K. O'Neill Foundation	2001-2003	Elaine Anderson	$11,403
Dads Make a Difference	Child Support Enforcement Administration, State of Maryland	1998-2003	Elaine Anderson	$75,000
Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program Evaluation	USDA, Maryland Department of Human Resources	10/2002-12/2003	Jinhee Kim	$31,441
Fostering Resiliency in At-Risk African American Children: A Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention Intervention for Head Start Parents	USDHHS/SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Prevention	9/2000-9/2003	Sally Koblinsky & Suzanne Randolph	$200,000
Predicting African American Children's School Competence	USDHHS-University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	8/2001-7/2003	Suzanne Randolph	$30,000
Psychoeducational Services to Children, Parents & Teachers in a Public School Affected by the September 11th Tragedy	Community Foundation of The National Capital Region	5/2002-6/2003	Leigh Leslie	$28,051
Children, Youth & Families at Risk Initiative	USDA/Cooperative States Research Education Extension Services	5/1998-5/2003	Susan Walker	$485,000
Comparison of Couples Treatment for Domestic Abuse	Target Company	2001-2002	Norman Epstein & Carol Werlinich	$2,000
MCE, Child Care Provider Training Initiative	Maryland Cooperative Extension	2001-2002	Susan Walker	$5,000
Welfare Reform Effects on Food Assistance Use and Family Well-Being	US Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service	10/1998-9/2002	Sandra Hofferth	$114,135
Lessons Learned in Delivering Culturally Competent Services	The MayaTech Corp		Suzanne Randolph	$54,550

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