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FACT Awards 2006 Research Grants

Learn about FACT's grant program and research projects

FACT funded projects for 2006 are:


Advancing Knowledge About Michigan's Most Vulnerable Caregivers: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Year Awarded: 2006
Project Leaders:
Gary Anderson, Social Work; Ama Agyemang, Social Work, Kinship Care Resource Center; Joseph Kozakiewicz, Chance at Childhood Law and Social Work Clinic


Children Coping with Parental Mental Illness
Year Awarded: 2006
Project Leaders: Joanne Riebschleger, Social Work; Esther Onaga, Child & Family Ecology; Betty Tableman, Engagement & Outreach; Peg Whalen, Social Work; Mary Ludtke and Sheri Falvay, Michigan Department of Community Health, Mental Health Services to Children & Families; Amy Winans, Association for Children's Mental Health; Bob Radaz, Gratiot Community Mental Health; Michael McCartan, St. Clair County Community Mental Health; Robert Sheehan, Clinton, Ingham, Eaton Mental Health; Richard Osburn, Northern Lakes Community Mental Health; Jim Wargel, Macomb Community Mental Health


Estimating the Refugee Population of Lansing
Year Awarded: 2006
Project Leaders:Steven Gold, Sociology; John Melcher, Urban & Regional Planning Program, School of Planning, Design and Construction; Lori Post, Communication Arts & Sciences; Sergio Keck, Lansing School District


Helping Low-Income Families Manage Chronic Illness in Lansing: An Ethnographic Study of a Community Health Outreach Program
Year Awarded: 2006
Project Leaders:

Linda Hunt, Anthropology; Heidi Connealy, Anthropology; Margaret Holmes-Rovner, MSU Center for Ethics; Monica Kwasnik, Allen Neighborhood Center


Michigan Evaluation of School-Based Health: The MESH Project
Year Awarded: 2006
Project Leaders:

Miles McNall, University Outreach & Engagement; Patricia Farrell, University Outreach & Engagement; Celeste Sturdevant Reed, University Outreach & Engagement; Brian Mavis, Office of Medical Education and Research; Laura Bates, University Outreach & Engagement; Michigan Department of Community Health; School-Based Health Centers


Promoting Literacy in Child Care: A Study
Year Awarded: 2006
Project Leaders:

Nell Duke, Education; V. Susan Bennett-Armistead, MSU Child Development Laboratories; Annie Moses, Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education, Program in Learning, Technology, and Culture; Mary Lundeberg, Education; Linda Herbert, Livingston County 4C Council


Science Through Engaging Performance (STEP)
Year Awarded: 2006
Project Leaders:

Lynnette Overby, Theatre; Norman Lownds, Horticulture; Maxine Cain, Sankofa Schule Public School Academy

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