FACT Projects Updates
FACT is in the process of gathering project information from its numerous competitive and targeted projects to post online. We will continue to add to this list of projects, arranged chronologically, as information comes in. Thank you.
Grant Year 2008
Research Grants
Adapting FIO to Youth at Risk of HIV
Assessing Food Disparities in Urban Areas
Improving Outcomes for Children with Autism: Teachers to Provide Parent Training
Justice Disparities: Spatial Mapping of Risk Patterns
Media Literacy: Engagin Youths and Parents
Qualitative Study of Girls' in Court
Raising Global Citizens in Language Programs
Social Support, Technology, and Older Adults
Survival Skills Among Latino Migrants
Planning Grants
Connecting Children with Nature
The Effects of Casinos on Family Economics
Mentoring Eastern Upper Peninsula Families on Starting a Food Business
Cultivating Healthy Kids and Communities: An Educational Schoolyard Garden Initiative
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Grant Year 2007
Adolescent Sexual Assault Victims' Help-Seeking
Assessing Mental Halth/Psychosocial Needs of Jailed Women
Building Alliances for Disability Leadership
Health Care Needs of Montcalm County
Nutrition Assessment in Well Child Visits
Post-Deployment Adjustment of Michigan National Guard Couples
(S)Partners for Health; 5th grade school health project
To Observe Is To Understand
Working Parent Expectation of Schools
Community Vitality Program Grants
Land Use Attitudes in the Tri-County Area
Social Entrepreneurship in the Food System
Educating Children in Landscape Planning
Constraints to Red Meat Entrepreneurship
Creating Entrepreneurial Communities
From Science to Action: A Cleaner Red Cedar
Grant Year 2006
Advancing Knowledge About Michigan's Most Vulnerable Caregivers: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Children Coping with Parental Mental Illness
Estimating the Refugee Population of Lansing
Helping Low-Income Families Manage Chronic Illness in Lansing: An Ethnographic Study of a Community Health Outreach Program
Michigan Evaluation of School-Based Health: The MESH Project
Promoting Literacy in Child Care: A Study
Science Through Engagin Performance (STEP)
Grant Year 2005
A Collaborative Effort to Enhance Quality of Parenting Among Latino/a Families: Learning From the Voices of Latino/a Families
Bringing Research Into Practice: Investigating the Benefits of Using Evidence-Based Approaches With Preschoolers At-Risk for Later Behavioral Problems
Documenting Progress and Demonstrating Results: Evaluating Bridges to the Future
Fantastic Food Challenge: Increasing Nutrition Literacy Through Interactive Technology
Grant Year 2004
Evaluation of a Group Intervention for Women and Children Experiencing Domestic Violence
Examining Gendered Bullying, its Psychological and academic outcomes, and Anti-Harassment Policies Among Rural High School Students
Genetics Literacy and Informed Consent
The Young Child Overweight Prevention Study (YCOPS)
Grant Year 2003
American Indian Elders Parenting their Grandchildren: Three Major Factors Influencing Their Roles
Bridging Generational and Digital Divides: A Community Based, Intergenerational Proposal for 4-H Youth Teaching Computer/Internet access Skills to Older Adults
Creating School Readiness in High-Risk Children through Involvement in Early Childhood Science Education
Keys to Excellence for Your Schools (KEYS): A System-Wide Approach to Building Capacity for School Improvement
Mother to Mother Peer Counseling: Evaluation of a Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Program For Low-Income Women In Michigan
Obesity: A Personal or Public Health Issue?
Post-First Grade Follow-Up of Early Head Start Project
We Can Co It! Kids Taking Charge of Their Diabetes
Grant Year 2002
A Community-based Program in Disordered Eating for Adolescent Females and Their Families
Creating Block-Level Sense of Community in Urban Neighborhoods
Ethnic Urban Youth and Out-of-School Activities Youth Perceptions of Structured Out-Of-School Experiences: Comparisons of Various Ethnic Groups in a Large Metropolitan American City
Mentoring in an Urban Setting: Clinical Practice to Improve Prospective Teachers' Cultural Understanding and Ability to Teach Diverse Learners More Effectively
The Michigan Families Project: A Study of Faculty - Citizen Social Capital Development in an Engaged Partnership
MSUE EITC Statewide EITC Learning Demonstration Initiative
Parents' Explanatory Models for Severe Disruptive Behavior of Preschool Children
Reducing Parents' and Childrens' Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Social Capital as a Mobilization Strategy - A MSU/Muskegon Collaboration
Grant Year 2001
Eat Healthy, Eat Breakfast
Recreation for All, Inclusive Recreation for Youth: Demonstration Research Project in Kalamazoo Community
Muslim Immigrants: Social, Cultural and Religious Issues of Youth, Families and Schools in Greater Lansing
Off to a Healthy Early Head Start: NEAT Nutrition Education for Rural Low-Income Parents/Caregivers of Children, 12-36 Months of Age
Research Resources for the Community Youth Development Professional
Strengthening Connections
The National Conversation on Youth Development in the 21st Century
Grant Year 2000
Health Online
Osteopathic Mini-Medical School (Osteo-CHAMPS)
Utilizing a Nutrient Database and Assessing Patients at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in Michigan
Youth Development Through Physical Activity and Nutrition Education
Grant Year 1999
Kid Curator – A Model for Linking Children, Parents, Educators and Community Outdoor Park Areas to Enhance Preschool Child Development
GivEm40 Coalition
Music Therapy
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
