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Communities in Schools

NICRP is working with the Communities in Schools of Nevada program to provide data analysis and  evaluation services to demonstrate the effectiveness and cost benefits of the program to both students and the community.

Communities in Schools is the nation's leading community-based organization helping kids stay in school and prepare for life.  For 30 years, CIS has championed the connection of needed community resources with schools.  By bringing caring adults into the schools to address children's unmet needs, CIS provides the link between educators and the community.  The result: Teachers are free to teach, and students - many in jeopardy of dropping out - finally have the opportunity to focus on learning.

For more information on the Communities in Schools program, please visit their website at www.cisnet.org.

Data Collection, Management and Analysis for the Clark County Child Fatality Review Team

NICRP works as support staff to the Clark County Child Fatality Review Team.  Through a contract with the state Department of Child and Family Services NICRP completes all data collection and management for the team.  This includes attending meetings and completing the national data tool and entering the information into the national online database. 

NICRP is also working with Clark County in developing its own annual report of child fatalities.  Every two years the Department of Child and Family Services creates a statewide report using the data collected by each team.  NICRP collects all the information for Clark County and creates a statistical report on the county’s child fatalities as well as prevention activities of the local team.

Teen Pregnancy Resources

In 2006 NICRP received a UNLV Planning Initiative Award to conduct research on pregnant and parenting girls in Las Vegas .  This project involves surveying pregnant and parenting girls about service use and availability since learning of their pregnancy.  This project consists of interviews with girls and also the completion of a resource manual for these girls to help give them information on community services available to them. 

Garrett Lee Smith Grant

The Garrett Lee Smith Grant provides funds to offer services for the intervention, prevention and treatment of suicide by youth. The Garrett Lee Smith (GLS) Memorial Act Grant was secured by the Nevada Department of Child and Family Services in late 2005 and is currently managed by a Youth Suicide Prevention Program Coordinator and overseen by The Nevada Office of Suicide Prevention Coordinator. NICRP was contracted to provide a local and cross site evaluation of grant initiatives. Our main responsibilities for the grant are to develop a local evaluation plan for two main programs, Columbia Teen Screen and Gatekeeper training. We are also responsible for providing necessary information for cross-site evaluations.  For more information about youth suicide and programs offered in the state of Nevada , please visit the Nevada Office of Suicide Prevention website.

http://www.hr.state.nv.us/directors/suicideprev/about.htm

Smaller Learning Communities Grant

The Smaller Learning Communities Grant provides support for the development of small, safe, and successful learning environments in large high schools.  Funds are provided to assist schools to develop research-based strategies, implement, and expand smaller learning environments. NICR&P will conduct a three phase evaluation of Clark County School District ’s (CCSD) Smaller Learning Communities Grant.  This will include a formative evaluation, an evaluation of program process, and an analysis of the program’s objectives and outcomes. As part of the evaluation process, we are responsible for developing evaluation instruments, and collecting and analyzing data. For more general information, please visit the US Department of Educations website dedicated to the Smaller Learning Communities Program.  http://www.ed.gov/programs/slcp/index.html

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP)

The overall five year goal of the  Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP) is to establish a comprehensive, statewide screening, surveillance, and primary prevention outreach and education program to eliminate childhood lead poisoning as a pediatric public health problem in Nevada . NICRP serves as the Evaluation Coordinator that will work with an Evaluation Team comprised of key staff, Advisory Coalition members, and other community stakeholders with experience in program evaluation to develop, track, and report project goals, objectives, activities and outcomes.  NICRP is also serving in the Program Advocate position by leading efforts to ensure program sustainability and developing research based policy initiatives.