Funders and Partnerships

• The Communities of Practice for Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (COP-RCORP) Consortium
  The Communities of Practice for Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (COP-RCORP) Consortium was created by PIRE and Ohio University in 2018 with grants from the Health Resources and Services Administration. The COP-RCORP Consortium seeks to impact the opioid epidemic by working together as a community of practice to implement policies, practices, and strategies across the continuum of care (prevention, treatment, recovery supports), and to develop and sustain the OUD/SUD workforce in each of the local communities involved. By strengthening the… Read more: The Communities of Practice for Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (COP-RCORP) Consortium

Current and Past PIRE Louisville Projects & Partnerships

U.S. Department of State

Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

• Two evaluations related to the Therapeutic Community model implemented in Peru
• Evaluation of the International Law Enforcement Academy – Supervisor Criminal Investigation Course in Bangkok, Thailand
• Process Evaluation of Street Children Programs in Brazil and Peru
• Evaluation of the International DARE Program in Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Feasibility Study to Evaluate Drug Abuse Treatment Training of staff in two juvenile detention centers in Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Evaluation of Drug Abuse Treatment in Thailand
• Evaluation of Drug Abuse Treatment in El Salvador
• Feasibility Study of Drug Abuse Treatment in Afghanistan
• Evaluation of Drug Abuse Treatment in Afghanistan

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

• Promoting Condom Use Among African American Males (Chicago, IL)
• HIV/STD Prevention for High-Risk Youth in Liberia
• Liberia School-Based HIV/STD Prevention Program
• Encouraging Safe Dates: Reducing Intimate Partner Violence in South African Youth

National Eye Institute (NEI)

• Education Support Services Contract – Office of Communications and Education

National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA)

• A School-Based Program to Prevent Inhalant and Other Drug Use in Alaska
• A Community Trial to Prevent Inhalant Use in Alaska
• Mobilizing the Community to Reduce Teen Prescription Drug Abuse (Tennessee)
• Associations of Youth E-Cig and Tobacco Use: Ecological Momentary Assessment
• The Impact of Active Consent on Student Survey Data
• Improving Effective Design and Targeting of Substance Abuse Prevention Messages

Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH)

• Office of Research on Women’s Health Communications Research

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

• Youth Alcohol Use and Risky Sexual Behavior in Bangkok
• Sexual Risk-Taking, Alcohol, and HIV Prevention in South African Youth

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

• Parental Help-Seeking for Dental Care
• Pilot Test of Oral Health Intervention for Intellectually/Developmentally Disabled (IDD) Persons
• Oral Health Intervention for IDD Persons

Other Federal Agencies

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (SAMHSA)

• An Evaluation of the Homeward Bound Homeless Program (Anchorage, AK)
• Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
• Southeast Center for the Application of Prevention Technology (SECAPT)
• Ohio SIG Evaluation
• Ohio SPF-PFS
• Ohio SPF-SPE
• PIRE-TN Strategic Prevention Framework Partnership
• Drug Free Communities (DFC) evaluation subcontracts with multiple counties in TN

U.S. Department of Justice – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

• Evaluation of the Jefferson County Public Schools Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative
• Improving Relationship Outcomes with Additional Training and Enhanced Match Support for Mentors
• Mentoring for System-Involved Youth
• Assessing the Impact of Parental Characteristics, Parental Attitudes, and Parental Engagement on Mentoring Relationship Outcomes

U.S. Department of Justice – National Institute of Justice

• 21st Century Policing: Cross-Site, Multi-Stakeholder Sentinel Event Review Project

Department of Education

• Character Education and Civic Engagement Technical Assistance Center (CETAC)
• Performance Measurement System Development Support, Research to Practice Division, Office of Special Education Programs
• Teaching American History Grants
• Nelson County (Kentucky) Community Action for Safe Environments
• Jefferson County School District, Drug-Free and Safe School Program Evaluation
• Jefferson County Athletic Program Project (JCAPP) Validation Study

NASA

• Evaluation of the NASA 21CCLC Engineering Design Challenge Program, Paragon TEC, and NASA Glenn Research Center

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

• Education Services for Patient Centered Clinical Care, Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Administration for Children and Families

• Evaluation of Work Attitudes Toward Careers in Health (WATCH) Program

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Administration for Children and Families, Office on Women’s Health

• SOAR to Health and Wellness Pilot Training: Enhancing the Health Care System’s Response to Human Trafficking
• HIV and IPV Risk among women in KY

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

• Rural Communities Opioid Response Program – Planning (3 projects)
• Rural Communities Opioid Response Program—Implementation (2 projects)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health

• Communications & Outreach Support (Ketchum)

Foundations, State, and Local Contracts

Alabama Department of Mental Health

• Prevention Block Grant Evaluation
• PFS Program Evaluation
• SPF-Rx Evaluation

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana

• Evaluation of Humana Legacy Program – Mentors 55+

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee Health Foundation

• Count It!, Lock It!, Drop It!™ Evaluation

cbm Canada (Hope and Healing International)

• International Children with Disabilities Impact Assessment

Children International

• International Survey of Child, Youth and Young Adult Health, Education, Employment, and Empowerment

Colorado Department of Human Services

• Colorado Staff Development Center (SDC) Evaluation

COPES

• Enhancing Community Connections Project Evaluation

KY Agency for Substance Abuse Policy

• Evaluation Development Project

KY Department of Corrections

• Kentucky Jail Evaluation Study

KY Division of Substance Abuse and the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

• Kentucky Incentives for Prevention (KIP) Evaluation Project

Metro United Way of Louisville, KY

• Early Childhood Excellence Academy Evaluation
• Evaluation of Ages and Stages

Norton Healthcare

• Cascade of Care for Pregnant and Post-Partum Women with Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

• CQI Field Agent for Ohio’s Problem Gambling Service System
• Children of Incarcerated Parents

University of Louisville

• Evaluation of Building Resilience in Campus Community (BRICC) and Voice of Reason (VOR)