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Ells, Mark Center on Children, Families and the LawMidwest Child WelfareTechnical Assistance Implementation Center$8,695,645 DHHS-ACF9/1/08 – 9/29/13Graef, Michelle Center on Children, Families and the LawA five-year, $8.7 million grant from the U.S.Department of Health and Human ServicesChildren’s Bureau has helped establish theMidwest Child Welfare Technical AssistanceImplementation Center. The new center willprovide long-term consultation and supportto child service agencies and tribes inNebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri,Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. It will partner with state andtribal child welfare agencies to assess their inner workings andidentify broad changes that could help them operate moreefficiently and effectively to serve families and children; identifyobstacles to helping families; build the capacity of state and tribalchild welfare systems; and work toward significant changes toimprove outcomes for children and families involved with thesesystem. The ultimate goal is to ensure all children have safe, stableand permanent homes. Co-leaders of the project are Mark Ells andMichelle Graef of the Center on Children, Families and the Law.Espy, Kimberly AndrewsPsychologyExecutive Function Development in Preschool Children$3,270,348 NIH-NIMH8/26/09 – 5/31/14Wiebe, SandraPsychology/Research andEconomic DevelopmentSheridan, Susan Educational Psychology/Nebraska Center forResearch on Children, Youth, Families and SchoolsCarlo, GustavoPsychologySchutte, AnnePsychologyWith support from the NIH National Instituteof Mental Health, Kim Espy, Charles BesseyProfessor of Psychology, will continue herresearch into executive control in children,which has been shown to be a precursor tochildhood externalizing disorders (includingADHD). The objective of this project is todetermine how executive control relates to later functionaloutcomes, the next step toward clinical application. Espy’sresearch will elucidate the fundamental mechanisms that go awryin childhood psychopathology and identify precursors for use infuture work to tailor preventive interventions to those who stand tobenefit most.6AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE