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Culturally Appropriate Research in American Indian Employment Programs (CARE): Developing an Empirical Evidence For American Indians Vocational Rehabilitation Services: Effectiveness, Logistical Struc

Award Number: 90IFRE0041
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH
OPDIV: ACL
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2020
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2025

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Culturally Appropriate Research in American Indian Employment Programs (CARE): Developing an Empirical Evidence For American Indians Vocational Rehabilitation Services: Effectiveness, Logistical Struc - The Institute for Human Development at Northern Arizona University is partnering with American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services (AIVRS) programs to conduct a 3-year Research Project addressing NIDILRR’s major outcome domain of Employment under the research exploration and discovery stage. The target population is American Indians/Alaskan Natives (AI/AN) with disabilities who are AIVRS consumers. Long-term goal - improve employment outcomes for AI/AN with disabilities. Intermediate goal - determine the correlation of the characteristics of the practices and policies used by AIVRS programs with the effectiveness in assisting consumers in gaining and maintaining quality integrated employment. The proposed research is the first phase in addressing the intermediate and long-term goals. The purpose of the proposed research is to identify and describe AIVRS practices and policies, including those that are culturally appropriate, and the associated characteristics (e.g., descriptions of the qualities, traits, attributes, and distinctions). Proposed Research Question: What are the practices and policies, used by AIVRS programs, including those that are culturally appropriate, and the associated characteristics? This will be addressed as AIVRS program directors, counselors, and the consumers they serve, with support from an AI/AN led advisory council, conduct the research using a community based participatory research process addressing the following objectives • Empower the project advisory council to guide the CBPR process • Collect first and second round of data, through a CBPR process • Analyze first and second round data • Finalize data findings • Prepare products for dissemination • Prepare for the Phase Two research Outcomes/products • Description of the policies and practice used by AIVRS programs • Three publications of the research findings • One practice brief • Dissemination of the findings


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2022	NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY	601 S KNOLES DR RM 220	FLAGSTAFF	AZ	86011	COCONINO	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	02	3	6/18/2024	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$0
2024	2021	NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY	601 S KNOLES DR RM 220	FLAGSTAFF	AZ	86011	COCONINO	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	02	3	6/18/2024	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2023	2022	NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY	601 S KNOLES DR	FLAGSTAFF	AZ	86011	COCONINO	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	01	3	4/5/2023	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$0
2023	2021	NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY	601 S KNOLES DR	FLAGSTAFF	AZ	86011	COCONINO	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	01	3	4/5/2023	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $199,992 )
2022	2022	NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY	601 S Knoles Dr Room 220	Flagstaff	AZ	86011	COCONINO	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	3	8/30/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$199,992
2022	2021	NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY	601 S Knoles Dr Room 220	Flagstaff	AZ	86011	COCONINO	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	3	8/30/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $199,992

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $199,999 )
2021	2021	Northern Arizona University	601 S Knoles Dr Room 220	Flagstaff	AZ	86011	COCONINO	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	2	7/23/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$199,999
2021	2020	Northern Arizona University	601 S Knoles Dr Room 220	Flagstaff	AZ	86011	COCONINO	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	2	7/23/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2021	2020	Northern Arizona University	601 S Knoles Dr Room 220	Flagstaff	AZ	86011	COCONINO	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	02	1	10/19/2020	OTHER REVISION	$0
														Subtotal = $199,999

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $199,997 )
2020	2020	Northern Arizona University	601 S Knoles Dr Room 220	Flagstaff	AZ	86011	COCONINO	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	1	8/14/2020	NEW	$199,997
2020	2020	Northern Arizona University	601 S Knoles Dr Room 220	Flagstaff	AZ	86011	COCONINO	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	01	1	8/25/2020	OTHER REVISION	$0
														Subtotal = $199,997

Grand Total All Awards = $599,988

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Culturally Appropriate Research in American Indian Employment Programs (CARE): Developing an Empirical Evidence For American Indians Vocational Rehabilitation Services: Effectiveness, Logistical Struc

Award Number: 90IFRE0041

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH

OPDIV: ACL

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2020

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2025

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