NAWRS is a non-profit association whose purpose is to promote
the exchange of ideas on how research and statistical
analysis can contribute to the development and
administration of effective human
services programs.
NAWRS convened virtually in 2020 with free web-based sessions. In each of these sessions, experts shared insights and best practices for researchers and practitioners working across the spectrum of human services. Learn more and view the recorded sessions below.
View the webinar at: https://youtu.be/KN-vDdqm_LU
Organized by Asaph Glosser (MEF Associates)
Sponsored by MEF Associates
View the webinar at: https://youtu.be/82t-YEJvISc
Organized by Asaph Glosser (MEF Associates)
Sponsored by Manhattan Strategy Group
View the webinar at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKQH0pExMzU
Organized by Lauren Antelo (Administration for Children and Families)
Sponsored by the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) and the Public Consulting Group
View the webinar at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuILhbagrT0&feature=youtu.be
Organized by Lauren Antelo (Administration for Children and Families)
Sponsored by the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) and the Public Consulting Group
State SNAP administrators shared their experiences providing SNAP to individuals and families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Panelists:
Moderated by: Gretchen Rowe, Deputy Director for Nutrition Policy Research, Mathematica
Recording coming soon.
Organized by Elizabeth Brown (Mathematica)
Sponsored by Mathematica
Panelists:
In the spring and summer of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought school closures and stay-at-home orders, followed by reports that calls to child maltreatment hotlines were decreasing dramatically. With less exposure to mandated reporters, children appeared to be less likely to be the subject of reports to the child welfare system. But have maltreatment dynamics changed? If so, how? And how are child welfare systems responding during this unprecedented time?
In this webinar, panelists shared research findings about maltreatment reports and substantiations, described how some systems have responded to changes brought on by the pandemic, and discussed the role of the child welfare system now and into the future.
Panelists:
Discussant:
Angela Green – Region V Administrator, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Moderated by:
Kate Stepleton – Senior Research Associate, MEF Associates
View the webinar at: https://youtu.be/_fIGxYgzLLM
Sponsored by the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA)
Families accessing human services programs may also be involved with the criminal justice system. The seventh webinar in the NAWRS 2020 Virtual Workshop Series discussed how counties are leveraging collaborations between the justice system and other systems—such as the child welfare system and workforce development system—to better meet the needs of justice-involved families.
Panelists:
Moderator:
View the webinar at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E9aQS8JMoM&feature=youtu.be
Panelists and audience members shared the following resources:
Organized by Elizabeth Brown (Mathematica) and Hannah Betesh (Abt Associates)
Sponsored by Abt Associates
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This Thursday, @HannahBetesh will moderate the final 2020 @NAWRSworkshop alongside @ashlee_m_smith, @MarylandDJS, @VCHumanServices, and @PGCFamilyServe; they’ll discuss how collaboration can better meet the needs of justice-involved families: https://abt.associates/3my2eWm
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Families accessing human services programs may also be involved in the criminal justice system. Join Abt’s @HannahBetesh in the final webinar of the @NAWRSWorkshop series to discuss how to leverage collaborations between systems. https://abt.associates/3lwHluh
Register now for the latest in our ever expanding Virtual Workshop series.
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Register for a @NAWRSWorkshop event next month, "Cross-System Collaboration to Serve Justice-Involved Clients" with @HannahBetesh @ashlee_m_smith @VCHumanServices @MarylandDJS @PGCDSS
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NAWRS is a community of learning and exchange. We have provided some resources that may be of interest to our members. If you have additional resources you would like us to share, please email us at NAWRSWorkshop@gmail.com.
Since 2012, NAWRS has included a Research Academy designed to build the capacity of the state and local human service research community in its annual conference. The Academy brings state and local administrators and researchers together with research and evaluation experts to discuss how to incorporate rigorous research methods, including random assignment experiments, into ongoing state and local efforts to improve and document the effectiveness of their programs. The Research Academy typically includes sessions that:
See Research Academy presentations at past workshops by checking out the Previous Workshops section.
NAWRS convened virtually in 2020 to discuss strategies that providers can use to support children and families at higher risk of experiencing domestic violence as a result of COVID-19.
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence | https://www.nrcdv.org/ |
National Network to End Domestic Violence | https://nnedv.org/ |
Futures Without Violence | https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/ |
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence | https://www.ncadv.org/ |
Arizona Coalition to End Sexual & Domestic Violence | https://www.acesdv.org/ |
Futures Without Violence | https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/ |
Safe Housing Partnerships | https://safehousingpartnerships.org/ |
The Hotline | https://www.thehotline.org/help/ |
Center for Court Innovation | https://www.courtinnovation.org/ |
See information about the panel and watch the virtual workshop by checking out to the 2020 Virtual Workshops section.
The Welfare Rules Database from the Urban Institute | http://anfdata.urban.org/wrd/WRDWelcome.cfm |
The SNAP Quality Control Data from Mathematica Policy Research | https://host76.mathematica-mpr.com/fns/ |
PeerTA from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/ |
The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership from the Urban Institute and Partners | http://www.neighborhoodindicators.org/ |
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ Family Income Support Resources | http://www.cbpp.org/topics/family-income-support |
Mathematica Policy Research’s work on TANF and Employment Issues | https://www.mathematica-mpr.com/our-focus-areas/family-support/tanf-and-employment-issues |
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families’ Office of Policy Research and Evaluation Self-Sufficiency Research Clearinghouse | http://www.opressrc.org |
American Enterprise Institute | https://www.aei.org/ |
Aspen Institute | http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ |
Brookings Institution | http://www.brookings.edu/ |
CATO Institute | http://www.cato.org/ |
Center for American Progress | https://www.americanprogress.org/ |
Center for Economic and Policy Research | http://www.cper.net/ |
Center for Law and Social Policy | http://www.clasp.org/ |
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | http://www.cbpp.org/ |
Child Trends | http://www.childtrends.org/ |
Economic Policy Institute | http://www.epi.org/ |
Feeding America | http://www.feedingamerica.org/ |
Heritage Foundation | http://www.heritage.org/ |
Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness | http://www.icphusa.org/ |
Institute for Women’s Policy Research | http://www.iwpr.org/ |
National Academy of Social Insurance | https://www.nasi.org/ |
National Alliance to End Homelessness | http://www.endhomelessness.org/ |
National Bureau of Economic Research | http://www.nber.org/ |
National Employment Law Project | http://www.nelp.org/ |
Pew Charitable Trusts | http://www.pewtrusts.org/ |
Pew Research Center | http://www.pewresearch.org/ |
Public Policy Associates | http://www.publicpolicy.com/ |
RAND Corporation | http://www.rand.org/ |
Urban Institute | http://www.urban.org/ |
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research | http://www.upjohn.org/ |
Center for Public Policy Priorities (Texas) | http://forabettertexas.org/ |
Child and Family Policy Institute of California | http://www.cfpic.org/ |
Georgia Budget and Policy Institute | http://gbpi.org/ |
Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama | http://parcalabama.org/ |
Public Policy Institute of California | http://www.ppic.org/ |
Social IMPACT Research Center of Heartland Alliance (Midwest) | https://www.heartlandalliance.org/research/ |
SPHERE Institute (California) | http://www.sphereinstitute.org/ |
Abt Associates | http://www.abtassociates.com/ |
American Institutes for Research | http://www.air.org/ |
Aspen Institute | http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ |
Capital Research Corporation | http://capitalresearchcorporation.com/ |
ICF International | http://www.icfi.com/ |
IMPAQ International | http://www.impaqint.com/ |
Insight Policy Research | https://insightpolicyresearch.com/ |
James Bell Associates | http://www.jbassoc.com/ |
Mathematica Policy Research | https://mathematica-mpr.com/ |
MDRC | http://www.mdrc.org/ |
MEF Associates | http://mefassociates.com/ |
NORC at the University of Chicago | http://www.norc.org/ |
RAND Corporation | http://www.rand.org/ |
Research Triangle Institute | https://www.rti.org/ |
SRI International | https://www.sri.com/ |
Urban Institute | http://www.urban.org/ |
WESTAT | https://www.westat.com/ |
Deloitte Consulting | http://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/services/consulting-deloitte.html |
Don Winstead Consulting, LLC | http://www.winsteadconsulting.com/ |
ICF International | http://www.icfi.com/ |
MAXIMUS | http://www.maximus.com/consulting |
Public Consulting Group | http://www.publicconsultinggroup.com/ |
SEEDCO Technical Assistance Services | http://www.seedco.org/consulting-and-training/services/consulting-services |
Sequoia Consulting Group | http://www.sequoiacg.com/ |
Summit, LLC | http://www.summitllc.us/ |
Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University | http://childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/ |
Center for Child and Family Studies at the University of South Carolina | http://ccfs.sc.edu/ |
Center for Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University | https://cew.georgetown.edu/ |
Center for Poverty Research at the University of Kentucky | http://www.ukcpr.org/ |
Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago | http://www.chapinhall.org/ |
Children and Family Research Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | http://www.cfrc.illinois.edu/ |
Clemson institute on Family and Neighborhood Life | http://www.clemson.edu/centers-institutes/ifnl/ |
Community College Research Center at Columbia | http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/ |
George Washington Institute of Public Policy | https://gwipp.gwu.edu/ |
Georgetown University National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health | http://gucchdtacenter.georgetown.edu/ |
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at University of California-Berkeley | http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/ |
Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison | http://www.irp.wisc.edu/ |
Jacob France Institute at the University of Baltimore | http://www.jacob-france-institute.org/ |
John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers | http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu/ |
National Center for Child Welfare Excellence at the City University of New York | http://www.nccwe.org/ |
National Center for Children in Poverty at Columbia University | http://www.nccp.org/ |
National Child Welfare Workforce Institute at the University of Albany | https://ncwwi.org/ |
National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan | http://www.npc.umich.edu/ |
National Resource Center on Youth Services at the University of Oklahoma | https://www.nrcys.ou.edu/ |
NORC at the University of Chicago | http://www.norc.org/ |
Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan | http://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/ |
Ray Marshall Center at the University of Texas-Austin | http://raymarshallcenter.org/ |
Regional Economic Studies Institute at Towson University | https://www.towson.edu/campus/business/research/resi/ |
Rockefeller Institute of Government at the State University of New York | http://www.rockinst.org/ |
Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality | http://inequality.stanford.edu/ |
University of California-Davis Center for Poverty Research | http://poverty.ucdavis.edu/ |
University of Central Florida Marriage and Family Research Institute | http://www.mfri.ucf.edu/ |
West Coast Poverty Center at the University of Washington | http://depts.washington.edu/wcpc/ |
The first NAWRS workshop was in 1956 in Chicago. In all, researchers and administrators of the NAWRS community have gathered to discuss human services and poverty alleviation 55 times. Check out the program and presentations from our most recent workshops and trace the history of NAWRS from coast to coast.
2019 Annual Workshop, New Orleans, LA 2019 Workshop Program with Presentation Links |
2014 Annual Workshop, Providence, RI Workshop Program and Presentations |
2018 Virtual Workshop | 2013 Annual Workshop, Chicago, IL Sponsored by Public Consulting Group Workshop Program and Presentations |
2017 Annual Workshop, Pittsburgh, PA 2017 Workshop Program and Presentations |
2012 NAWRS/NASTA Workshop, Baltimore, MD Hosted by The Maryland Department of Human Resources Workshop Program and Presentations |
2016 Virtual Workshop | 2011 Annual Workshop, Vail, CO Hosted by the Colorado Department of Human Services Workshop Program and Presentations |
2015 Annual Workshop, Atlanta, GA Workshop Program and Presentations |
2010 Annual Workshop, Los Angeles, CA Workshop Presentations |
Year | President | Site |
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1956 | Sam Carter, LA | Chicago |
1958 | Sam Carter, LA | Chicago |
1960 | Sam Carter, LA | Denver |
1962 | Gidson A. Hample, ND | Washington D.C. |
1964 | Editha M. Ponder | Washington D.C. |
1966 | Edson K. Labrack, ME | Washington D.C. |
1967 | W.L. Parker, CA | San Francisco |
1968 | Elmoine Kirkham, UT | Washington D.C. |
1969 | George Richards, CA | New Orleans |
1970 | Raymond Freeman, CO | Washington D.C. |
1971 | Robert R. Cline, WV | Las Vegas |
1972 | Alan Leggett, TX | Washington D.C. |
1973 | Wayne Epperson, IL | Denver |
1974 | Edward C. Pirie, VT | Boston |
1975 | Ira Gunn, NV | San Francisco |
1976 | George Richards, CA | New Orleans |
1977 | Wallace P. Earle, AZ | Phoenix |
1978 | Charles N. Wagner, GA | Savannah |
1979 | Richard Wheelock, UT | Salt Lake City |
1980 | Joseph Gale, WI | Madison |
1981 | Gary McDonald, TN | Nashville |
1982 | Tom Suehs, TX | San Antonio |
1983 | Alma Cox, MS | Jackson |
1984 | Patricia Day, CT | Hartford |
1985 | Jerry Bahr, NE | Lincoln |
1986 | Susan P. Polyson, VA | Richmond |
1987 | L. Marjorie Barker, KY | Louisville |
1988 | J. Barry Schaub, MD | Baltimore |
1989 | Dave Thorsen, MT | Kalispell |
1990 | Monica Zazworsky, WA | Bellevue |
1991 | Samba Sanyang, SC | Charleston |
1992 | Florence C. Odita, OH | Columbus |
1993 | Aldona Vaitkus, AZ | Scottsdale |
1994 | Jane A. Goynes (Harrison), TX | Austin |
1995 | Bruce Twine/Joe Golden | Jackson Hole |
1996 | Werner Schink, CA | San Francisco |
1997 | Sandra L. Brown, GA | Atlanta |
1998 | Peggie Powers, IL | Chicago |
1999 | Diane Redmond, OH | Cleveland |
2000 | Aldona Viatkus, AZ | Scottsdale |
2001 | Richard Larson, MD | Baltimore |
2002 | Jeffrey Repichowski, NM | Albuquerque |
2003 | Leslie Raderman, CA | San Diego |
2004 | Kenneth Kickham, OK | Oklahoma City |
2005 | Philip Klein, WI | Madison |
2006 | Coleen Collins, WY | Jackson Hole |
2007 | Richard Brennan, WV | Charleston |
2008 | Kerry Mullins, TN | Nashville |
2009 | George Falco & David Dlugolecki, NY | Albany |
2010 | Michael Bono, CA | Los Angeles |
2011 | Mary Roberto, CO | Vail |
2012 | Vince Kilduff, MD | Baltimore |
2013 | Vince Kilduff, MD | Chicago |
2014 | Michael Bono, CA | Providence |
2015 | Michael Bono, CA | Atlanta |
2016 | Kinsey Dinan, NYC | Virtual workshop |
2017 | Kinsey Dinan, NYC | Pittsburgh, PA |
2018 | Kate Probert Fagundes, MN | Virtual workshop |
2019 | Kate Probert Fagundes, MN | New Orleans, LA |
NAWRS is governed by an all-volunteer, elected board. Board members make planning, administrative, and business decisions for the Organization. Members contribute to the planning and operation of each Annual Conference. They participate in planning the program, identifying workshops, and selecting speakers and presenters. To find out more about how to get involved, contact us at NAWRSWorkshop@gmail.com or visit the Get Involved section.
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Kate Probert Fagundes (Sept 2021) | President Chair, Strategic Committee Co-Chair, Program Planning Committee |
Carver County Heath and Human Services Government Center/600 East 4th Street Chaska, MN 55318 |
Tony Ong (Sept 2021) | Vice President Co-Chair, Conference Organization Committee |
Public Consulting Group 148 State Street Boston, MA 02109 |
Ann Flagg (Sept 2021) | Co-Chair, Conference Organization Committee | Senior Director, Policy & Practice American Public Human Services Association |
Edith Kealey (Sept 2021) | Treasurer | New York City Department of Social Services 150 Greenwich Street, 42nd Floor New York, NY 10007 |
Vacant | Registrar | |
Larry Timmerman (Sept 2021) | Secretary | Ramsey County Workforce Solutions 2266 Second Street North St. Paul, MN 55109 |
Hilary Forster (Sept 2021) | Federal Liaison | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Families 330 C Street, SW, 4th Floor Washington, DC 20201 |
Asaph Glosser (Sept 2021) | Co-Chair, Virtual Event Committee | MEF Associates 615 2nd Avenue, Suite 535 Seattle, WA 98104 |
Lauren Antelo (Sept 2021) | Co-Chair, Virtual Event Committee | |
Mary Roberto (Sept 2021) | Co-Chair, Program Committee | Manhattan Strategy Group 4340 East-West Highway, Suite 1100 Bethesda, MD 20814 |
Barbara Startz (Sept 2022) | At Large Chair, Finance and Budget Committee | Oklahoma Department of Human Services Oklahoma Child Support Services 6128 E. 38th St., Suite 5100 Tulsa, OK 74135 |
Jamie Haskel (Sept 2021) | Technology Lead | University of Maryland School of Social Work |
Letitia Logan Passarella (Sept 2021) | Ex officio | University of Maryland School of Social Work 525 West Redwood Street Baltimore, MD 21201 |
Correne Saunders (Sept 2021) | Ex officio | Abt Associates 6130 Executive Blvd. Rockville, MD 20852 |
Nancy Aguirre (Sept 2021) | Member at Large | County of Riverside, Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) Children’s Services Division – Program Evaluation Unit 10281 Kidd Street, 2nd Floor Riverside, CA 92503 |
Sarah Leopold (Sept 2021) | Member at Large | Center for Work Education and Employment 1175 Osage Street Suite 300 Denver, CO 80204 |
Shane Riddle (Sept 2022) | Member at Large | Washington Department of Social and Health Services 1115 Washington St. SE Olympia, WA 98504 |
Mary Beth Vogel-Ferguson (Sept 2021) | Member at Large | Social Research Institute, College of Social Work University of Utah 395 S. 1500 E. Salt Lake City, UT 84112 |
Kristina Trastek (Sept 2021) | Member at Large | WI Department of Children and Families 201 East Washington Avenue, Second Floor P.O. Box 8916 Madison, WI 53703-8916 |
Vacant | Member at Large |
Michael Bono joined the NAWRS Board of Directors in 2004 and served tirelessly as President in 2010 and again in 2014 and 2015. He continued to work on NAWRS behind the scenes until cancer took him from us in 2016. We are so grateful to have known this warm, selfless, charismatic dynamo with a boundless heart for the less fortunate.
We hope you enjoy this heart-warming tribute to Michael. Friends and colleagues shared some of their favorite memories during an informal gathering to honor him at the NAWRS 2017 Workshop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
NAWRS is an all-volunteer organization that relies on the time and commitment of its membership. Joining a committee is one great way to support NAWRS’s mission of bringing together research and practice. The standing committees are:
Once you have some experience with NAWRS committees, you might consider running for a position on the Board. This “working Board” manages the Association and its activities. Members participate in monthly conference call meetings and attend annual or bi-annual in-person workshops. The benefits of being a Board member include close and direct contact with other research and evaluation professionals across the country and the ability to ensure representation of your state or organization in the planning of the NAWRS workshop. There are no monetary costs associated with Board membership beyond workshop attendance.
Are you interested? Reach out to NAWRSWorkshop@gmail.com and let us know a little about yourself and your interests! Thank you for supporting the NAWRS family.
Sponsoring organization are valuable supporters of NAWRS’s mission. Sponsors include research organizations, consulting and contracting firms, and other organization that want to get their name out there as steadfast supporters of the exchange of ideas and best practices in human services. View some of our most recent sponsors. Sponsors are featured in the NAWRS workshop program and other marketing materials, receive space and support for tabling, are verbally acknowledged to workshop attendees by the NAWRS president, and are honored on the NAWRS website year-round.
NAWRS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit association. The organization does not have an endowment and operates based on revenue from sponsors and workshop registrations. Donations support general Association operations and are tax deductible. Donate Now.
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