Department of Child and Family Development

Family and Community Resilience Laboratory

2011-2012

Mission: to conduct results-oriented research and evaluation centered on sustaining the resilience of individuals, families and communities, and those who support them.

Results Management Model

Social Structure

Social Organizational Process Individual / Family Results

Network Structure •Informal networks •Formal networks •Network effects

Social Capital • Information • Reciprocity • Trust

Community Capacity • Shared responsibility • Collective competence

Synthesis of the Results Management model and the Social Organizational model of community capacity provides the primary lens for our work on resilience for individuals, families, and communities. Over the past decade this basic theoretical lens has been extensively applied to strengthening families and communities. For more information regarding resources please visit us at https://sites.google.com/site/fcrlresources/home

Social Organizational Model of Community Capacity

Family & Community Resilience Laboratory ♦ 261 Dawson Hall ♦ Athens, GA 30602 ♦ (706) 542-2305 ♦ fcrl@uga.edu

Joint Family Support Assistance Program (JFSAP) Evaluation The Department of Defense, Military Community and Family Policy funded project focuses on measuring the success of this congressionally mandated nation-wide support program for National Guard and Reserve personnel and their families.

Community Capacity Building Project The Department of Defense, Military Community and Family Policy funded project focuses on models and methods of mobilizing communities to support military families. The project is a partnership between UGA and UNC-Chapel Hill, School of Social Work.

Youth Social Networks Study The Army HQ Child Youth and School Services -funded research project explores social network contributions to the well-being of children and youth in army families.

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Community Needs / Assets

Desired Community

Results Indicators of

Success Community Programs / Activities

Human, Social, Financial, & Ecological

Capital

Department of Child and Family Development

Megan McCoy, M.A. Research Assistant Ph. D student: Marriage and Family Therapy Program M.A. -- Marriage in Family Therapy, Drexel University

Hao-Min Chen, M.A. Research Assistant

Ph. D student: Marriage and Family Therapy Program

M.A. -- Marriage in Family Therapy , Syracuse University

Leslie Gladney, B.S. Research Assistant Masters student: Child and Family Development Program B.S. -- Psychology & Sociology, Virginia Commonwealth University

Taekyoong Lee, M.A., M.S. Research Assistant

Ph. D student: Child and Family Development M.S. -- Child and Family Development,

The University of Georgia

Brittany Linde, M.S. Research Assistant Ph. D student: Recreation and Leisure Study Program M.S. -- Educational Psychology, Georgia State University

James Ford , Ph.D. Assistant Research Scientist Research Projects Coordinator Ph.D. in Human Development, Virginia Tech

Jay A. Mancini, Ph.D. Haltiwanger Distinguished Professor

Department Head - Child and Family Development Director of F.C.R.L.

Melissa Ann Landers-Potts, Ph.D. Lecturer Ph.D. -- Child and Family Development, The University of Georgia

Family and Community Resilience Laboratory

2011-2012

Mission: to conduct results-oriented research and evaluation centered on sustaining the resilience of individuals, families and communities, and those who support them.

Meghan Dove, M. S. Research Assistant

Ph. D Student: Child and Family Development M.S. -- Child and Family Development,

The University of Georgia

A. Laura Arnold, Ph. D Post Doctoral Fellow

Ph. D -- Child and Family Development The University of Georgia

Barylnda Bryant, M. B. A. Assistant Research Scientist M. B.. A. Pennsylvania State University

Deepu George, M.S. Research Assistant

Ph. D Candidate: Child and Family Development M.S. Psychology (Family Therapy), Bangalore University, India

Gary L. Bowen, Ph. D William R. Kenan Distinguished Professor of Social Work The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dennis K. Orthner, Ph. D Professor of Social Work The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Lydia Marek, Ph. D Research Scientist Dep. Of Human Development Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Angela Huebner, Ph. D Associate Professor

Human Development Virginia Polytechnic Institute

& State University

Deborah Mancini, M.S. Assistant Research Scientist Center for Family Research The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Hugh Milroy, Ph. D Chief Executive

Veterans Aid London, United Kingdom

Jim Martin, Ph. D Professor

School of Social Work and Social Research Bryn Mawr College,

Pennsylvania

Family & Community Resilience Laboratory ♦ 261 Dawson Hall ♦ Athens, GA 30602 ♦ (706) 542-2305 ♦ fcrl@uga.edu

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