Welcome New Emerging Scholars and Community Pilot Projects

Welcome NAACFRC Emerging Scholars!!

2023 - 2024 Cohort

Meet the newest members of our Emerging Scholars Program for the 2023-2024 academic year. These exceptional individuals have been carefully selected for their academic achievements, leadership skills, and commitment to their communities. We welcome them to our team and look forward to supporting their growth and development. To learn more about each scholar, please visit our website.

Shedrick Garrett

University of N Carolina Chapel Hill

Ph.D. Student

Anthony Lizarraga

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Ph.D. Student

Amber B. Sansbury

George Mason University

Ph.D. Candidate

Aremu M. Smith

University of Chicago

Ph.D. Student

Learn More About the Scholars

Community Pilot Projects

2023-2024

We are excited to announce our Community Pilot Projects for 2023-2024! These organizations are making a big impact in their respective communities and we are proud to support them in their community-engaged research projects.

Pillars Initiative

Stone Mountain, GA

Pillars Initiative is a non-profit organization based in Georgia that aims to enhance the well-being of underserved youth and emerging adults through education, service, and scholarship. Pillars will address the NAACFRC priority area of poverty alleviation in Dekalb County, explicitly focusing on single-parent families with teens aged 16-19.

beapillar.org

Girassol Wellness

Atlanta, GA

Girassol Wellness, Inc. is a volunteer non-profit organization in Atlanta, Georgia with a longstanding commitment of serving African American women and children with lived experiences of poverty, homelessness and reduced access to health care services.They will address the NAACFRC priority area of poverty alleviation through ethnographic research methods to document the lived experiences of Atlanta residents who have been permanently displaced from their homes.

girassolwellness.org

2023 Annual Conference Footage and Resources Now Available

Footage from our 2023 Annual Conference is now available for viewing! You can find the recordings for each session of the conference on our website and YouTube channel, so be sure to subscribe to stay up-to-date with all of our latest content.

Additionally, the conference booklet is available for download directly from our website. Inside, you'll find highlights from the conference, the agenda, and bios of all of our presenters. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn from some of the brightest minds in the industry. Watch the footage and download the booklet today!

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Upcoming Presentation

National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics (NAWRS) Conference

October 8 - 11 | Salt Lake City, Utah

Dr. Cassandra Bolar and Dr. Latrice Rollins will be presenting on African American Fathers' Child Support Experiences: An Overview of Social Characteristics.

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This project is supported by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the United States (U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award (Grant #: 90PH0031-01-00) totaling $1.8 million with 100 percent funded by ACF/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by ACF/HHS, or the U.S.Government. For more information, please visit the ACF website: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/administrative-and-national-policy-requirements