Public Service and Leadership
The Voinovich School has a long history of serving the region and the state by building public leadership capacity and providing applied research and technical assistance. The School works with a variety of local, regional, and state government and non-profit agencies, helping them to better meet their mission of serving Ohio and its people.
The Voinovich School helps to build leadership capacity in the state with it leadership training programs for public and non-profit managers as well as students. These programs include the Ohio University Executive Leadership Institute (OUELI), the Ohio Appalachian Educators Institute (OAEI), and the HTC/GVS Undergraduate Research Scholars.
The Voinovich School also provides value-added research and technical assistance to government and non-profit organizations, covering areas such as safety net services, health care, education, and community development. The Voinovich School helps develop solutions to the problems facing these organizations by providing project facilitation and evaluation, data analysis for use in decision-making, geographic information systems (GIS) support, and survey and focus group research, and through the innovative application of technology.
Public Service and Leadership Projects
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- Project SUCCESS
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The Voinovich School conducts evaluations on the Athens-Meigs Educational Service Center’s Project SUCCESS and Creating Lasting Family Connections, two elements of the Athens Alternative Education Program.
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- Improving Access to Mental and Behavioral Health
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The Voinovich School paired with Paint Valley Drug Addiction and Alcohol Services to help assess and improve access to mental and behavioral health services for school-age children in a five-county area.
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- After-School Program Evaluation
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The Voinovich School conducts annual evaluations of the Belmont Community Action Commission’s Building Resources to Involve Diverse Groups for Enrichment in School program, an elementary school enrichment program.
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- Building a Foundation for Two-Parent Families
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The Voinovich School partnered with the Office of Family Stability (OFS) to help 10 County Departments of Job and Family Services (CDJFS) improve their two-parent work participation rates.
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- Making Public Transit More Accessible
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Erin McCarty, a graduate student on the Voinovich School’s Geographic Information System (GIS) team, overhauled the Athens Transit bus schedule by using GIS data.
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