Solutions Network News
Fall 2021

Solutions Network conference focuses on innovative research methods

Investigating the newest methods for research concerning children was the focus of the 2021 Child Maltreatment Solutions Network Conference, held recently at Penn State’s University Park campus at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, both in person and virtually. The two-day event featured 17 researchers who presented the latest science addressing gaps in research and advancing the study of child maltreatment.
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Latest Evidence-to-Impact Podcast episode explores opportunities and challenges of Pennsylvania’s child welfare system

In this episode, Pennsylvania’s child welfare system and issues of child maltreatment through the lens of an existing partnership between Penn State and government partners are discussed with Jennie Noll, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies and the Director of the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network at Penn State University, and Brian Bornman, Esq., Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Children and Youth Administrators Association.
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Two receive 2021-22 Reducing Disparities in Child Welfare scholarships

The Child Maltreatment Solutions Network recently awarded two liberal arts students with its newly introduced Reducing Disparities in Child Welfare Scholarship for the 2021-22 academic year. This year’s winners are Lani Rosenbaum, a junior majoring in psychology with a minor in child maltreatment and advocacy studies; and Janiyah Davis, a sophomore criminology and psychology double major with an enhanced minor in child maltreatment and advocacy studies and additional minors in sociology, and anthropology. Both students will receive $3,000 at the start of the fall 2021 semester and will be required to write a 10-page academic paper tied either to their capstone course and internship experience, or to their future educational and career goals in the field.
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Congratulations to Tenesha and best of luck in your future endeavors!

Tenesha Littleton has successfully completed the NICHD T32 Postdoctoral Training Grant Fellowship:  Creating the Next Generation of Scholars in Child Maltreatment Science!

The T32 fellows are a part of a NIH-funded training grant (T32) designed to train the next generation of scholars in child maltreatment studies. Through a competitive application process, pre- and post-doctoral fellows are selected to receive advance training from leading child maltreatment researchers in four areas: Biology and Health; Developmental Processes; Prevention and Treatment; and  Policy and Administrative Data Systems. This interdisciplinary training is the first of its kind – filling an important void in the field of child maltreatment – made possible by the transdisciplinary structure of the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network.
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de Lissovoy scholarships

The current de Lissovoy scholarship recipients include Josie Currie, Devon Gannon, Gianna Gordan, Julia Santoro.
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Brook J. Lenfest Foundation supports students from foster care system

The Brook J. Lenfest Foundation, in partnership with the Philadelphia Foundation, has committed up to $630,000 to Penn State as part of the Lenfest "Immensitas" Scholars Program, which will provide scholarship support for youth from the Philadelphia region in foster care and aging out of foster care.
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