2016 Execs
Fellow Name
Title
Executive Director
Organization
One Community One Family, Inc.
Contact Phone Number
Categories
Explanation of Products or Services
Training, technical assistance and consultation to non-profits, schools, and government entities. Focus in the areas of Systems of Care development, strategic planning, grantsmanship, evaluation, coalition building, community organizing, and program implementation.
Parent and Youth empowerment programs including parent-to-parent support, youth-to-youth support, and parenting workshops.
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Short Bio
Over 20 years of professional experience in serving Southeastern Indiana with a primary focus on macro-level work. From Coordinator of local Rape Crisis Services to Systems of Care development both for youth with mental health concerns and those with substance use disorders, Brenda has focused upon system level work to improve the local community. Brenda has been the local Project Director of two SAMHSA initiatives and several other community change initiatives. She is also a certified instructor for Mental Health First Aid, Youth Mental Health First Aid, and QPR Suicide Prevention. She also led the planning of the annual Indiana System of Care conference for several years, growing the attendance from approximately 300 to 650 in 5 years. Brenda also has spent her entire career working on various grants and currently teaches the Program Evaluation and Grantsmanship course within the Social Work program at Mount Saint Joseph University.
Areas of Advocacy and Interest
Southeastern Indiana - Dearborn, Decatur, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley and Switzerland Counties.
Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Systems of Care
Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Systems of Care
Mentorship Areas
Grant writing
Southeastern Indiana area
Southeastern Indiana area
Professional Development: Areas of Expertise
Grant writing
Coalition building
Facilitation
Training
Coalition building
Facilitation
Training
Organization Development: Areas of Expertise
Starting a non-profit agency
Staff recruitment and retention
Staff recruitment and retention
Business Address
920 County Line Rd.
City
Batesville
State
IN
Zip Code
47006
Fellow Name
Title
Associate Professor of Sport & Exercise Psychology
Coordinator of the Master's Program in Sport & Exercise Psychology
Coordinator of the Master's Program in Sport & Exercise Psychology
Organization
Ball State University
Categories
Explanation of Products or Services
For the past decade, Lindsey has investigated positive youth development through sport and using sport to promote peace at the individual, community, and international levels. Specifically, her research focuses on maximizing the benefits of sport participation through a mastery and cooperative approach fostered by trained coaches and supportive parents, emphasizing a holistic, long-term athletic development model.
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Short Bio
Dr. Lindsey Blom is an Associate Professor of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Faculty Athletics Representative, and Sport & Exercise Psychology Graduate Program Coordinator at Ball State University interested in psycho-social aspects of youth sport and sport for development and peace. Over the past decade, she has investigated positive youth development through sport and using sport to promote peace at the individual, community, and international levels. Specifically, her research focuses on maximizing the benefits of sport participation through a mastery and cooperative approach fostered by trained coaches and supportive parents, emphasizing a holistic, long-term athletic development model. Her recent projects include exploring the positive peace indicators and development of purpose in Liberian youth involved in a sport for development program, conducting sport for social change programs in Jordan and Tajikistan, developing a values-based curriculum that can infused into recreational sport leagues, chairing the NASPE task force for the position statement on Maximizing the Benefits of Youth Sport, and running local after-school sport for peace leadership programs with elementary school children. Additionally, she has been an invited expert on using sport for development to counter violent extremism for two closed roundtable discussions hosted by the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation and Hedayah. Throughout her academic career, Dr. Blom has co-authored journal articles, book chapters, and a book, Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Soccer, and received over half a million dollars externally funded grants as the principal investigator, with two more recent PI grants related to sport of social change funded by the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ SportsUnited program. Dr. Blom also serves on the Board of Directors for the Indy Premier soccer club, Indiana Soccer Foundation, and Dream Sports Africa, and on the Board for Ball State’s Center for Peace and Conflict Studies.
Areas of Advocacy and Interest
Positive Youth Development
Youth Sport
Positive sport experiences for all ages
Using sport as a mechanism of peace-building
Youth Sport
Positive sport experiences for all ages
Using sport as a mechanism of peace-building
Professional Development: Areas of Expertise
Positive Youth Development through Sport
Using sport as a mechanism of peace-building
Teaching life skills through sport
Sport psychology
Using sport as a mechanism of peace-building
Teaching life skills through sport
Sport psychology
Business Address
Ball State University
School of Kinesiology
2000 W. University Ave
School of Kinesiology
2000 W. University Ave
City
Muncie
State
Indiana
Zip Code
47306