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Thursday, March 28, 2024

NCFR Annual Conference Proposal Reviews Due April 1
Family Relations Seeks Editor
Two NCFR Grant Opportunities — Don't Miss Out!
Support of Academic Freedom: NCFR Board of Directors
NCFR Policy Brief & NCFR's Policy Advocacy Toolkit
Call for Authors: Health Disparities
Supporting Transracial Adoptive Families — April 9
Volunteer to be an NCFR Résumé/CV Program Reviewer
Scholarship Available for New CFLEs
Next CFLE Conversation: Coaching & Consultation
More Upcoming NCFR Events
AFCC Annual Conference
NCFR's Recent Early View Articles
Finding a Family Science Program
Video of the Week: Brava! Women Make American Theater
Employment Opportunities

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NCFR 2024 Conference Proposal Reviewers
Calling All Proposal Reviewers
Reviews Due April 1

Conference proposal reviewers have been assigned proposals to review for NCFR 2024. Your service to NCFR is very important to ensuring a high-quality conference.

If you have not received the email from Oxford, which was sent on March 19, please check your junk mail folder to see if it's there. If you don't find it, you can contact Cindy Winter (cindywinter@ncfr.org) and she will send you a new email.

Please complete your reviews by April 1, 11:59 p.m. PST. It will take you approximately 45 minutes to review and score each proposal. If you are unable to complete your reviews by that time, please contact Cindy Winter at cindywinter@ncfr.org.

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Call for Nominations & Applications
NCFR's Family Relations Seeks Editor
Submit Proposals by Aug. 1

Nominations and applications are sought for the editor of Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science. The committee anticipates selecting a candidate by Oct. 1, and the new editor will be announced at the 2024 annual conference in Bellevue, Washington.

The five-year term of the new editor will begin January 2025. Nominees and applicants must be members of NCFR.

LEARN MORE & APPLY

Funding Opportunities
NCFR Grant Opportunities for Family Research and Practice

Don't miss your chance to apply! Both grant opportunities are open for you to apply but will close soon, on Monday, April 1. If you have questions about either grant, please email NCFR Membership.

NCFR Darling Family Life Education Research Initiative Grant
This new $5,000 biennial grant — made possible by Carol Darling, Ph.D., CFLE, and NCFR — is available to current NCFR members integrating research into the practice of Family Life Education.
>> LEARN MORE & APPLY

NCFR Olson Grant: Bridging Research, Theory, and Practice
This $10,000 annual grant — now in its fourth year— is available to current NCFR members working to creatively contribute to the discipline of Family Science by uniting research, theory, and practice in their work. This grant is made possible by namesake and benefactor David H. Olson, Ph.D.

>> LEARN MORE & APPLY

An application for Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval must be submitted prior to submitting a grant application.

Applications for both grants are due April 1, 2024, 11:59 p.m. CT.
Nonmembers may become a member to apply for either grant.
Check out NCFR's webinars on grant writing.

NCFR Board of Directors
Support of Academic Freedom and Scholarly Discourse in Family Science

The NCFR Board of Directors condemns personal and political attacks against any and all scholars and calls upon NCFR members to protect each other as scholars and as individuals. The board strongly upholds the rights of all of our members to academic freedom.
READ FULL STATEMENT

Public Scholarship Harassment Resources
A new NCFR resource collection compiles resources designed to assist family scholars when they are targeted by public harassment and abuse related to their research and scholarly activities.
VIEW RESOURCES

NCFR Research and Policy Brief
State Paid Parental Leave Policy: A Tool to Reduce Inequality Within and Between Families

In the absence of federal legislation, 13 states and the District of Columbia have implemented or passed paid parental leave policy. New evidence suggests that paid parental leave improves maternal and child health, reduces economic hardship, and has a positive impact on partner relations.

Policy design features such as eligibility, leave duration, and wage replacement rates vary across states. To reduce between– and within-family inequality, paid parental leave should be accessible to all workers, should include full or near-full wage replacement, and should last at least 12 weeks.This brief includes several policy recommendations at multiple levels that can help to address existing inequalities within and between families.
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Call for Authors: Health Disparities
Submit Articles by May 20

NCFR members are invited to contribute an article to the spring 2025 issue of the Family Focus section of NCFR Report on the theme Health Disparities. Access to Family Focus articles is a benefit of NCFR membership.

Authors are sought to address both mental and physical health issues, how those issues affect family functioning and interactions, as well as promising approaches and practices for addressing health disparities.

READ FULL CALL

How Transracial Adoptive Families Can Acknowledge and Navigate Race
Tuesday, April 9 / 11 a.m. – Noon CT
Presented by Katie M. Hrapczynski, Ph.D., LCMFT

In the context of the United States — where transracial adoptive families often involve White parents raising children of different racial backgrounds —concerns about meeting the developmental needs of these children are prevalent. However, many practitioners voice concern over feeling ill-prepared to work with transracial adoptive families. To best serve transracial families, practitioners must confront their personal beliefs and biases and become well-versed in the common and unique circumstances of transracial adoptive families.

Katie M. Hrapczynski, Ph.D., LCMFT, will discuss the historical context of transracial adoptions while also exploring individual factors, family dynamics, and environmental conditions that impact the well-being of transracial adoptees and their families. By the end of this webinar, attendees will possess a nuanced understanding of the complexities inherent in transracial adoptive families and will have practical tools to enhance supporting transracial adoptive families.

Approved for 1 hour of CFLE continuing education

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Registrants can watch webinar recordings on demand.
Classroom licenses are also available

Call for Volunteers
Review NCFR Member Résumés/CVs
Apply to Volunteer by April 20

Calling NCFR Members: The Résumé and CV Review Program seeks volunteer reviewers. Volunteers should currently work with résumé & CV pedagogy or evaluation in other capacities.

Reviewers must be NCFR members and committed to providing quality feedback about content, formatting, structure, appearance, and more.

If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, learn more about the role.

APPLY TO BE A REVIEWER

Certification for Family Life Educators

Scholarship Available for First Time Applicants to CFLE Credential
Apply by April 15

Students finishing a degree program in the discipline of Family Science or individuals applying through the CFLE Exam can apply to become a Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) and further boost their professional credibility.
Learn more about the CFLE certification

An added bonus is that first-time CFLE applicants can apply for the CFLE Scholarship which covers up to 50% of their first application fee.

If your current degree program is CFLE-approved, you can apply after you graduate for certification. Search the list of programs with approved curricula.
If your program is not on the list, you can take the CFLE Exam.

APPLY FOR THE CFLE SCHOLARSHIP by Monday, April 15.

Free Event for Certified Family Life Educators
CFLE Conversations: Coaching and Consultation as a Part of Family Life Education
Wednesday, April 24 / 2 – 3 p.m. CT
Facilitator: Laurel Hoekman, CFLE, CETS

Are you a CFLE engaged in coaching and consultation as a part of your professional role, or would like to learn more about coaching and consultation? Join the April CFLE Conversation to connect with and learn from other CFLEs working in coaching and consultation.

Seats at each Conversation are limited to about 15 people to keep the group small and facilitate discussion. This networking event is free to CFLEs.

RESERVE YOUR SEAT

More Upcoming NCFR Events

Helping Professionals Utilize Microskills to Promote Engagement
Monday, April 22 / 11 a.m. – Noon CT, Approved for 1 hour of CFLE continuing education
U.S. Immigrant Families: Understanding Policy to Inform Practice
Thursday, May 2 / 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CT, Approved for 1.5 hours of CFLE continuing education

Teaching Tuesday: Visual Thinking Strategies
Tuesday, May 7 / Noon – 1 p.m. CT, Free for members

CFLE Conversations: New Professionals in Family Life Education
Wednesday, May 8 / 2 – 3 p.m. CT, Free for CFLEs

VIEW ALL NCFR EVENTS

NCFR Journals Latest Research
Recent Early-View Articles

Keep up with the latest research from NCFR's scholarly journals — Journal of Marriage and Family (JMF), Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science (FR), and Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR) — all of which publish early-view articles online.

New articles published last week between March 17 and March 23 can be found on the NCFR website.

NCFR members with journal subscriptions can access the full text of articles on the journals section of the website.

Also, explore tips and strategies to find out how you can have your manuscript considered for publication in an NCFR journal.

CHECK OUT LATEST ARTICLES

Family Science

Find a Family Science Degree Program in NCFR's Program Guide

Whether you're looking for Family Science programs to:

further your education for a career working with families,
help your students explore graduate programs,
find a program in a region to which you just relocated, or
something else

NCFR's Degree Programs in Family Science guide provides the information and tools to find academic programs relevant to you.

Search and filter hundreds of program listings in the U.S. and Canada — undergraduate, minors, certificates, master's, and doctoral — by location, degree level, area of study, and more.

You can also narrow to programs that have curricula approved for NCFR's Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) credential, and use a list tool to quickly find any CFLE course checklist.

FIND A FAMILY SCIENCE PROGRAM

Zippy's Video of the Week
Brava! Women Make American Theatre

This week's video comes from Brava! Women Make American Theatre, in acknowledgment of Women's History Month & World Theatre Day. This video showcases, through archival materials, the ways in which women in the United States engaged in the production and reception of text-based stage performance over its long history.

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