EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
MARCH 2-5, 2021
(Virtually the same conference, without elevators, airplane tickets, or hotel room keys)
3/21/2018 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Grant Writing Workshop | Mineral F/G
Grant Writing Workshop
The Directors of Speech and Hearing Programs in State Health and Welfare Agencies (DSHPSHWA) will present an instructional workshop designed to improve grant writing skills. The target audience is state EHDI program coordinators, as well as members of groups that are interested in receiving sub-grantee funding from state EHDI programs or other grant funding to support the EHDI 1-3-6 goals and EHDI family support activities.
Topics will include:
1) Overview of EHDI grant funding sources
2) Typical Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)/Request for Application (RFA) requirements
3) Common problems with writing and submitting a grant application
4) Practical tips for creating a successful application
5) Interactive exercises to build skills in completing grant components (work plans, SMART objectives, etc.).
- Identify components of an EHDI grant application
- Identify strategies to create a high scoring application
- Develop and build skills in preparing different grant application components (work plans, SMART objectives, etc.)
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Presenters/Authors
Kathryn Aveni
(), New Jersey Department of Health, Kathryn.Aveni@doh.nj.gov;
Kathryn Aveni received her Master's in Public Health from Columbia University and BS in Nursing from the University of Virginia. She is a Research Scientist and Data System Coordinator for Special Child Health and Early Intervention Services at the New Jersey Department of Health where she has worked since 2002. She also serves as a Regional EHDI Technical Assistant Network Consultant for the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management.
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Marcia Fort
(), NC DHHS, marcia.fort@dhhs.nc.gov;
Dr. Fort is the Genetics and Newborn Screening Unit Manager in the Children and Youth Branch of the North Carolina Division of Public Health and serves as the NC EHDI Coordinator. She has worked with the NC EHDI program since 2002. Dr. Fort has 32 years of experience as a pediatric audiologist in hospital, private practice, ENT office and public school settings.
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Catherine Harbison
(), Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, catherine.harbison@health.mo.gov;
Catherine Harbison is the Newborn Hearing Screening Program Manager in the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Bureau of Genetics and Healthy Childhood. She has served as the Missouri EHDI Coordinator since 2002.
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Linda Hazard
(), Vermont Department of Health, linda.hazard@partner.vermont.gov;
Linda Hazard is the Program Director for the Vermont Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program at Nine East Network. She has a masters degree in Audiology and a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Social Policy.
Linda is currently the President Elect of DSHPSHWA, the ASHA STAR/Habilitative representative for Vermont and serves on the ASHA Medicaid Committee.
Prior to coming to VTEHDI Linda was the Director of Audiology and the Cochlear Implant Program for the University of Vermont Medical Center. Additionally she worked for Cochlear Americas in clinical research and Advanced Bionics in Education and Training.
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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• Has a Professional (Serve on the ASHA Medicaid Committee)
relationship for Other volunteer activities.
Jeff Hoffman
(), NCHAM, jeffhoffman.echo@gmail.com;
Jeff Hoffman is the Outreach Coordinator for the Early Childhood Hearing Outreach (ECHO) Initiative at NCHAM, Utah State University. Jeff has many years of experience serving as a state EHDI coordinator and working within Head Start. As an audiologist, Jeff's combined experience affords him to be a valuable resource to state EHDI programs and Head Start grantees as they build collaborations to support quality hearing screening and follow-up practices.
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Stacy Jordan
(), VTEHDI, smjordan03@gmail.com;
Stacy Jordan is the Project Coordinator for the Vermont Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program (VTEHDI) and state representative on the Audiology Advisory Council for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Employed by the only tertiary hospital in the state and contracted to the department of health. Member of the state Hearing Advisory Council and Speech Language Hearing Association (VSHA).
Her vairous positions over the last thirteen years have been directly related to EHDI at the state and national levels. She established and coordinated the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening program at the state's tertiary hospital, provided screenings to children birth to eight years old state-wide for a mobile clinical program called the Hearing Outreach Program (HOP) and directed Vermont's EHDI program for five years.
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Cathy Lester
(), cathy.lester63@gmail.com;
Cathy graduated in 1985 with a BA in Biology. She taught high school biology and math for then moved to Child Welfare at Home of the Innocents for 6 years and then moved to DCBS in CPS Investigations. She worked in investigations, family court, adoptions, and with medically fragile foster children. She joined the EHDI program at the Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs in September 2011. As the EHDI Health Program Administrator, she works within KY CHILD and CCSHCN’s database to ensure accuracy of data, assist families and providers with information and programming technical assistance. She has her Master’s degree in Social Work and 35 hours post Master’s work. She has also taught Research and Statistics at Kent School of Social Work and Social Work Practice at Spalding School of Social Work.
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Brian Shakespeare
(), Idaho Sound Beginnings, Brian.Shakespeare@dhw.idaho.gov;
Brian Shakespeare has worked for Idaho Sound Beginnings since 2011; starting as the Data Manager and being promoted as Program Coordinator in 2014. He received his Baccalaureate of Science in Psychology from Boise State University in 2009. Following graduation he worked with children with developmental disabilities for two years, eventually becoming a Certified Behavioral Interventionist. Brian’s major accomplishments with Idaho Sound Beginnings include receiving the Outstanding Organization of the Year Award from the Idaho Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, overseeing data linkages between HiTrack, Idaho’s Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Information System, and the databases of both Idaho Vital Records and ITPKIDS, Idaho’s Part C database, as well as implementing process improvements in screening programs and audiology clinics across the state. Brian enjoys playing soccer, rock climbing, and taking his two Boston Terriers to the park to play Frisbee golf.
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Kirsten Coverstone
(), MN Dept. of Health, Kirsten.Coverstone@state.mn.us ;
Kirsten Coverstone is an audiologist with many years of service dedicated to early hearing detection and intervention. She grew up in southern Minnesota, earned her masters degree from the Univ. of Northern Iowa and her doctorate from Salus University. Kirsten has actively worked at the local state and national levels to promote universal newborn screening for hearing. As coordinator of the Lions Infant Hearing Program at the University of Minnesota she worked directly with hospitals to establish effective hearing screening programs and audiologists to confirm hearing loss. In addition, Kirsten implemented a statewide hearing instrument loaner program for infants and young children in Minnesota. She is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of children and their families as the MDH EHDI Screening Program Coordinator.
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Kelly Dundon
(), Gentech associates, kdundon@gentechassociates.com;
Kelly Dundon is a contractor with the CDC EHDI program. Prior to the CDC, Kelly was the state EHDI Coordinator for Georgia and was with the Georgia Department of Public Health for over 6 years. While at the Georgia Department of Public Health, Kelly oversaw initiatives that reduced Georgia’s loss to follow up rate in half and improved timeliness of diagnosis of infants not passing their newborn hearing screen. She also planned, executed, and oversaw a long term follow up study on children identified through EHDI. Kelly holds her Doctorate in Audiology and Masters in Public Health. Additionally, she is a board member of Georgia’s Hands & Voices Chapter and works as a pediatric audiologist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
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Karin Neidt
(), Washington State Dept. Of Health, karin.neidt@doh.wa.gov;
Karin Neidt is the Washington State Early Hearing-loss Detection, Diagnosis, and Intervention (EHDDI) Coordinator, implementing and managing the newborn hearing screen follow-up and tracking/surveillance system. Karin previously worked for two years with the Department of Health Newborn Screening Program, consulting health care providers and families in the appropriate follow-up for infants with abnormal screening results.
Karin received her Master in Public Health from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, and her Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology from Montana State University in Bozeman, MT.
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