Research Initiatives

Research Mission

The CARE Center at Barry University is committed to engage in meaningful research efforts through collaborative and mutually productive partnerships to develop solutions that promote the common good and a more humane and just society.

Research Goal

Barry University students, staff and faculty pursue scholarly, and critical analysis of fundamental questions on the human and community experience. Research initiatives involve a variety of methodologies including interviews, focus groups, surveys, and measures.

The CARE Center’s goal for research initiatives is to increase understanding of social, emotional, behavioral, intellectual, and cultural issues that impact children, families, and the South Florida Community while promoting self-sustaining solutions through research and service.

Youth And Community Initiatives

Barry University recognizes that true change, growth, and leadership comes when our internal resources are leveraged for maximum impact. As a result, the University pursues various funding opportunities from federal, state, local government, and private corporations and foundations. More specifically, the CARE Center seeks grants that support the University’s mission to serve under resourced and underrepresented populations.

C.H.A.M.P.S

Community of Healthy, Active, Motivated, Positive Students (C.H.A.M.P.S) Program equips youth (grades 6-12) within Miami Dade County Public Schools with social, emotional, and cognitive skills that promote personal and academic success.

C.R.O.P.

College Reach-Out Program (CROP) provides academic and psychosocial supportive services to low-income, educationally disadvantaged students in grades 6 through 12 that motivates and prepares them to successfully complete their postsecondary education.

Family Wellness and Strengthening Program

CARE Center's Family Wellness and Strengthening Program serves as an ecosystem of support for children and families in our community.

Community of Healthy, Active, Motivated, Positive Students (C.H.A.M.P.S.)

Barry University’s Youth Development Program C.H.A.M.P.S. (Community of Healthy, Active, Motivated, Positive Students) serves students in grades 6-12. C.H.A.M.P.S. Program is funded by The Children’s Trust. The Children’s Trust is a dedicated source of revenue established by voter referendum to improve the lives of children and families in Miami-Dade County.

Goal

To equip youth with social, emotional, and cognitive skills that promote personal and academic success so that they can develop into C.H.A.M.P.S.- a Community of Healthy, Active, Motivated, Positive Students.

School Year (afterschool) program:

Summer Program:

Open for any student in grade 6-12 that attend Miami-Dade County Public School.

Contact

Rita Gangi, BS

CHAMPS Director
Barry University-Adrian Dominican School of Education, Leadership and Human Development
11300 NE 2nd Avenue Powers Building
Miami Shores, Florida 33161
Office: 305-899-4007
Email: Rgangi@barry.edu

Mrs. Elizabeth Sanchez

CARE Center Director
Barry University-Adrian Dominican School of Education, Leadership and Human Development
11300 NE 2nd Avenue Powers Building
Miami Shores, Florida 33161
Office: 305-899-3859
Email: ESanchez@barry.edu

College Reach Out Program (C.R.O.P.)

Since 1999, Florida Department of Education has supported Barry University’s College Reach- Out Program (C.R.O.P.) through funded grant awards. The primary objective of CROP is to provide academic and psychosocial supportive services to low-income, educationally disadvantaged students in grades 6 through 12 that motivates and prepares them to attend college and complete their postsecondary education.

Barry University’s CARE Center recognizes that individual, familial, school, community, and peer factors have a great impact on a student’s development, whether, academic, personal, and career. As a result, Barry-C.R.O.P. is the only program of its kind in the state of Florida to offer therapeutic counseling services to its participants and family members in addition to other academic and supportive services. Our goal is to eliminate barriers to school achievement and facilitate academic and personal success.

Goal

Program Services

Contact

Chris Harris

College Reach-Out Program Director
Barry University-Adrian Dominican School of Education, Leadership and Human Development
11300 NE 2nd Avenue Powers Building
Miami Shores, Florida 33161
Office: 305-899-3861
Email: CHarris@barry.edu

Elizabeth Sanchez, LMHC, NCC

CARE Center Director
Barry University-Adrian Dominican School of Education, Leadership and Human Development
11300 NE 2nd Avenue Powers Building
Miami Shores, Florida 33161
Office: 305-899-3859
Email: ESanchez@barry.edu

Family Wellness and Strengthening Program

(Barry University’s Family Wellness and Strengthening Program supports children’s prosocial development across their lifespan, empower parents, strengthen the family, and prepare children for a lifetime of success.)

CARE Center’s Family Wellness and Strengthening Program serves as an ecosystem of support for children and families in our community. Families, parents/caregivers, and children are afforded high-quality programs to equip them with vital tools and skills to increase their protective factors and strengthen the family environment, which in turn will support children’s development and parent/caregiver well-being. This is accomplished through the delivery of two family-parenting interventions tailored to support the child and parent: Strengthening Families 7-17 years program (SFP) and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT).

Goal

The goal of the Strengthening Families 7-17 years program (SFP) is to help parents and children develop happier family relationships, improve mental health outcomes, and help decrease youth alcohol and drug use, violence, and delinquent behavior.

The goal of the Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is to help children and families deal with the aftermath of a traumatic experience and promote healing, while helping parents build necessary skills to enhance child-parent interactions and connect their child’s behavioral problems to the experienced trauma.

Strengthening Families Program Services:

TF-CBT Program Services:

Contact

Ekaterina Elagina, MS

Family Wellness and Strengthening Program Director
Barry University-Adrian Dominican School of Education, Leadership and Human Development
11300 NE 2nd Avenue
Miami Shores, Florida 33161
Office: 305-899-3561
Email: eelagina@barry.edu

Raul Machuca, PHD, LMHC, BC-TMH

Professor & Associate Dean of Counseling – Primary Investigator
Barry University-Adrian Dominican School of Education, Leadership and Human Development
11300 NE 2nd Avenue
Miami Shores, Florida 33161
Office: 305-899-3703
Email: rmachuca@barry.edu

ARTICLE

CARE Center Research Initiative in collaboration with the City of Miami Beach Homeless Outreach Center

The CARE Center’s goal for its youth and community initiatives is to increase understanding of social, emotional, behavioral, intellectual, and cultural issues that impact children, families, and the South Florida Community while promoting self-sustaining solutions through service.

Interested in Research Initiatives?

If you are interested in collaborating in a research initiative, please contact

Mrs. Elizabeth Sanchez

Director of CARE Center
Work Email

ESanchez@barry.edu

CARE center email:

Care-center@barry.edu

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