Center for Rural Engagement

Project abstract

The CEECSE project increases awareness and build capacity among stakeholders who engage with those who have experienced exploitation across three counties in Brown, Greene, and Putnam counties through concurrent activities.

1. Assessing community child sexual exploitation resources in each of the three counties through online, phone, and in-person data collection to identify current capacity and efforts, challenges, and needs. The assessment focused on the programmatic, demographic, and geographic scope of our stakeholders, both current capacity and future priorities (including their main needs).
2. Empower local stakeholders to utilize increased networks of support and concrete information by
   1. Convene Tough Leader Summits with local, state andnational leaders to build relationships, advance knowledge, and identify areas for capacity-building;
   2. developing and sharing Just-In-Time trainings based on the identified needs;
   3. initiating county-based action plans to address findings from the community assessments.
3. Share findings in community resource guide, online trainings, and website resource that includes scalable model for Indiana.

Community partners

Individuals across Brown, Greene, and Putnam counties including:

Campus partners

Dr. Eli Konwest, Director, Center for the Study of Global Change, Hamiliton Lugar School of Global and International Studies

Student partners

Kiano Brodie – School of Public Health, Youth Development

Breanna Burris – Hamilton Lugar School of Global & International Studies and the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Undergraduate

Rohan Crawley – Kelley School of Business – Doctoral Student

Ryli Hockensmith – School of Public Health, Epidemiology, Community Health, Undergraduate

TiAura Jackson – School of Public Health, Epidemiology, Community Health, Undergraduate

Diavian Miller – School of Public Health, Community Health, Undergraduate

Nora West – Hamilton Lugar School Global & International Studies, Cybersecurity and Global Policy, Undergraduate

Brandon Crawley - College of Arts and Sciences, Sociology, Undergraduate

Nicolas Burris – School of Global and International Studies

Lindsey Batteast – School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Undergraduate

Lauren Duffy – School of Public Health, Community Health

Jui-Hsin Renee Hung – School of Education, Doctoral Students

Counties involved

Brown, Putnam, Greene

Project abstract

Support the health of youth in Greene and Dubois counties by continuing the three-year Greene County Youth Health Council and engaging with key stakeholders in Dubois county to initiate and maintain the Dubois County Youth Health Council.

Dubois County Youth Health Council

Supporting youth engagement in their communities is a positive way to empower them to learn and share information. These two health councils provide intentional opportunities for youth to reflect, learn, and engage in improving their own health and the health of their peers and communities.

Community partners

Purdue Extension Greene County - Malea Huffman

Purdue Extension Dubois County - Chelsea Brewer

Greene County Foundation

Student partners

Students in all three of the following classes will engage with the YHC members throughout fall 2022:

• F150 Introduction to Lifespan Development (160 students) create 10 minute health education tools to be shared with YHC
• F180 Introduction to Youth Work (45 students) - engage in the needs assessment and creation of the Dubois Co. YHC
• F595 Leadership in Maternal and Child Health - Identify maternal and child educational needs and create a theory to practice resource list

Counties involved

Dubois, Greene