Data Analysis and Consulting

Utilizing data effectively to make efficient decisions and to ensure maximum impact is more relevant than ever. These pressures exist in the juvenile justice space, very few jurisdictions have the resources to fund full-time, doctoral-level researchers to aid in understanding how to ask specific questions using data and how to analyze and interpret available data.

Nebraska Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Consulting can fill the gaps. Dr. White has extensive training at the doctoral and post-doctoral level in a wide-array of methodologies and statistical approaches. He has over 15 years of experience in applying these skills to dataset to answer specific questions in both the academic and non-profit Program Evaluation spaces. Moreover, Dr. White written and received grant funding from a number of US federal sources, including the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, and the US Department of Education serving in roles ranging from consultant to co-investigator to Principal Investigator and Program Director.

Nebraska Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Consulting services include, but are not limited to:

Grant Writing: Aid in grant writing in all phases, including:

  • Developing data collection and analysis plans

  • Serving as a grantsmanship consultant

  • Full service grant-writing

Grant/Project Implementation: Nebraska Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Consulting works on funded grants/active projects. Services include:

  • Statistical analysis and interpretation

  • Selection and creation of data collection tools/ development of data collection procedures

  • Securing Institutional Review Board Approval

  • Manuscript Writing/dissemination

Program and/or assessment tool evaluation: Clinicians and practitioners often come up with novel solutions, but it can be difficult to determine how well an approach is working without data. Nebraska Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Consulting can:

  • Provide consulting on how to assess treatment programs and/or assessment tools in juvenile justice settings

  • Be retained to perform an independent evaluation

Assessment protocol development consultant: Screening for both institutional management problems, mental health concerns, and other relevant juvenile justice topics is complex. Nebraska Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Consulting can:

  • Develop screening/assessment procedures and workflows

  • Evaluate the effectiveness of existing procedures