Tonie Sadler is a researcher in the Workforce Division at AIR and has over 10 years of research and practice experience in human services working with the disability community focused on disability equity and improving disability programs and policies. Her research focuses on understanding how disability policies and health services ...
Paula Dias is a qualitative senior researcher at AIR with over 10 years of research experience in the development sector. She has extensive experience in qualitative methods, including ethnography and participatory methods. At AIR, she leads and contributes to a variety of mixed-methods evaluations on the topics of social protection, ...
AIR and International Action are partnering in an effort to ensure chlorine-treated safe water for drinking and hand-washing at emergency transitional schools in Haiti that AIR has assembled under funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) following the earthquake of January 2010. ...
Nationwide, more than 400 juvenile drug treatment courts (JDTCs) offer a way to respond to the complex needs of youth with substance use disorders, which often require specialized interventions. Courts are continually developing and refining their treatment-oriented approach for adolescents with substance use disorders and involved in the juvenile justice ...
Between 2001 and 2010, Massachusetts recorded 639 homicide victims aged 14 to 24. In response, the state implemented a variety of violence reduction programs, most recently through the Safe and Successful Youth Initiative, which AIR and its partners are evaluating.
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has selected AIR to lead the creation of a new center dedicated to improving outcomes for young people involved in the juvenile justice system.
Holly DePatie is a research associate at AIR with experience supporting research design and implementation. They primarily serve as a project manager on projects that focus on health equity and social determinants of health. They have interest in making research more inclusive, representative, and accessible for all demographics.They have experience ...
Sophia Arredondo is a technical assistant specialist at AIR with experience in projects related to youth, family, and community development. She is responsible for providing specialized direct assistance and training to local educational agencies (LEAs) impacted by community violence to expand their capacity to implement community- and school-based strategies that ...
A two-part roundtable discussion hosted by the AIR Equity Initiative explored efforts to enhance equitable public safety and policing experiences that promote safe communities for all. In this second part of the discussion, panelists highlighted the importance of deep and meaningful engagement with communities to strengthen research, practice, and investment ...
Contributing and working alongside Native Nations, AIR has a deep commitment to engaging communities, fostering shared vision and values, building capacity, and developing strategic alliances to achieve sustainable systems change in Indian Country.