Optimizing Outreach and Application Assistance Services in Community-based Organizations: Evaluation Findings from The Colorado Trust's Outreach and Enrollment for Children and Youth Grant Strategy

This report discusses findings from the evaluation of The Colorado Trust's three-year, $3.3 million grant strategy (2009-2011) to help expand enrollment of children and youth in public health insurance programs in Colorado. These findings focus on how 12 community-based organizations, with little previous experience in providing application assistance to families to enroll children and youth in public health insurance, offered targeted outreach and application assistance services. These findings provide new insights into the time, effort and outcomes associated with implementing outreach and application assistance services, reinforcing and expanding upon previous literature demonstrating the promise and potential pitfalls of this approach

FootSpring: A Compliance Model for the ATHLETE Family of Robots

This paper describes and evaluates one method of modeling compliance in a wheel-on-leg walking robot. This method assumes that all of the robot s compliance takes place at the ground contact points, specifically the tires and legs, and that the rest of the robot is rigid. Optimization is used to solve for the displacement of the feet and of the center of gravity. This method was tested on both robots of the ATHLETE family, which have different compliance. For both robots, the model predicts the sag of points on the robot chassis with an average error of about one percent of the height of the robot

Big Sur Visitor Characteristics and Wildland Fire Recreational Constraints

A study conducted with visitors to the Big Sur region of California during summer 2002 is presented. An onsite survey was administered to visitors to the U.S. Forest Service and California State Parks day-use and overnight facilities. Recreational constraints owing to wildland fire and fire management are detailed along with the effects of activity type, visitor demographics and other characteristics, and views of these constraints. Differences primarily exist in views of constraints related to regulations

Recreation and Fire Management in Urban National Forests: A Study of Manager Perspectives

The purpose of this study was to understand U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service public land managers’ perceptions of fire management and recreational use in urban national forests of the United States. An online survey was used to understand managers’ perceptions of (a) the degree to which the presence of recreational activities and experiences are a constraint to fire management, (b) the degree to which fire management and suppression activities influence the quality of a visit to a recreation site, and (c) the relationships between fire management and recreation constraints. In all, 62 district rangers within urban national forests were asked to complete an online survey, and 33 responded (53 percent). The following items were thought to moderately to severely impact the managers’ ability to manage fire: increased urban development, budget constraints, accumulation of burnable fuels, effect of smoke on visitors, increased visitation, and the lack of trained personnel. In addition, most managers believed that recreational use of day-use areas, trails, campgrounds, and access roads conflicted moderately or slightly with fire management decisions. Over 70 percent of respondents indicated that mountain bikes on unauthorized trails, vandalism, litter, encroachment from surrounding farmland, unauthorized grazing, and, unauthorized logging did not have an impact on fire management decisions. Generally respondents did not perceive management factors as limiting visitors’ pursuit of recreation activities. In addition, most managers identified the occurrence of various management activities (e.g., campground closures from smoke, trail closures owing to wildland fires, fire suppression, etc.) as slightly to not limiting at all

Place Attachment and Recreational Constraints Relating to Fire Management

This paper presents a study of visitors to the Big Sur region of California during summer 2001. An onsite survey was administered to visitors to USDA Forest Service day-use areas and at developed campgrounds. Place attachment, observations relating to fires and fire management, and perceived recreational constraints owing to wildland fire and fire management are examined. The results indicate that place dependence and place identity influence some perceived constraints and observations of fire conditions. A discussion of the findings is provided, emphasizing the importance of managers’ understanding of visitors’ perceptions relating to fire and fire management

Propuesta de manual de identidad corporativa basado en el reconocimiento de marca de Khanda, una academia de jiu jitsu brasileño en Cajamarca

La presente investigación desea proponer una manual de identidad corporativa basado en el reconocimiento de marca de Khanda, una academia de jiu jitsu brasileño en Cajamarca. El estudio de la investigación fue cualitativo con un diseño propositiva y fenomenológico. A partir de un muestreo no probabilístico por conveniencia se seleccionó a 20 informantes; posteriormente para recolectar los datos necesarios para la presente investigación se aplicó la guía de entrevista por cada una de las categorías, en el caso de la guía de entrevista para la categoría de identidad corporativa estuvo conformada por 20 preguntas, mientras que la guía de entrevista para la categoría reconocimiento de marca estuvo conformada por 14 preguntas. Los resultados mostraron que la cultura corporativa de Khanda se centra en formar deportistas de alto nivel teniendo en cuenta valores como disciplina, respeto y perseverancia. Se reconoció en su visión la promoción del crecimiento personal. La identidad visual destaca la coherencia y armonía entre color, tipografía y diseño. Asimismo, se pudo corroborar que el proceso de reconocimiento de marca se basa en la lealtad de clientes satisfechos. De este modo la propuesta de manual de identidad corporativa realizada se fundamentó en pautas asociadas para garantizar la coherencia y legitimidad de la marca en sus diversas aplicaciones

Transformational Leadership, Workplace Spirituality and Organizational Performance in A Restaurant Group in Indonesia: A Study of the Effectiveness of Organization Development Interventions

This study investigated the effectiveness of organization development interventions on transformational leadership, workplace spirituality and organizational performance at a restaurant group in Indonesia. The study followed an action research design, following the three stages, namely pre-ODI, ODI and post-ODI. Data were analyzed using a mix of quantitative and qualitative data analysis. The organization development interventions were directed at the participating leaders, who ranged from the top to the lower levels of the organization, by means of combining both training and coaching sessions. The results of the study showed that all the observed variables improved significantly except for job performance

Forest Service Law Enforcement Officer Report: Nationwide Study

This study is the first in a series of studies to evaluate perceptions of USDA Forest Service law enforcement personnel of the roles, responsibilities, and issues entailed in their jobs. An email survey was administered to 404 law enforcement officers (LEOs) in national forests across the United States. In all, 294 were completed and returned. In response to the safety of forest visitors many respondents believed that forest visitors are safe from other visitors and are physically safe from site features. The LEOs reported feeling hampered in their jobs, however, by the large size and remoteness of the patrol areas, coupled with a lack of resources (e.g., personnel, equipment, and backup). Key characteristics of successes experienced by LEOs included adequate resources, collaboration, and communication. Nationally, LEOs characterized a successful law enforcement program as one that has sufficient resources, is understood by those engaged in or affected by the program, is staffed by highly qualified individuals, and has good leadership.Keywords: successful management, law enforcement, forest visitors, crime and violenc

Forest Service Special Agent in Charge Report: Nationwide Study

This study is the second in a series of studies to evaluate perceptions of USDA Forest Service law enforcement personnel of the roles, responsibilities, and issues entailed in their jobs. An e-mail survey was administered to the nine Forest Ser-vice special agents in charge (SACs) across the United States. All nine completed and returned the survey. Communication with others in the Forest Service was important to the SACs, as evidenced by their efforts to communicate at group meetings, their use of the phone and e-mail, talking face-to-face with others, and being available to communicate. A major concern for the SACs was the shortage of law enforcement officers and forest protection officers. Forest Service SACs ranked their highest job priorities as protecting National Forest System employees and for-est users, followed by protecting forest resources and public property. Nationally, a successful program was characterized as one with sufficient resources that is under-stood by those engaged in or affected by the program, staffed by highly qualified individuals, and under good leadership.Keywords: crime and violence, law enforcement, successful management, forest visitor

Crime in National Forests: A Call for Research

The aim of this article is to explain why research focusing on crime and violence on national forests is necessary and overdue. Four questions are offered to frame future research. First, how much crime is occurring on national forests, and how can the effects of crime and violence best be measured? Second, how is crime spatially distributed across national forests? Third, what actions are effective in mitigating crime in a recreation setting and what should we adopt for a successful crime-stopping arsenal? Finally, how do crime and violence affect recreation behavior and decisionmaking?KEYWORDS: law enforcement, recreation research methods, national forests, crime, violence, visitor safetyThis is the publisher’s final pdf. The published article is copyrighted by Society of American Foresters and can be found at: https://www.safnet.org/publications/jof/index.cf