Elaine Johannes, Ph.D.
Extension Specialist

Education:

Positions and Honors:

1993-present Extension Specialist, Youth and Community Development, Community Health Institute, Kansas State University, Research and Extension

1991-1993 Extension Assistant and Rural Mental Health Project Manager, Kansas State University, Research and Extension

1984-1991 Director, Community Services for Aging and Flint Hills Housing Authority, North Central-Flint Hills Area Agency on Aging

Honors (chronological order with most recent first)

1997-present Board Member and President; Kansas Family Partnership

1998-2002 Governor Appointee Executive Advisory Committee State Incentive Cooperative Agreement

1997-2002 Governor Appointee Citizens Advisory Committee KS Dept. of SRS/Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services

2001 K-State Research and Extension Builder’s (System Innovator) Award; K-State Research and Extension

2000 Nominee for Developing Leadership in Reducing Substance Abuse Fellow Program; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

1999 State Team Recognition Award for Opportunities for Prevention Education and Networking in Kansas (OPEN-K); Epsilon Sigma Phi National Extension Honorary

1995 State Team Recognition for When Violence Hits Home – Domestic Violence Prevention; Epsilon Sigma Phi, National Extension Honorary

1994 Public Awareness Award for K-State Rural Mental Health; Kansas Alliance for the Mentally Ill

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Research Grants:

As Principal Investigator or Project Director (chronological order with most recent first)

Project Manager (October 2002-October 2003)
Family Nutrition Program
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) ($96,000)

Director (April 2000-September 2001)
Connect Kansas contract
Kansas Dept. of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS) ($100,000)

Principal Investigator (October 1999-September 2000)
Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies Prevention Evaluation Research
Juvenile Justice Authority ($10,000)

Principal Investigator (May 1999-October 2003)
Children, Youth and Families At-Risk Haskell Indian Nations University OPEN-K
USDA ($600,000)

Principal Investigator (January 1999-September 2000)
Children, Youth and Families At-Risk Army and School-age and Teen Youth Development Training
USDA ($65,000)

Principal Investigator (May 1998-October 2003)
Children, Youth and Families At-Risk Opportunities for Prevention Education and Networking
in Kansas (OPEN-K)
USDA ($1.9 million)

Principal Investigator (1997)
Mental Health and Aging
Kansas Dept. of SRS ($61,404)

Principal Investigator (1997)
Operation Immunize
Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment (KDHE) ($25,000)

Principal Investigator (1996)
Operation Immunize
KDHE ($20,000)

Principal Investigator (October 1994-September 1995)
Crisis Counseling Training
Community Mental Health Services Administration (CMHSA) and Kansas Dept. of SRS ($53,250)

Principal Investigator (October 1994-September 1995)
Crisis Counseling Technical Assistance
CMHSA and Kansas Dept. of SRS ($42,060)

Principal Investigator (October 1993-September 1995)
Domestic Violence Training
CMHSA and Kansas Dept. of SRS ($41,000)

Project Manager (October 1993-September 1995)
Flood Recovery
USDA ($270,000)

Project Manager (January 1991-September 1994)
Rural Mental Health Project
USDA ($350,000)

Director (July 1989-December 1990)
Flint Hills Housing Authority
Housing and Urban Development ($100,000 annually)

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Selected publications

(chronological order with most recent first)

2003 “Outcomes-based Planning Guide: Path to Improving Your Community’s Health,” K-State Research and Extension (special publication, co-author)
2002 “Our Collective Work – Youth Development through 4H Opportunities: Profiles to Build Upon,” K-State Research and Extension (special publication, co-author)
2000 “Students Building and Promoting Healthy Places,” K-State Research and Extension (curriculum, co-author)
1999 “Youth Violence: Beginning with Bullying” K-State Research and Extension (2 bulletins)
1997 “Youth Violence: Seeking Solutions,” K-State Research and Extension (bulletin)
1996 “Youth Violence: What’s Happening and Why,” K-State Research and Extension (series of 4 bulletins)
1995 “When Words Become Weapons” Verbal Abuse Prevention, K-State Research and Extension (series of 4 bulletins)
1994 “When Violence Hits Home” Domestic Violence Prevention Program, K-State Research and Extension
1993 “Flood of Emotions: Recovery After the Crisis,” K-State Research and Extension (bulletin)

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