CAPSAC ANNOUNCES ITS 2021 AWARD Ceremony

Call For Applicants

Paul Crissey Graduate Student Research Award

To be awarded May 2022 by CAPSAC

The California Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (CAPSAC) annually awards a grant of $750 for outstanding research by a graduate student (or early career professional up to one-year post MA/PhD) in the field of child maltreatment, child welfare, foster care, or a related topic. The recipient will also receive a one-year membership to APSAC (American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children) and CAPSAC. 

The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (apsac.org), founded in 1987, is a nonprofit national organization focused on meeting the needs of professionals engaged in all aspects of services for maltreated children and their families. Especially important to APSAC is the dissemination of state-of-the-art practice in all professional disciplines related to child abuse and neglect. 

CAPSAC aims to provide additional support to California professionals working in the field of child abuse through training, consultation, advocacy, and networking. 

Applicants must: 

1.   Be a graduate student within one year of completion (before or after) of a Master’s or Doctoral degree from an accredited California educational program. 

2.   Submit a one thousand word summary of the research in progress or completed study in the field of child maltreatment. The study title should be on the first page of the summary. Identifying information (name, address, telephone number, title of study, and academic institution) should be sent in a separate document that will not be sent to the reviewers. 

3.   Submit one or two letters of recommendation from faculty members or academic readers who are familiar with your research. 

4.   Be available to receive the award and present an overview of the study at a CAPSAC meeting or CAPSAC training event in 2022. Depending on the health mandates at the time of the award event, the presentation may be in person or virtually. Travel expenses will be paid if the presentation is in person, but are not to exceed $300.00. 

5.   Agree to the publication of the submitted summary in the CAPSAC newsletter, The Consultant. 

Materials should be submitted via email to apsaccalifornia@gmail.com 

Letters of recommendation should also be submitted directly by letter writers to apsaccalifornia@gmail.com and should have the applicant’s name in the subject line. 

Deadline:  All materials must be received by May 1, 2022. 

CAPSAC established the Neal Snyder Outstanding Service Award in 2019 to recognize professionals who demonstrate extraordinary dedication and efforts on behalf of children.

Neal Snyder graduated Phi Beta Kappa from UC Berkeley with a BA and MA in sociology, and obtained his JD from Hastings College. As an attorney, he specialized in protecting children from abuse - an area he helped make a legal specialty - and became a role model for many others in the field. Neal worked for the California State Department of Social Services in day care licensing litigation. He was a co-founder of CAPSAC, drafted its initial bylaws and assisted with its incorporation. He continued to serve as a board member, supporter, and consultant to CAPSAC for the rest of his life. Neal was an intelligent, even- tempered, positive, athletic, and kind man who loved jazz, his wife, Yvonne Garcia, their annual visits to Thailand, his children and grandchildren. 

Any professional in California may submit nominations. Nominees cannot be CAPSAC Board Members or CAPSAC Executive Committee Members.

Nominees should demonstrate the mission and goals of CAPSAC, which is to improve the effort and response of professionals working with children who have experienced abuse and neglect.

Nominees should exhibit outstanding service in the area of child maltreatment. Nominees should model outstanding professionalism and have made contributions in the area of child maltreatment. 

The Neal Snyder Outstanding Service Award recipient will be selected from among the nominees by the CAPSAC Board of Directors and presented with the Neal Snyder Outstanding Service Award certificate as well as a one-year membership to APSAC/CAPSAC. Also, an article about the recipient will be published in the CAPSAC newsletter the Consultant and announced on the CAPSAC website capsac.org and Facebook page. The person who nominated the award recipient will receive a 10% discount on their APSAC/CAPSAC membership fee. 

Nomination Deadline: December 1, 2020

For a nomination form, please contact Toni Cavanagh Johnson at toni@tcavjohn.com