Archive for October 14th, 2012
The First Five-Hundred, Alpha by Grantee, Awards title “…marriage…”
Seriously — file ALL this under how gullible ARE we?
These are only a sampler . . . I have profiled a few at the top, and at the bottom, but mostly, just scan the tables and ask, “why?”
All I did was select some fields (columns) and ALL years, then typed the word “marriage” in the “Grant Award Keyword” field under TAGGS.hhs.gov, advanced search. Take a look at this and start saying HUH??? WTF?? Why all this??
Or maybe even take some notes (on what’s in your area, and overall) and then take it to a legislator.
When a politician comes up at you complaining about the debt, ask them WTF is this for? Feel free to link to this blog — unless you know of a single other one that has been consistently raising the issue, or are willing to start one.
Or unless it’s just more fun doing rallies, marches, posters and schmoozing with legislators who let this type of thing happen on their watch….
Or, it’s OK once your own money (deductions from paychecks, fees, taxes, public salaries for offices that don’t need to and probably shouldn’t even exist) is out of your sight, it’s out of your mind and not REALLY your money and time that went into, and if it’s OK for others to, using this money (or the income/profits from it — like interest earned, return on investments, or sales of products over the internet to train the trainers) — to set up more networks of more control year after year. If that’s OK, then you’re part of the problem feeding the beast….
SOME ORGANIZATIONS I PROFILED IN THIS POST:
- COPAHNI (MA)
- FOREST INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (MO)
- FOUNTAIN OF LIFE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES (FL)
- HOPE INITIATIVES CDC, INC. (NY)
WHY SHOULD THIS GROUP BE GETTING GRANTS ABOUT “MARRIAGE”?
(Shrink text size to bring within margins. Notice it’s not “93086” but CFDA “93648” — although looking at the grant itself, it’s flat-out marriage promotion! and training to promote it!)
| FOREST INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 90CT0121 | 1 | 09/23/2003 | 93648 | JENNIFER L BAKER | 039634753 | $ 187,099 |
| FOREST INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 90CT0121 | 2 | 07/20/2004 | 93648 | JENNIFER L BAKER | 039634753 | $ 180,253 |
| FOREST INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 90CT0121 | 3 | 07/24/2005 | 93648 | JENNIFER L BAKER | 039634753 | $ 174,056 |
| FOREST INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 90CT0121 | 4 | 07/21/2006 | 93648 | JENNIFER L BAKER | 039634753 | $ 181,738 |
| FOREST INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 90CT0121 | 5 | 06/28/2007 | 93648 | JENNIFER L BAKER | 039634753 | $ 187,111 |
| FOREST INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 90FE0110 | 1 | 09/24/2006 | 93086 | JENNIFER L BAKER | 039634753 | $ 1,037,362 |
| FOREST INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 90FE0110 | 2 | 09/20/2007 | 93086 | JENNIFER L BAKER | 039634753 | $ 880,706 |
| FOREST INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 90FE0110 | 3 | 09/17/2008 | 93086 | JENNIFER L BAKER | 039634753 | $ 940,669 |
| FOREST INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 90FE0110 | 4 | 09/17/2009 | 93086 | JENNIFER L BAKER | 039634753 | $ 936,687 |
| FOREST INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 90FE0110 | 5 | 09/27/2010 | 93086 | JENNIFER BAKER | 039634753 | $ 936,687 |
| FOREST INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 90FE0114 | 1 | 09/24/2006 | 93086 | DARREN L WASHINGTON | 039634753 | $ 941,421 |
| Recipient Name | City | State | ZIP Code | County | DUNS Number | Sum of Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOREST INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | SPRINGFIELD | MO | 65807-3952 | GREENE | 039634753 | $ 6,583,789 |
THIS IS 100% HEALTHY MARRIAGE FUNDING: “TRAINING FOR” OR “DEMONSTRATION, PRIORITY AREA.” (CLICK) STARTED OUT $187K, THEN IN 2006, SUDDENLY $1,037,362…
Per “loopnet,” the property (surrounded by 37 parklike acres) is currently for sale– for about the above amount ($6,370,000); it was built in 1997.
This campus property is currently being used by the Forest Institute of Psychology. The academic building is equipped with modern day classrooms, large formal library, food and beverage lounges, multiple break rooms, executive offices, board rooms, and executive conference rooms. In addition to the academic building, this property is surrounded by approximately 37 excess acres of a park-like environment, which could be used for expansion or future development. It also has a 20,205 SF all brick student housing/apartments complex. Please see the detailed marketing package for specifications, additional information and a overview about Springfield Missouri.
So, who is that school of professional psychology?
The School of Professional Psychology at the Forest Institute in Springfield, Missouri is a private non-profit academic institution that was founded in 1979 {{by whom??}} to provide, “an alternative to the traditional teaching Ph.D. programs of education“.[1]
The school’s focus is more on practical applications of psychology in the care of patients in the community rather than pure research, theory, and academia. It claims to emphasize a holistic approach to mental health that is still well-grounded in established scientific research, and offers the following degrees: the Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.), the Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology (MACP), the Post-Graduate Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy, the Postdoctoral Residency Program, and the Re-specialization in Clinical Psychology. It is associated with the Robert J. Murney {{community mental health}} Clinic which allows graduate students to acquire clinical experience directly on campus. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA).
In 2007 its enrollment totaled 221 students (nearly 75% of whom were women), and it awarded 66 doctoral degrees that year.[2] In 2003 its national rank as a doctoral program in psychology in the United States was 171 out of 200.[3]
So, HHS decided to sink $6 million programming into a school that was ranked 171 out of 200 and only had 221 students in it, mostly women. It’s also private, and for-profit. Hmm.
Robert J. Murney, Ph.D. (b.1926-d.2005) took B.S., M.A. and then finally Ph.D. psychology at Catholic University of America after the Navy when he couldn’t find work, and to help him understand difficulty of adjusting after the war. Having 5 kids and being out of work, he got work at the US Medical Center for Federal Prisoners. In 1985 he began association with the (above school, which had been founded in 1979) and eventually became its director. He provided both “clinical and hypnosis supervision” at the Forest Clinic, and on retiring in 2004, it was named after him, plus the school dedicated to him. His first wife died, after which he remarried a mother of four, giving them nine kids altogether.
A tribute from his friend/who was mentored by him, indicates, Murney was a devout Catholic, probably not traditional…
He was a member of the “ABPP” which is a board trying to preserve the ethics and respectability of professional psychologists, founded in 1947:
The American Board of Professional Psychology was incorporated in 1947 with the support of the American Psychological Association. The ABPP is a unitary governing body of separately incorporated specialty examining boards which assures the establishment, implementation, and maintenance of specialty standards and examinations by its member boards. Through its Central Office, a wide range of administrative support services are provided to ABPP Boards, Board Certified Specialists, and the public.
~ ~ ~What’s with the Hypnosis? This is now so mainstreamed!
Here are those Grants in another format: Again, this school was ranked 171 out of 200 schools?
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