Spotlight
Course to Increase Awareness of Sex Trafficking
CIMES worked with Shared Hope International to produce three web-based trainings on sex trafficking. The entry-level course introduces the crime of domestic minor sex trafficking, how traffickers exploit victims, and services victims need to recover. The second course provides guidance for healthcare and social service providers on meeting survivors' needs. The third introduces law enforcement and criminal justice personnel to victim-offender intersectionality.
CIMES Supports Launch of Brazilian Research Information System
In 2023, Rebecca Augustyniak and Blair Monroe of CIMES presented on Florida ExpertNet and the evolving field of expert finder and research information management systems at a launch event for the Brazilian Scientific Research Information Ecosystem. BrCris is an aggregator platform that enables users to retrieve, certify, and visualize data related to scientific research in the Brazilian context.
CIMES Awarded $4.8 Million from California Tobacco Control
The California Department of Public Health has awarded CIMES a five-year grant to continue a 23-year partnership fighting tobacco use. In 2001, CIMES developed a system for CDPH that supports the lifecycle of grants management to fund tobacco control programs across California. The system also supports analysis of program effectiveness at the local level. California has the longest, most successful tobacco prevention program in the U.S. CIMES is excited to continue providing outstanding services to support this client’s evolving needs.
Integrated, User-friendly Apps Support Business Processes
Many organizations rely on more than a dozen different information systems to support their business and program processes. This can make it challenging for employees and other users to quickly find the right piece of needed information to complete vital task. CIMES develops mobile apps that push high-priority, timely information for all program and business operations to users via phone, tablet, and desktop.
Connecting Moms to Care
Florida BH IMPACT and the Florida State University College of Medicine worked with CIMES to update and relaunch the FL Moms Mental Health Resource Directory, now called Connecting Moms to Care. The revised directory brings a fresh, easy-to-use design, an updated search tool, and the option for providers to log in and maintain their own data. Its purpose is to improve perinatal mental healthcare and outcomes in Florida.
Portal Helps University Serve English Language Learners
Many universities provide an immersive English language program for international students. CIMES developed a centralized business management system that addresses all of these programs' complex application, registration, evaluation, grading, billing, and related processes—leading to an improved user experience for applicants, students, faculty, and staff.
Training Guides Patrol Officers in Trauma-Informed Approach
This short, high-impact module uses video interviews and a practice scenario to deliver its core message about the effects of trauma and encourage law enforcement officers to adopt trauma-informed approaches when working with sexual assault survivors.
