JOSHUA BLOUNT — Daily Research Log

Monday, May 21, 2007

• Found websites for area non-profit organizations
• Entered data about area non-profit organizations
• Looked at the budget for the city of Trenton
• Looked at the budget for Trenton Board of Education
• Went over J-Lab project info
• Looked for articles on truancy

Hours: 8

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

• Outlined Departments in NJ State Government
• Found funding sources for Non-profit organizations
• Began to compile comprehensive list of funding sources
• Read through research questions on CBLI website and made a list of those which are relevant

Hours: 8

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

• Posted flow charts of city and county gov’t
• Looked at Trenton city budget
• Looked at NJ state budget
• Outlined Departments in Mercer County gov’t

Hours: 8

Thursday, May 24, 2007

• Posted flow charts for NJ state departments
• Called budget office to find some sort of documents which analyzed Trenton’s budget
• Called Health & Human Services, Housing & Economic Development and Recreation Natural Resources & Culture Departments in Trenton to find information on budgets and press lists
• Visited City Clerk’s Office in Trenton to find Department Budgets
• Looked as city budget

Hours:8

Friday, May 25, 2007

• Read November Fifth information
• Went through and organized issue area categories
• Found info on state budget analysis

Hours: 8

Total Hours for Week 1: 40

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

• Compiled a list of State & County level Non-Profits by Category
• Tracked city programs to state funding using city budget
• Began data entry for city programs

Hours: 8

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

• Contiued tracing funds through Trenton city budget and entered the results in the FileMaker database
• Entered non-profit organization data into the Trenton PolicyOptions database
• Began entering Trenton government departments into the Trenton PolicyOptions database

Hours: 8

Thursday, May 31, 2007

• Continued entering Trenton government information into the Policy Options database
• Wrote interview questions
• Identified possible places to go for interviews and made a list of contact information

Hours: 8

Friday, June 1, 2007

• Redrafted &and Regrouped questions
• Posted school board org chart
• Drafted introductory letter
• Began fleshing out PolicyOptions Wiki
• Continued entering data in Trenton PolicyOptions.org

Hours: 8

Total Hours for Week 2: 32

Monday, June 4, 2007

• Read and took notes on United Way Resource Investment plan
• Entered notes on Policy Options Wiki
• Gave David feedback on his issue brief
• Continued entering data into Trenton PolicyOptions Website

Hours 7.5

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

• Continued entering data in Trenton Policy Options Website
• Listed potential interviewees
• E-mailed a potential interviewee
• Attended hunger meeting at TCNJ

Hours: 8

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

• Entered state department information in NJ Policy Options website
• Submitted documents to TCNJ payroll department

Hours: 8

Thursday, June 7, 2007

• Finished entering state department information in NJ Policy Options
• Entered Data in Policy Options Wiki
• Entered grant information on Trenton Policy Options website
• Decided which potential interviewees to call

Hours: 8

Friday, June 8, 2007

• Called and e-mailed Departments to schedule appointments
• Entered power point information on hunger in Policy Options Wiki
• Added to contact list for hunger
• Went to TCNJ Admin,. Building to get time sheets

Hours: 8

Total Hour: 39.5

Monday, June 11, 2007

• Read “What Will it Take to End Homelessness?” article
• Posted article notes on policy options wiki
• Added additional information to Homeless section on the wiki
• Reorganized Homeless section into Homeless Issue Overview
• Researched and added information to the Homeless Issue Overview and Issue Briefs

Hours: 8

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

• Set up interview with Ed Pattik
• E-mailed and called various non-profits and government agencies to request interviews
• Found more information on homelessness to enter in the policy options wiki
• Scheduled interview with Susan Jones

Hours: 8

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

• E-mailed and called government agencies to request/ set up interviews
• Schedueled interview with Cinthia Gonzalez
• Found/ Outlined Issue briefs pertaining to homelessness

Hours: 8

Thursday, June 14, 2007

• Met with Christen and Americorps students
• Met with research interns from Princeton University, CBLI and Project 55
• Read and began outline of Drug Courts issue brief
• Looked for more national homelessness organizations

Hours: 8