My years working within school systems, particularly during a formative and intense period in Roswell, New Mexico, have shaped my understanding of school safety in profound ways. During my time as ...
A CU Boulder-led initiative to reduce youth violence in hard-hit Denver neighborhoods was associated with a 75% decline in arrests for murder, assault, robbery and other youth crimes in recent years, ...
Over the past few years, Newport News has taken significant steps to curb youth violence. The city hired it’s first community violence prevention manager, distributed more than $3 million to community ...
New Hanover County has recently reduced funding for youth violence prevention programs. Port City United, a violence-prevention program, was defunded in 2024, and Voyage Wilmington, a nonprofit ...
THIS AFTERNOON, THE SOUTH OMAHA LIBRARY HELD ITS SECOND YOUTH VIOLENCE CONFLICT SEMINAR. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M MADDIE AUGUSTINE. THE EVENT HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTION AND ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. — At the State House this week, lawmakers heard emotional testimony from parents, advocates and former offenders calling for change in how South Carolina handles youth violence. While ...
A group from the Youth Violence Prevention Center in Denver hosted the second screening of Breaking the Cycle, a documentary addressing youth violence and community efforts to stop it, particularly in ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — New York State is distributing $20 million to communities across the state in an effort to prevent youth violence. Of that money, $2 million will be going to Albany and another ...
DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Just days after a news conference about violence in the city, law enforcement, local businesses and anti-violence groups are once again preaching peace in Decatur. This comes ...
Where youth violence was once rampant, it has plummeted. A successful program screens young people for their susceptibility. But now Denver's Youth Violence Prevention Center is itself susceptible to ...