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The Center to Prevent Youth Violence (CPYV), originally known as PAX, [1] was a non-profit organization co-founded in 1998 by Daniel Gross and Talmage Cooley, seeking to end gun violence in America. In 2011, PAX changed its name to The Center to Prevent Youth Violence. [citation needed] The organization merged with the Brady Campaign in 2012.
The proposed legislation also calls for data-collection from designated geographic areas to assess the needs and extant resources for youth violence prevention and intervention; and authorizes the administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants to local governments and Native American tribes for the ...
"Lost Boys makes an important contribution to the literature on the causes and prevention of youth violence." [2] The book has also received praise from Marian Wright Edelman, President and Founder, Children's Defense Fund: "Jim Garbarino sounds the alarm about the spread of youth violence—.
Kansas City’s new 24-hour youth violence prevention hotline is live. Young Kansas Citians in need of help are encouraged to call or text 816-799-1720 to chat with trained anti-violence ...
Stop The Violence has prevention programs that proactively mentor youth and work with families. They also intervene and mentor youth after they have been arrested or gotten in trouble at school.
The Runaway and Homeless Youth Program (RHYP) was first established in 1974 through passage of the Runaway Youth Act. [3]: ch. 5 The RHYP administers the National Runaway Safeline, a 24 hour hotline for adolescents in crisis, which provides educational resources and technical assistance, [4] and the National Clearinghouse on Runaway and Homeless Youth, founded in 1992, and which serves as a ...
The News Tribune has partnered with Safe Streets to host a free community panel on youth violence prevention on May 4 to cap off a series of stories on the topic over the next four weeks. Safe ...
The Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs (IWGYP, or Working Group) is a group within the executive branch of the U.S. government, and is responsible for promoting healthy outcomes for all youth, including disconnected youth and youth who are at-risk. The Working Group also engages with national, state, local and tribal agencies and ...