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Operation Ceasefire was responsible for a 63 percent reduction in youth homicide victimization and is now implemented in dozens of cities as the NNSC's Group Violence Intervention (GVI). [3] The NNSC has used GVI's framework to develop strategies to address overt drug markets, intimate partner violence, prison violence, and individual gun 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 ...
Through a public health approach, CTC helps communities identify risk factors and the necessary resources to successfully address the underlying issues facing youth throughout the community. CTC has been effective in producing favorable reductions in youth delinquency- specifically alcohol and tobacco use and overall crime and violence. [9]
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.
Wisconsin leaders who are serious about addressing youth violence ought to check out a groundbreaking program in South Central Los Angeles.
More than 100 residents joined a peace walk Saturday on the city's far east side to raise awareness and rally the community against the growing issue of youth gun violence in Indianapolis.
Instead, the Bridgeport Police Department sent all four students to a local probation supervisor, who in turn sent them to a local youth support agency. “My mom thought I was going to the detention center,” Kiara said, referring to one of the juvenile jails in the state where kids can still be sent for certain crimes.
The mission of the Peace Alliance is to establish a culture of peace through civic engagement. [2] Examples of their work include legislative efforts such as bills to establish a Department of Peace, and to address youth violence through the Youth PROMISE Act (S. 1318, H.R. 1307), as well as direct efforts within local communities to work on peaceful resolution of problems such as bullying in ...