Targeted Outreach: Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Approach to Gang Prevention and Intervention, by Amy J.A. Arbreton and Wendy S. McClanahan, evaluates two programs developed in response to the rise ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A program is turning Portsmouth's at-risk youth's lives around through a gang prevention program. It’s a last attempt to save teens who are on probation. "I learned about coping ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - In our hometowns, a group of safety advocates is working to make sure firearms don’t fall into the wrong hands. Roanoke’s Gun Violence Prevention Commission came together Tuesday ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ State Office of Juvenile Affairs officials would like to revisit next year a decision to stop funding for a gang prevention program in southwestern Oklahoma. When the Board of ...

The city of Sacramento is facing a $66 million budget shortfall, and to close it, one proposal includes cutting funding to ...

New programming designed for young people and additional partnerships in 2026 further ProCivica's mission to support courts, agencies, and participants ATLANTA, Dec. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A group of mental health advocates will lead a new program in Portsmouth Public Schools beginning in mid-September. The Edward Brown Foundation will begin the Youth Guard ...

More and more of Santa Rosa’s youth are involved in gangs, police say. Some are bringing weapons to school, and violence on and off campuses has continued to escalate since the pandemic. Local ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Looking at a picture of her son Tyree, Sherita Smith remembers the birthday present he got her in September 2021. "It always takes me back to a couple weeks before it happened," ...

Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday awarded the Fayette County Board of Education $43,900 to implement an evidence-based school violence and gang prevention program in 16 elementary schools. In all, Beshear ...

Programs that have helped reduce gang-related crimes in Montgomery County are being threatened as funding dries up. Many of the programs, which focus on youth and gang violence, have been funded ...