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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- At-risk kids who achieved success in a gang-prevention program in Orange County received a special Thanksgiving reward. Anaheim police officers made a series of special ...

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/ -- ...

Juan Pacheco stood before the television cameras and reporters, pulled on a white doctor's coat and slung a stethoscope around his neck. Pacheco said the attire represented his future, thanks in part ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

How much is a life saved in Los Angeles worth? It’s a question that kept crossing Tina Padilla’s mind when she heard officials praise the work of gang interventionists. Described by some city leaders ...

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," ...