What Works to Reduce Violence: Hard to believe, given the repeated bloodshed occurring in cities all over the United States, but in reality, violent crime rates have fallen across the country and in the Bay Area.
Read More...TNT Wows DC: Teens on Target youth leaders lead panel discussion at Gun Sense University in Washington. For Teens on Target (TNT), ‘summer break’ is not your typical vacation.
Read More...Celebrating Success: Sometimes you just have to take time out to assess and appreciate your progress. Last week, we took a brief break from the hard work of preventing and overcoming violence to celebrate how far our clients have come and to express our appreciation to the social workers of Highland Hospital, who we work with to support victims of violence in Oakland.
Read More...What Caused the Drop? In a new series introduced this week, The Guardian will be examining the causes and effects of the decline in violent crime in the Bay Area, and especially in Oakland.
Read More...Ricardo on the Radio Our Intervention Manager Ricardo Garcia-Acosta spoke with the Real News Network, Baltimore, and as always did a great job of informing the world about what is happening in Oakland to prevent violence and support victims.
Read More...Honored by Sen. Skinner Kyndra Simmons, DiShawn Barnett, Sen. Nancy Skinner and Carlos Jackson in Sacramento Youth ALIVE! is proud to announce its selection as a 2019 California Nonprofit of the Year by California State Senator Nancy Skinner.
Read More...A Violence Intervention Case Study: Intervention and Counseling staffers (from left) Ricardo Garcia-Acosta, Angelina Gutierrez, JD Rhone and Lupe Serrano-Lopez.
Read More...Your help is needed! The California Senate, Assembly and Governor are preparing the state budget now. Please call ASAP. The California Violence Intervention and Prevention (CalVIP) grant program was created is California’s only dedicated source of state support for community-based violence reduction strategies like the Prevention, Intervention and Healing programs of Youth ALIVE!
Read More...TNT, The Voice of the Community: Teens on Target youth leaders Gregory Hampton and Jaymes Fitzpatrick, juniors – and best friends – at Castlemont High School in East Oakland, traveled recently to a student summit on gun violence in San Diego.
Read More...ACES, Trauma, & Healing at Youth ALIVE! Some of this year’s TNT youth leaders and staff at Castlemont High School
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