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  • KPIX News CBS Bay Area-Oakland's Violence, Crime Rates Dropping Joe Griffin Interviewed

    Posted August 13, 2025

    Oakland Is Seeing Real Progress in Public Safety—Let’s Keep Going Oakland is making strides—and the numbers prove it. In a powerful recent interview on KPIX | CBS San Francisco/Bay Area, our Executive Director Joseph Griffin, DrPH, joined reporter Lauren Toms to reflect on a hopeful trend: violent crime is down 29% in the first half of 2025, and homicides have dropped by 21%.

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  • Youth ALIVE!, The HAVI, and NICJR Host Oakland Press Conference

    Posted May 7, 2025

    Community Violence Intervention Works. Fund It. Today, Youth ALIVE! joined forces with national and local leaders in public health and justice reform to sound the alarm: Community Violence Intervention (CVI) works—and it must be funded.

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  • Cal Matters | Trump cuts millions in CA crime prevention grants

    Posted April 30, 2025

    Dozens of California violence prevention and victim service programs, including ones to protect survivors of domestic violence and end sexual abuse in jails and prisons, are facing devastating cuts after the Trump administration abruptly pulled funding from them.

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  • Victim Compensation Reform Moves Forward After YA Testimony

    Posted April 30, 2025

    Youth ALIVE! saves lives and works for systems change. On April 8th, Youth ALIVE! showed up at the State Capitol to fight for victims and survivors.

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  • San Francisco Chronicle | Sudden Trump Cuts leave Bay Area violence prevention groups reeling

    Posted April 28, 2025

    (An Excerpt) The Trump administration abruptly cut funds to Bay Area violence prevention groups this week. The Department of Justice has summarily cut hundreds of federal grants that channeled $811 million to community organizations doing violence prevention work and helping victims of domestic and sexual violence.

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  • CBS News | Crime victims groups stripped of federal grant awards by Trump administration

    Posted April 24, 2025

    A number of nonprofit safety and victims organizations tell CBS News they are being stripped of federal grant funding by the Department of Justice.

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  • The Guardian | Trump officials cut hundreds of millions to combat gun violence and opioid addiction

    Posted April 24, 2025

    Hundreds of millions of federal grant dollars meant to prevent and respond to gun violence, opioid addiction and support victims of violent crimes were cut this week by the Trump administration.

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  • Youth ALIVE! Wins Catalyst Award at 12th Annual East Bay Economic Development Awards

    Posted March 27, 2025

    Youth ALIVE! is honored to have been selected as one of the winners of the Catalyst Award at this year’s East Bay Innovation Awards hosted by the East Bay Economic Development Alliance.

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  • TNT Students Lead at Brady Conference for Gun Violence Prevention

    Posted March 26, 2025

    🔥 Our Students Are The Future! 🔥 We couldn’t be more proud of our Teens on Target (TNT) youth leaders who recently took the stage at the THE BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE “Building A Future Without Gun Violence” conference in Los Angeles.

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  • CBS News | Hospital gun-violence prevention programs may be caught in federal funding crossfire

    Posted March 12, 2025

    Gun Violence Prevention Programs Face Uncertain Federal Funding—But Our Work Continues At Youth ALIVE!, we know that preventing gun violence means addressing its root causes—providing real alternatives and support to survivors before violence can escalate.

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