Teens on Target Open House Last week, Youth ALIVE! hosted a special Teens on Target (TNT) Open House, offering a firsthand look at how Oakland high school youth are leading the way in violence prevention.
Read More...Community at the Center: Youth ALIVE!’s Voice at the Commonwealth Club on the Future of Gun Violence Prevention Did you miss it?
Read More...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%.
Read More...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.
Read More...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.
Read More...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.
Read More...(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.
Read More...A number of nonprofit safety and victims organizations tell CBS News they are being stripped of federal grant funding by the Department of Justice.
Read More...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.
Read More...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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