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  • A Fla. District Leads in Violence Prevention

    April 01, 2011 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Boynton Beach, Florida

    Palm Beach County, Florida has many of the same social problems that Philadelphia has, including “gangs, drugs, and poverty.” However, their school system has managed to keep students safe by employing “safe-school case managers” who build relationships with students, and they offer a youth court that is a system run by students who peer-review cases of unrest. The initiatives in this county has prevented school violence from happening without metal detectors and just two police officers.

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  • A Network of Support

    February 25, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    It’s now common for youth to remain in foster care or residential treatment for years. For troubled or victimized children in need, assistance at home is often more effective than foster placement.

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  • A Families-First Approach to Foster Care

    February 21, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    The foster care system is widely acknowledged to be 'broken', and to ignore those who age out of the system. A program in Memphis is improving the lives of at-risk youths by working to reunite them with their original families.

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  • Holy alliance: Boston's cop-clergy partnership sees plunge in homicides

    March 12, 2000 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Roxbury, Massachusetts

    Partnerships between police officers and clergy are being credited with dramatically reducing the rate of homicide in Boston, particularly among teens. And it is drawing the attention of officials in larger cities across the United States, all of whom are looking at adopting some portion of the Boston model.

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