At its heart, a place-based approach is built on a simple principle: The people who live closest to a problem are also ...

The authors developed a model to identify participants in a home- and community-based services program who are at highest risk for long-term nursing home placement. Several states offer publicly ...

Violence interruption is a community-based intervention strategy that can reduce gun violence and improve public safety in neighborhoods around the country. Only in America: The Front Lines of the Gun ...

A few years ago, while trying to help a sexual assault victim in St. Paul, Alaska, Kristie Traver, 46, found herself in an awful position. The victim needed a forensic exam — all the intrusive, ...

A Chicago-based program that works with high risk youth might be coming to the Quad Cities. “Youth Advocate programs” focuses on community-based care to keep young people from going in and out of jail ...

Black youth in the United States disproportionately experience fatal drowning at rates up to five times higher than their ...

BOSTON (CBS) - Talking about pain in your life can be a powerful healer and it's the idea behind a community-based program addressing mental health and trauma. "Can We Talk" is also helping those ...

The initiative, launched in partnership with the nonprofit Philly Truce, places its Peace Patrol members on the Broad Street ...

It took about a year of preparation, but earlier this year, she and other members of the sponsor group welcomed Maria del Carmen Chaparro, her husband and two of her three adult children, who escaped ...

As communities across Nevada welcome the New Year, Nevada Rural Counties RSVP Programs (RSVP), in partnership with AmeriCorps and Nevada Volunteers, is launching a Volunteer Incentive Program designed ...