The most successful programs aimed at encouraging high-risk young people to attend college go beyond financial aid and often provide tutoring, offer mentors, and involve partnerships with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Federal officials, community leaders and researchers are gathering in St. Louis this week to discuss a key component of the ...

Hello! I cover the Northtowns for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at Eileen.Buckley@wkbw.com A new state audit paints a troubling picture of the access to important services for ...

Amid racial injustices laid bare in COVID-19 morbidity and mortality, police violence and community turmoil, governments started to invest in a different kind of public safety strategy. This approach ...

At Summerville Elementary School (SES), students receive extra support in reading, math and language through several intervention programs. These programs include Read 180, reading and math ...

With studies showing intimate partner violence in the U.S. has dramatically increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, I believe it’s time our state Legislature fully funds court-required domestic ...

Our city is no stranger to violence. Violence has become so common that we have begun to normalize it. In the past six years, we have seen a fundamental shift in our city’s approach to public safety.

New Jersey is setting aside $14.5 million to further support the state’s community-based violence intervention program. As part of the latest grant round, the state is awarding resources to 27 ...

State Sen. Judy Schwank, left, Lt. Gov. Austin Davis and state Rep. Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz at this week’s roundtable to discuss investments in community-based programs that are making Pennsylvania ...

Targeted Outreach: Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Approach to Gang Prevention and Intervention, by Amy J.A. Arbreton and Wendy S. McClanahan, evaluates two programs developed in response to the rise ...

Violence intervention programs in some of New Jersey's biggest cities are among the latest New Jersey programs to be hit by federal funding cuts, with the the U.S. Department of Justice cutting $3.5 ...