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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tina Padilla, executive director of a Northeast Los Angeles-based gang interventionist group called Community Warriors 4 Peace, is ...

Government and tax records show millions of dollars in gang intervention funds have poured into a pair of non-profits operated by an alleged gang leader of the Rollin' 60s Crips, who prosecutors ...

In December, Santa Rosa’s Violence Prevention Program and police officials rang the alarms: children as young as 10 were showing interest in the gang lifestyle and someone needed to get through to ...

Leaders of No Shots Fired urged the San Diego City Council at its first budget review hearing to reconsider the mayor's proposed budget, which eliminates the gang violence intervention and prevention ...

It’s a Thursday morning and at your door is the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office gang unit, but in this moment, they’re not looking to arrest you, they want to help you. They’re working with the Group ...

How much is a life saved in Los Angeles worth? It’s a question that kept crossing Tina Padilla’s mind when she heard officials praise the work of gang interventionists. Described by some city leaders ...

Tina Padilla, executive director of a Northeast Los Angeles-based gang interventionist group called Community Warriors 4 Peace, is among those pushing for better pay and benefits for workers tasked ...