Acclaimed Documentary Highlights Cure Violence's Success at Stopping Community Violence
July 29, 2011 | Video/Story
The Interrupters follows this RWJF-supported program and its work in Chicago neighborhoods.
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A Million Youth in a Thousand Cities Celebrate the First "Safe Night USA"
July 1, 2001 | Program Result
Wisconsin Public Television hosted Safe Night USA, a one-night national youth substance abuse and violence prevention program held simultaneously in over 1,100 cities in all 50 states on June 5, 1999.
A Safe Place for Kids to Meet After School, on Saturdays, and Even in Summer
March 18, 2002 | Program Result
The Children and Youth Investment Partnership, Washington, increased the scale, scope, and effectiveness of non-school-hour services for youth and children living in Washington.
Association of Perceived Neighborhood Safety on Body Mass Index
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Individuals who live in neighborhoods they perceive as unsafe have higher BMIs than those who live in neighborhoods where they feel safe.
Baltimore Begins to Plan a Better Health System for Sandtown-Winchester
March 1, 2002 | Program Result
The City of Baltimore Department of Health developed a plan for a comprehensive, financially sustainable, community-based health care delivery system that would eliminate barriers to access and focus on prevention in an underserved neighborhood.
California Group Promotes Mentoring Through Book, Expanded Web Site
June 1, 2004 | Program Result
The California Mentor Foundation worked to hire additional staff and build its communications and research capabilities.
Can a Community Stop Shootings Before They Happen?
September 29, 2010 | Story
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Vulnerable Populations Portfolio grantee, CeaseFire, was recently featured in an informative and interesting ABC Nightline segment entitled, "Ganging Up."
CeaseFire: Chicago Violence Prevention Program
July 15, 2009 | Video
Cure Violence engages the community to work with young people at high risk of being involved in violence, provides on-the-spot alternatives to shooting, and works to change social norms about gun violence.
Child Abuse Pediatrics Chooses You
January 25, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Brendan T. Campbell, MD, MPH is an assistant professor of surgery and pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and an alumnus of the RWJF Clinical Scholars program.
Child Advocacy Group Makes Case that Youth Programs Reduce Crime
March 1, 2004 | Program Result
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, a national, non-profit child advocacy organization, conducted an educational campaign to increase policymakers' awareness of the value of publicly funded programs to strengthen youth and fragile families.