Cure Violence
September 26, 2012 | Grantee
Cure Violence, formerly known as CeaseFire, is a national public health strategy that reduces gun shootings and killings.
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The Nation's Mayors Affirm Support for the Cure Violence Model
June 19, 2012 | Story
A lively conversation about the promise that effective models like Cure Violence, formerly known as CeaseFire, offer in reducing and preventing gun violence in their cities.
How Residential Mobility and School Choice Challenge Assumptions of Neighborhood Place-Based Interventions
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Health interventions that are long-term and place-based are embraced as providing low-income families with comprehensive services. To better understand the benefits from these services, this study assesses the role of residential mobility and the us ...
"The Interrupters" Makes Television Debut on FRONTLINE
February 7, 2012 | Story
"Best Documentary of 2011" shows how "violence interrupters" stop the transmission of violence.
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.
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.
Three Organizations Win Changemakers' Competition for Innovative Solutions to the Challenges Facing Young Men
July 8, 2009 | Program Result
Ashoka Innovators for the Public sponsored a worldwide online open-source collaborative competition through its Changemakers initiative to find innovative solutions to the societal challenges facing young men at risk.
Streetworkers Mediate Gang Violence and Connect Teens to Health Services in Lowell, Mass.
November 20, 2008 | Program Result
From 2003 to 2007, the United Teen Equality Center hired two outreach workers who worked with members of seven of the most active Southeast Asian youth gangs in Lowell, Mass., to reduce violence and improve teens' access to health care.
Urban Health Initiative: Working to Ensure the Health and Safety of Children
National Program
Program to improve the health and safety of young people in urban areas by improving collaboration among youth-serving agencies and organizations.
Fighting Delinquency with Three M's
January 1, 2001 | Program Result
The goal of this project conducted by Public/Private Ventures was to produce a report on youth crime, delinquency, and substance abuse that could be used to inform and guide RWJF's program development in the area of criminal justice and substance abuse.