Preventing Gun Violence With a Public Health Approach Public health strategies in Atlanta and Milwaukee have reduced gun violence. Rooted in racial justice, these measures have been bolstered by community input and buy-in. Read More
New Health Equity Tool Tracks How the Pandemic is Affecting Communities A new tool maps the pandemic’s impact nationwide and illustrate its disproportionately devastating toll on Black and Latino communities. Read More
Webinar: Building Equitable Hiring Technologies and Practices A recent webinar explores how hiring technologies may disadvantage young workers and workers of color. Panelists discuss how to navigate online applications, as well as recommendations to improve hiring processes. Read More
South Baltimore School Helps Students, Young Parents Graduate and Thrive An assessment of community needs in South Baltimore revealed that high school students require a holistic support system. The Neighborhood Zone employs a community school model to help students thrive. Read More
Generation Work Tools for Employer Partnerships Generation Work is partnering with employers to ensure that young people have paths to good careers, by combining best practices from adult education and training fields with positive youth development strategies. Find resources on how to do this work effectively. Read More
Initiative’s Work in Baltimore Neighborhood Leads to Drop in Infant Mortality For years, disinvestment resulted in health disparities for residents of Baltimore’s Upton/Druid Heights neighborhood, including a high infant mortality rate. Learn how a city initiative has helped to spur a significant drop in infant mortality. Read More
Five Ways Child Welfare Agencies Can Empower Young People The Annie E. Casey Foundation and young people with experience in foster care identify five ways that child welfare leaders can help empower the youth they serve. Read More
Voices From the Field: Implementing Programs That Advance Equity A new issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review, from Stanford Unviersity, includes a 10-article supplement that explores the importance of considering a community’s culture, values, assets and history when implementing social change programs and initiatives. Read More
Act and Adapt A DePaul University professor is expanding the use of Act and Adapt, a program that identifies middle schoolers in Chicago’s public school system who show signs of depression or anxiety and offers resources to help. Read More
As Pandemic Eases, Youth Detention Population Creeps Up A monthly survey by the Annie E. Casey Foundation of youth justice agencies finds that since last May, the use of juvenile detention is down for white youth, but up for their Black and Latino peers on March 1, 2021. Read More
