UNITY: Urban Networks to Increase Thriving Youth Through Violence Prevention

Funding Opportunities:

Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention OJJDP FY 2008 Gang Prevention Coordination Assistance Program Grant

United States Department of Justice

Office of Justice Programs

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=41678

Youth gangs continue to have a significant adverse impact on youth, families, and communities across America. A growing number of communities have adopted multi-strategy, multi-disciplinary approaches to reducing gang activity. The OJJDP FY 08 Gang Prevention Coordination Assistance Program provides funding for localities to enhance coordination of Federal, state, and local resources in support of community partnerships implementing two or more of the following antigang strategies: primary prevention, secondary prevention, gang intervention, and gang enforcement. This program is authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-161.

Violence Prevention Tools and Resources:

• Alameda County Blueprint

An action plan that emphasizes community-wide or ‘environmental’ outcomes and addresses all forms of violence in the county.

 

• Culitvating Peace in Salinas

A framework to provide a snapshot of community assets and needs, and to chart out the kinds of long-term efforts needed to prevent and reduce violence.

 

• Guide to Federal Resources for Youth Development

Published by America's Promise, a coalition of communities, organizations, businesses, and individuals supporting youth development programs, the "Guide to Federal Resources for Youth Development" provides information on federal funds available to support youth development programs.

• School Violence Prevention Fact Sheets

A total of eight fact sheets aimed to support the development of comprehensive school violence prevention efforts.

• Prevention Connection Web Forums

National project to conduct web conferences, moderate a ListServ and lead online discussions to advance primary prevention of violence against women.

• Murder Is No Accident: Understanding and Preventing Youth Violence in America
  Deborah Prothrow-Stith, Howard R. Spivak

Book demonstrating how a research-based interdisciplinary approach to violence prevention can work.

• Sugar and Spice and No Longer Nice: How We Can Stop Girls' Violence
  Deborah Prothrow-Stith, Howard R. Spivak

Groundbreaking book offering parents and teachers the tools to better understand and prevent the increasing incidents of physical violence by young girls.

• National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center

Resources for professionals, parents and youth working to prevent violence committed by and against young people.

• Additional Prevention Institute tools

A range of tools developed to support the crafting, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive prevention initiatives and effective coalitions.

Additional urban youth violence prevention resources will be made available on this page.

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