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Shannon Community Safety Initiative: Massachusetts Statewide Research Partner
The Senator Charles E. Shannon Community Safety Initiative supports regional and multi-disciplinary approaches to combat gang violence through coordinated programs for prevention and intervention. These multi-disciplinary approaches include, but are not limited to, law enforcement initiatives such as anti-gang task forces and targeting of enforcement resources through the use of crime mapping; focused prosecution efforts;…
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Trauma and Housing Stability
The Community Builders (TCB) is a nonprofit developer, owner and manager of affordable and mixed-income housing. Community Life is TCBs place-based model that provides stable and healthy housing as a platform for residents and neighborhoods to address some of the most significant challenges facing low-income populations through six key practice areas: youth development, education, workforce…
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Shannon Community Safety Initiative: Worcester Local Action Research Partner
The Senator Charles E. Shannon Community Safety Initiative (Shannon CSI) supports regional and multi-disciplinary approaches to combat gang violence through coordinated programs for prevention and intervention. These multi-disciplinary approaches include, but are not limited to, law enforcement initiatives such as anti-gang task forces and targeting of enforcement resources through the use of crime mapping; focused…
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Greater Kilby-Gardner-Hammond Neighborhood Gang Violence Reduction Initiative
The Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Justice Assistance Grant (BCJI – JAG) program was created to develop and implement place-based, community-oriented strategies to transform distressed communities into communities of opportunity. The Greater Kilby-Gardner-Hammond neighborhood of Worcester is perceived to be “gang territory” by area youth. Over 40% of the population is under the age of 24,…
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Safe and Successful Youth Initiative (SSYI) Project East
Worcester, Massachusetts — the second largest city in New England with a population of 183,000-exhibits many established risk factors for youth and gang violence. The goal of the Safe and Successful Youth Initiative (SSYI) Project East is to reduce gang violence and prevent gang initiation among high-risk youth ages 12-17 in Worcester’s Eastside neighborhoods. By…
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Safe and Successful Youth Initiative 2025
The City of Worcester was awarded funding from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Safe and Successful Youth Initiative (SSYI) to continue providing services that support young men and women aged 17-24 who are likely to be perpetrators or victims of serious violence. The Worcester Department of Health & Human Services, Worcester Police Department and other partners…
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Boston Children’s Collaboration for Community Health
The Community Builders (TCB) is a nonprofit developer, owner and manager of affordable and mixed-income housing. Through engagement with property management and staff, health providers, and residents, this project will implement the Boston Children’s Collaboration for Community Health and facilitate the efforts of TCB and its partners to improve the quality, timeliness, and holistic care…
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Equity from the Start: Latino/a/x Families’ Experiences with Tele-Education and Telehealth due to COVID-19
With COVID-19, home visiting programs for young children and their caregivers have shifted to telehealth and tele-education – a shift that has exacerbated the psychosocial, education, and mental health disparities in poor communities of color, but also highlighted the resilience and adaptive capacity of Latino/a/x families. This transition involves fundamental shifts in how families perceive…
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Equity from the Start: Data to Improve Community Conditions Shaped by Structural Racism
High quality early education and care (EEC) ensures “equity from the start” by allowing families to work while also providing infants and young children with enriching environments for brain, body, and social development. The Child Opportunity Index (COI) centers equity and makes structural racism visible by measuring and mapping the conditions and quality of resources…
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