Addressing our country’s mental health crisis will require a multipronged approach over many years. Steps are being made at every level of government: States are beginning to strengthen and enforce ...

Violence interruption is a community-based intervention strategy that can reduce gun violence and improve public safety in neighborhoods around the country. Only in America: The Front Lines of the Gun ...

Community Based Corrections or CBC provides a vital service to Iowa communities. In corrections, prisons and jails are well known, but CBC is a part of the system that you may not know about because ...

Interventions that address socioeconomic determinants of health are receiving considerable attention from policy makers and health care executives. The interest is fueled in part by expected returns ...

In addition to efforts from state and federal lawmakers, schools and communities have a critical role to play in addressing school gun violence through prevention and intervention approaches. Only in ...

Communities across the world have been transformed through Asset Based Community Development (ABCD), a strength-based approach to change. ABCD builds community from ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, applies a community-based protection approach rooted in the principle of “people protecting people”, recognizing that community members are often best placed to identify ...

The Southeast Alaska LGBTQ+ Alliance will award a local advocate for spaces and support for queer youth with its Mildred Boesser Equal Rights Award on Sunday. Meryl Connelly-Chew, who works for the ...

High school teachers can build projects around issues in the local community to motivate students before and after winter ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A recently published horizon scan on community-based conservation identified 15 topics that offer opportunities to yield positive change for people ...

Low-income homeowners are often the target for city code violations. Nonprofits in Kansas City are asking to move away from a punitive code system and toward a restorative one driven by the community.

Through the PWR’s Writing Initiative for Service and Engagement (WISE), founded in 2008, the program has integrated community-engaged writing throughout its lower- and upper-division courses. Students ...