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With Promising Early Stats, Chicago Expanding a New Youth Violence Prevention Strategy [chronicleofsocialchange.org]

 

By John Kelly, The Chronicle of Social Change, February 27, 2020

The full results won’t be in until next year on Choose 2 Change (C2C), a youth violence prevention effort in Chicago. But the city likes what it’s seen so far, and is expanding the reach a model that could well gain traction in other urban areas.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) announced that the program, which began in 2015 and has served about 600 youth so far, would be extended for three years to serve an additional 2,000 youths.

“Our children are the future of Chicago and as a city, we have a fundamental obligation to ensure young people who are involved in gun violence have the resources and supports they need to get back on the right path, pursue their dreams and live a life free from violence,” Lightfoot said at a recent roundtable discussion on gun violence.

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