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October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This paper describes the work of the United Teen Equality Center (UTEC) in Lowell, Massachusetts. Street outreach workers at UTEC establish relationships with violent youth, in particular gang members. The authors conducted interviews with UTEC staff, SWs, and partner organizations.
January 1, 2011 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, the United Teen Equality Center in Lowell, Massachusetts offers an approach to stemming gang violence. Their program uses streetworkers, some of whom were former gang members, to stop outbreaks of gang violence and help gang members get an education, locate employment training opportunities, and find jobs.
November 20, 2011 | Story
Projects in Boston and Minneapolis, Minn., provided special school-connected mental health services to help refugees and immigrants recover from trauma under Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth.
November 19, 2012 | Program Result Report
The Connecting With Care project of the Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention demonstrated that it was economically feasible to bring full-time, mental-health clinicians to schools in the low-income Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester and Roxbury.
April 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in an urban primary care population is associated with a doubling of the number of hospitalizations and over twice the utilization of mental health resources. PTSD was not, however, associated with higher emergency department use or outpatient visits.
November 18, 2009 | Program Result Report
Whatever the age, interests and neighborhood, young people and their parents now have an easy way to find out about these, through the Boston Out-of-School Time Navigator.
November 20, 2008 | Program Result Report
From 2003 to 2007, the United Teen Equality Center hired two outreach workers who worked with members of seven of the most active Southeast Asian youth gangs in Lowell, Mass., to reduce violence and improve teens' access to health care.
June 30, 2003 | Program Result Report
Mediawrights, a communications strategy and production company, developed a videotape, a Web site and marketing materials to describe the experience of the Boston Strategy to Prevent Youth Violence.
July 24, 2002 | Program Result Report
The Boston Police Department developed a model truancy intervention program for middle and high school students in Boston and documented the program's development.
June 30, 1999 | Program Result Report
Join Together, Boston, produced a documentary video on Boston's comprehensive public-private sector strategy (called the Boston Strategy) to reduce youth violence and homicide.