Integracija ar diskriminacija: Norvegijoje pabėgėliai mokomi apie seksualines normas ir smurto prevenciją

One-third to half of those killed by police are disabled, a recent report says. “Our problem isn’t with police,” one mental health advocate says, but both sides say officers need more training.

Many young Latina women live their lives in fear of gang violence. The Montgomery County Street Outreach Network rescues girls in danger and offers services to them in order to help them change their chances of success.

In Albuquerque, New Mexico, a domestic violence court offers funnels perpetrators into programs that offer counseling and other services to address the root causes of their behavior. Its two tracks focus on first-time offenders to short-circuit any escalation into chronic abuse, as well as those with multiple domestic violence charges. Judges work closely with participants to encourage them and call them out when they aren't meeting their obligations, and recidivism rates among those who complete the programs are far lower than those who do not.

Journalist Marcella Bombardieri calls community college "one of America's largest and most important anti-poverty programs." The president of Amarillo College in Texas is testing just how far community colleges can go to fight systemic issues - day care, social workers, and emergency funds for students' daily expenses are part of his plan. Other administrators are looking on at the dramatic experiment with mixed views and takeaways.

Long the target of jail-reduction advocates, New York City’s Rikers Island jail released more than one-quarter of its inmates within the first two months of a coronavirus outbreak behind bars. The early releases stemmed from a combination of factors: a strategy to limit the spread of the virus, a result of a new state law limiting the imposition of cash bail, and a significant drop in crime during New York’s social-distancing lockdown. Police complained that large numbers of those released committed new crimes, but decarceration advocates say the releases on the whole were conducted safely.

It turns out the old adage of knowing your neighbor really can help make your neighborhood safer. A study of more than 250 cities found that a key factor behind a drop in crime in the last 20 years was the mobilizing of citizens by nonprofit organizations like block clubs. In Milwaukee these “urban guardians” have helped bring communities together and foster safer spaces that also address urban blight.

Proyectos de co-housing para personas adultas mayores en España muestran ser una solución para que la población adulta mayor pueda vivir en compañía pero con independencia y autonomía.

Telšiuose ir Kelmėje nebėra nė vieno vaiko, kuris augtų vaikų globos namuose - visi globojami šeimose namų aplinkoje; Elektrėnuose taip pat nebėra didelių vaikų globos namų - liko mažesni ir jaukesni bendruomeniniai namai. Savivaldybių parūpintos finansinės paskatos globėjams ir bendradarbiavimas su bendruomene padėjo užtikrinti, kad neliktų nė vieno vaiko, neturinčio namų.

Ukosefu wa maji katika wadi la Makima ilikuwa inalazimisha wakaazi kwenda masafa marefu kama kilomita tano kuyatafuta. Mmoja wapo wa hatari wa safari iyo ilikuwa kuliwa na mamba ambao walikuwa wanapatikana kwenye bwawa la maji. Lakini mradi wa kuleta maji karibu na wakaazi kupitia kuweka matangi katika soko mbali mbali yameondoa tatizo la maji na hatari iyo ya mamba.

The elder abuse task force is a specialized unit of the Genesee County Sheriff’s Department that provides critical services to older residents and issues abuse-related warrants. Since its founding in 2018, the unit has served nearly 2,000 elderly residents and issued over 275 warrants; now, this abuse-prevention model is being scaled statewide.