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Hope Now for Youth (Fresno, CA)

Who They Serve: Youth with current or previous involvement in gangs

What They Do: Job training and/or occupational retraining, youth leadership, life skills development, youth mentoring, substance abuse prevention/treatment, youth education, emergency medical, dental and legal services, college scholarships

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Hope Now for Youth hires ex-gang members, who have turned their lives around, to become Vocational Placement Counselors. To date, these counselors have placed 1,300 gang affiliated youth ages 16-24 into jobs, with an 85 percent job retention rate. Hope Now collaborates with 300 businesses in the city of Fresno, which provide employment opportunities. In addition, counseling and housing are made available through the program’s collaboration with the Youth Authority Parole. 92 percent of participants have not been rearrested.

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New book aims at keeping kids out of gangs

Submitted by an UrbanMinistry Blogger on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 12:40

Ralph Burgess is the author of a book series for young readers aimed to keep them out of gangs. "Cool Calvin's No Bandanas for Me: Staying Gang Free" is the second of this growing series that Burgess hopes to use as a tool to show students the reality of gang life. Police departments and schools across the nation are having to deal with younger and younger kids searching for acceptance and finding it in the false sense of security gangs offer.
Check out a recent article about Burgess' new book...

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To Escape Gangs and Violence, Kids Often Turn to Sports

Submitted by an UrbanMinistry Blogger on Mon, 09/29/2008 - 11:52

So many young lives have been taken way too early because of gang violence. Urban centers throughout North America have become home of thousands of gangs (Los Angeles County is home to more than 150,000 gang members LA Almanac, 2002). Sports Illustrated recently wrote an article about how many kids are looking for escape routes - sports being one of those. These alternatives provide a sense of community that many youth seek. Please pray that more kids would find shelter in local churches, sports and other safe havens.

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