Gang Prevention & Intervention Resources
The Latino Coalition specializes in programs that address the needs of high-risk and adjudicated youth.  Through our “Equal Sides Everywhere (ESE)” project, funded by a $978,551 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service/Administration for Children and Families, we have helped to develop grassroots gang-prevention and intervention programs in many of the communities we serve.

In the course of doing this work, we have also collected useful data pertaining to gang prevention and intervention strategies. In addition, we have held public forums on the topic, including several presentations at our First Annual Transforming Communities Conference, February 5-7, 2007.

Executive Director Richard Ramos’s opening-night address at that conference, “A Leadership Vision for Gang Prevention and Faith-Based Civic Engagement,” was broadcast nationally over C-SPAN radio.  Audio may be downloaded here.

Audio of a panel discussion at the conference, “New Perspectives on Gang Prevention and Intervention,” will be downloadable momentarily.  Panelists include Donny Gomez, trainer and job developer with the Aztecs Rising project of the LA Bridges II gang intervention program; the Honorable Carmen L. Lopez, Judge of the Connecticut Superior Court; Frank M. Puchi, Coordinator of the Future Teacher Diversity Corps at Palomar College; and Matt Sanchez, founder of Hoods in the Woods, a widely-heralded gang prevention  and intervention program that brings rival gang members together through camping trips and mentoring.

For more information on gang prevention and intervention resources and programs, see the following websites:

www.ncjrs.gov/186162 ; www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org
Good sources for government-sponsored studies on youth violence and juvenile delinquency

www.gangprograms.com
The Phoenix Curriculum provides two separate program elements:
1) The in-school Gang Prevention Curriculum is designed for elementary, middle school and high school students
2) The supplemental Gang Intervention Curriculum provides elementary, middle, and high schools with classroom and counseling-based curricula, designed for the higher risk students, and targeting the highest risk factors

www.advanceproj.org
The Advancement Project Los Angeles, a non-profit policy and legal action organization working to solve public sector problems. See - Release of "A Call to Action: A Case for a Comprehensive Solution to LA's Gang Violence Epidemic"

www.safeyouth.org
National Youth Violence Resource Center - latest national statistics on gangs

http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/nr2006/index.html
Juvenile Offenders and Victims Report 2006 - Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report draws on reliable data and relevant research to provide a comprehensive and insightful view of juvenile crime across the nation.

http://www.stedwards.edu/educ/eanes/ganghome.html
Best practices for Gang prevention and intervention: Answers the basic questions of why kids join gangs, what are gangs, how can schools and communities help prevent and intervene in gang involvement by youth and provides links to other resources

www.focusas.com/gangs.html
Provides awareness, prevention, education and great resources and links

www.gripe4rkids.org
Bringing the Community together to prevent Gangs and Crime.  Provides good education and links

www.stedwards.edu/edu/eanes/ganghome.html
A study in best practices for gang prevention / intervention

www.gangwar.com
Information, blogs, education, research and resources for gang prevention / intervention

www.fastennetwork.org/Display.asp?Page=gangstats
Great resource for gang crime statistics in the U.S.

www.streetgangs.com
A list of organizations that reach out to and work with youth gang members

www.helpinggangyouth.org
Very good resource for books, research information, community strategic planning and variety of links on gangs

www.gottfredson.com/gang.htm
Findings from surveys of school-based gang prevention – intervention programs

www.iir.com/nygc
Another good source for national gang statistics and demographics

www.jrsa.org/jjec/index.html
Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center working closely with the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to evaluate Juvenile Justice programs in the U.S.

www.nationalgangcenter.gov
Collaboration between the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), the Bureau of Justice (BJA) and OJJDP featuring the latest information about anti-gang programs and a wide range of links and resources

www.godsxgangsters.org
Ex-gang members reaching out to the community and raising up leaders to go back into gang neighborhoods using dance, rap, drama and technology