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With its Black Community Commitment in its fourth year, Nike Inc. reveals an open-source grantmaking guide and announces new grant recipients.

A spate of violence, including the shooting deaths of two high schoolers, has reanimated conversations about youth and gun violence in the city, spurring various anti-gang groups, school officials and authorities to take new actions to support grieving or at-risk teens.

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Democrats held a Monday roundtable forum on changing U.S. gun laws following a recent mass shooting in Maine, where 18 people were killed.  The top Democrat on the …

LOWELL — Officials from the U.S. Department of Justice came to Lowell Thursday morning to announce more than $90 million in grant funding for community violence intervention, including nearly $5 million for violence prevention organizations across Massachusetts.

Nonprofits struggle to fill in the gaps.

Nonprofits struggle to fill in the gaps.

In many circles across the country, Boston is heralded as the model of violent crime reduction. Home to the “Boston Miracle” in the 1990s, many of the nation’s best practices in policing originated in this city and then spread across the country over the last two decades.

In many circles across the country, Boston is heralded as the model of violent crime reduction. Home to the “Boston Miracle” in the 1990s, many of the nation’s best practices

The Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth (MPY) is pleased to announce that State Senator Brendan Crighton was presented with MPY's inaugural Champion of Children and Families award. 

The former Baker-Polito Administration awarded the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) $757,147.86 through the Senator Charles E. Shannon, Jr. Community Safety Initiative (CSI) Grant Program for the Metro Mayors CSI. A subset of the Metro Mayors Coalition, the Metro Mayors CSIincludes the cities/towns of Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Quincy, Revere, Somerville, and Winthrop. The Metro