CCRY Network 2008 Summer Meeting: Using the Workforce and Youth Development Delivery Systems to Serve Gang Involved Youth


 

Publication Date: July 2008

Publisher: Communities Collaborating to Reconnect Youth Network

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Research Area: Social conditions

Type: Newsletter

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The CCRY Network aims to support communities across the country in creating comprehensive service delivery systems, strong collaborative partnerships and innovative peer-to-peer net-working to improve the lives of youth. The CCRY Network, con-vened by the Center for Law and Social Policy, met in Boston, Massachusetts on June 23rd and 24th for its 2008 summer meeting to hear from policy makers and practitioners around the country working on innovative approaches to using the work-force and youth development delivery systems to serve gang involved youth. The goal of the meeting was to highlight communities that have created and are currently implementing compre-hensive strategies that decrease gang and youth violence and are effectively serving youth through strong public/private partnerships -- collaborative efforts by law en-forcement, the workforce development and education systems, and community-based organizations.