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Joseph F. Rice School of Law

Safeguarding Our Youth: A Collaborative Blueprint for Deflection and Recovery

This initiative seeks to reduce the potential risks and harms associated with youth gun possession and usage in Chester, Fairfield, and Lancaster Counties. This project connects young people, families, and law enforcement in meaningful, solution-focused ways by preventing youth institutionalization and promoting safer communities through community-based solutions.

We would like to recognize the following partners for their collaboration and ongoing efforts to keep communities safe: South Carolina Department of Public Safety, Chester County School District, Chester County Sheriff’s Office, Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office, and Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office.

Resources

Community Violence and Actions in Dangerous Times [pdf]
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Teen Sexual Assault: What Teens Need to Know [pdf
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Youth Gun Violence 2022: Fairfield, Chester, and Lancaster Counties [pdf]
S.C. Law Enforcement Divisioin, Criminal Justice Informational Services

Youth Mental Health First Aid flier [pdf]
National Council for Mental wellbeing. For more information on the YMHFA, please contact Wenona K. Miller at Tuccllc@outlook.com

Understanding Factors for Adolescent Gun Violence, Adolescent Brain Development & Community Contexts (Online webinar)
Keith R. Cruise, PhD, MLS; The Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile Justice

 

Links to Our Grant Partners

Serve and Connect 

Children’s Trust of South Carolina

JusticeWorks Behavioral Care

Pathways to Healing

Aunt Bertha–Findhelp

 

This project was supported by Grant No. 15PBJA-23-GG-00033-BSCI awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, including the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the SMART Office. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.


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