Hospital Seeks to Halt Violence Among Minority Youth




New Thinking, a Center for Court Innovation Podcast show

Summary: <p>Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital in Binghamton, New York is working with community partners to develop a restorative, strength-based program that will divert high-risk youth from gang involvement as well as violent behavior. At the kick-off summit for the <a href="http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/Content.aspx?ID=31&amp;lvl=2&amp;lvlid=8">Minority Youth Violence Prevention</a> initiative, Nancy Frank and Ralphalla Richardson discuss how they became interested in partnering with police to help stop the cycle of harm in some of Binghamton’s struggling neighborhoods.</p>