A Conversation with SYNC Case Managers December 10, 2018 | Lisa Floran Get IN Chicago had the opportunity to sit down with SYNC case managers and learn more about their day-to-day work, why we must never give up on a young person and how they couldn’t do their jobs without the support of their colleagues. Read more …… Read More
Interview with Andrea Durbin, CEO, Illinois Collaboration on Youth October 30, 2018 | Lisa Floran Andrea Durbin is the Chief Executive Officer for the ILLINOIS COLLABORATION ON YOUTH (ICOY), which shapes practice and policies and builds the capacity of agencies so that children, youth and families are safe, healthy, and on the path to maximizing their potential. ICOY merged with the Child Care Association of Illinois in 2017 to become the largest… Read More
Diversion Can Help Us Reduce Youth Violence By Aligning Caseloads With Risk Factors October 26, 2018 | Lisa Floran A probation youth who meets a high number of risk factors for violence is more likely to be in need of intensive or specialized support and services to promote successful outcomes. These high-need, high-risk youth — and Get IN Chicago research puts that number at between 2,000 and 4,000 individuals in Chicago — benefit from experienced… Read More
Working on Womanhood (WOW): A trauma-informed approach toward violence prevention among young women October 9, 2018 | Lisa Floran Youth Guidance’s WOW program is a multifaceted, school year-long group counseling and clinical mentoring program that works to improve social-emotional competencies for girls in 7th-12th grade exposed to traumatic stressors in high risk and under-resourced communities. It was founded, in part, because studies show that young women are often left out of both the conversation… Read More
Building Stonger Systems for Youth Symposium August 1, 2018 | Lisa Floran Get IN Chicago hosted service-providers, policy-makers, funders and community members for a rich day of discussion and innovation around youth violence prevention efforts at our Building Stronger Systems for Youth Symposium. Youth poet Kyla Strickler and Ben Austen, author of High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing kicked off the day followed by… Read More
Not All Poor Youth Are Violent July 23, 2018 | Lisa Floran Our current crisis in Chicago — and in other cities where youth violence is an issue — necessitates concentrating our anti-violence efforts where we have clear indicators as to the youth most at risk for violent behavior. … Read More
Profiles of Youth Entering Juvenile Probation July 16, 2018 | Lisa Floran Juvenile Probation Report – Chapin Hall – GIC A 2017 study of youth entering juvenile probation, conducted by Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago and commissioned by Get IN Chicago, focused on identifying characteristics of youth involved in firearms violence while on probation to better inform service provision. The study examined patterns that divided… Read More
Reaching More High-Risk Youth June 7, 2018 | Lisa Floran Connecting youth at acute high-risk for violence to effective programs is a critical intervention, and Get IN Chicago is pleased to share a promising update in this area. Between 2015 and 2017, analysis done in conjunction with Chapin Hall and NORC, both at the University of Chicago, showed that the proportion of Get IN Chicago… Read More
Investing in… Strategies to Reduce Juvenile Justice System Involvement May 30, 2018 | Lisa Floran Each year, an estimated 2.1 million youth under age 18 are arrested in the United States, and in Cook County alone, 15,517 were arrested in 2016. For many young people, these are not isolated events: national studies have shown that 55% of young people are rearrested within a year of their first arrest, and 24%… Read More