Posts Tagged ‘Urban Strategies Council’
Combining clinicians and cops, Oakland’s response program helps those in mental crisis
The Mobile Evaluation Team (MET), an expanding crisis response unit in Oakland, is one example of fledgling efforts to meet the city’s rising need for mental health crisis services.
Read MoreOakland city council prioritizes violence prevention with new chief
The Oakland City Council voted earlier this month to move forward with a new plan for preventing violence. This is the latest development in the city’s ongoing efforts to establish the new Department of Violence Prevention.
Read MoreOakland school board celebrates California Teacher of the Year Award
At Wednesday’s sparsely-attended school board meeting, the board discussed the superintendent’s report, which is presented at every board meeting, and funding options for the Dr. Marcus Foster Educational Leadership Campus.
Read MoreReport shows “chronic absence” down in Oakland, but still a problem
Chronic absence is down in Oakland public schools to 11%. But for students missing school, the impact on their achievement is significant.
Read MoreAs reported shootings rise, analyzing gun violence, and its effect on young people, in Oakland
Scid Howard III grew up on the streets of East Oakland, so he knows what it’s like to be a teenager in a city where some young people are lost forever to gun violence and others live on, scarred physically and mentally. Howard himself was shot at age 19 and witnessed the shooting death of…
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