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Thank you to all who helped make the Youth Festival a success!

Sincere thanks to everyone involved for contributing the success of the  Safe and Healthy Futures Youth Festival on Saturday.  We…
June 12, 2012

Youth Empowerment Solutions is on YouTube

Watch the new YES video from our YES participants in Flint.…
June 5, 2012
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Safe and Healthy Futures Youth Festival

Saturday, June 9th, 2012 12:00  pm – 3:00 pm Durant-Tuuri-Mott Elementary School 1518 University Avenue, Flint, MI The Michigan Youth…
June 1, 2012

James Q. Wilson, who developed Broken Windows Theory, Dies at 80.

By: Sophie Aiyer, PhD, MHS, MI-YVPC Postdoctoral Fellow James Q. Wilson, the social scientist who created the well-known “broken windows…
March 6, 2012

Hometown Health Hero Award

Every April, Michigan celebrates National Public Health Week. Each year there is a different focus area that highlights Michigan efforts.…
February 16, 2012

YES is in the News

Word is getting out about Youth Empowerment Solutions.  The press release and slideshow from the UM News Service has been…
January 27, 2012

News article and slideshow featuring Youth Empowerment Solutions

YES is in the news. Read the article and view the slideshow from University of Michigan News Service website: http://www.ns.umich.edu/new/multimedia/slideshows/20155-program-led-to-lower-crime-fewer-violent-incidents-among-kids…
January 17, 2012
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New Publication: Hospital-based Program for Violence Prevention

Violence is Preventable: A Best Practices Guide for Launching & Sustaining a Hospital-based Program to Break the Cycle of Violence…
November 29, 2011