Dave Bechhoefer and Angelia Baker from the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence's (CSPV) Youth Violence Prevention Center-Denver (YVPC-D) have been working with community members in the Montbello and Park Hill Neighborhoods of Denver, CO to prevent youth violence. Their work was recently highlighted in a Fox News article addressing the challenges that studying youth violence has faced during COVID. “The pandemic has actually made it difficult to pull out any solid findings,” Bechhoefer says. Despite complications from COVID, over the years their research has been able to discover risk factors for youth in Montbello. From this information and funding from the CDC, they were able to create initiatives and support organizations that teach kids life skills. In the future, Bechhoefer is hopeful that more funding can support measures to stop youth violence. For more information on the study, read the full article on Fox News. Please also check out the great work that CSPV and YVPC-D are doing. Congrats to the team for their hard work!
