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The Ahlquist Agenda
The Ahlquist Center for Policy, Practice and Innovation is the policy and advocacy arm of Brightpoint, a distinguished child and family service organization in Illinois. The Center advocates for robust, antiracist, equitable policies and social supports that create social capital, economic mobility, and systems designed to ensure children, families, and communities thrive.In this podcast, we invite you to take an inside look at how we think about policy: why it matters, how it impacts youth, families, and communities in Illinois, and what you can do to help.
The Ahlquist Agenda
Building Pathways for Youth Away From Violence
In today's episode, we discuss two programs that focus on youth violence prevention. Julie Noobler, Director of Metro Behavioral Services, discusses Choose to Change, an innovative violence prevention program that focuses on trauma. Jamie Ellison, Program Director for Redeploy Illinois, talks about her program to reduce juvenile incarceration rates while saving the state money.
Episode Resources:
To learn more about Redeploy Illinois, please view our website and our infographic.
To learn more about the positive impact Redeploy Illinois has on youth
This week, it was announced that Choose to Change is expanding into more Chicago neighborhoods. A sampling of news coverage is below:
Laura Washington in the Sun Times wrote an editorial on the program's expansion
WBBM's coverage of the C2C Expansion Announcement
Chalkbeat Chicago's coverage of C2C Expansion
Univision's coverage of C2C Expansion
To learn more about Brightpoint, visit our website at http://www.brightpoint.org