Criminal justice

A Public Health Approach to Reducing and Preventing Firearm Violence

Communications
Apr 3, 2023
Caitlin Langhorne & Tanya Baker for ASTHO
ASTHO comes to our health agencies and partners saddened by our country's recent mass shooting. We mourn the losses of life from firearm violence as our families, schools, and communities continue to be impacted. ASTHO supports you now more than ever.

Notes from the March 9, 2023 Tenant-Based Committee Meeting

Updates & Announcements

  • New Committee Sharepoint site, shared files, shared notes. 
  • Volunteers for CLPHA Roundtable Discussions on Voucher Streamlining
  • BABA – status update
  • NSPIRE-V – status update 
  • Radon notice CPD-21-136 – Radon must be considered in contamination analysis
  • EPA Lead-Based Paint Rule – reconsideration in progress
  • Joint industry letter on the timing of HUD regulatory items and system changes

Discussion on advance 2023 Voucher Utilization Rates and HAP Renewals 

Report
Mar 22, 2023

Chicago jobs program reduces youth violence, Urban Labs study shows

News Article
Jun 29, 2017
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO URBAN LABS
One Summer Chicago Plus is a jobs program designed to reduce violence and prepare youth living in some of the city’s highest-violence neighborhoods for the labor market. This study was carried out over the summer of 2013 in partnership with the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services.

Housing Not Handcuffs 2019: Ending the Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities

Report
Dec 16, 2019
Rajan Bal for NATIONAL LAW CENTER ON HOMELESSNESS & POVERTY
While three-quarters of Americans agree that housing is a human right, and an increasing number of elected offi cials are addressing it as such, our country has not put in place the policies to ensure that right, and as a consequence, millions of Americans experience homelessness in a national crisi