At its heart, a place-based approach is built on a simple principle: The people who live closest to a problem are also ...

The authors developed a model to identify participants in a home- and community-based services program who are at highest risk for long-term nursing home placement. Several states offer publicly ...

Collaboration between a San Antonio nonprofit and the Metropolitan Health District is bringing fresh produce to convenience stores in "food desert" neighborhoods. The challenges of public health ...

A few years ago, while trying to help a sexual assault victim in St. Paul, Alaska, Kristie Traver, 46, found herself in an awful position. The victim needed a forensic exam — all the intrusive, ...

Violence interruption is a community-based intervention strategy that can reduce gun violence and improve public safety in neighborhoods around the country. Only in America: The Front Lines of the Gun ...

BOSTON (CBS) - Talking about pain in your life can be a powerful healer and it's the idea behind a community-based program addressing mental health and trauma. "Can We Talk" is also helping those ...

A Chicago-based program that works with high risk youth might be coming to the Quad Cities. “Youth Advocate programs” focuses on community-based care to keep young people from going in and out of jail ...

Matthew Belgarde credits North Dakota’s All of Us In Recovery program with helping him overcome addiction and find housing, education and employment.

The initiative, launched in partnership with the nonprofit Philly Truce, places its Peace Patrol members on the Broad Street ...

Black youth in the United States disproportionately experience fatal drowning at rates up to five times higher than their ...

A new faith-based extracurricular program is coming to Des Moines Public Schools in January. According to its website, ...