35 | Oaklands Life Coaching Strategy to Address Youth Violence

Published: May 13, 2020, 5:37 p.m.

b"On this episode of On the Evidence, we discuss life coaching, a violence reduction strategy being used by the city of Oakland, California, to help young people who have been involved with the juvenile justice system. Mathematica studied youth life coaching as part of a larger evaluation of Oakland Unite, a city initiative that supports community-based violence prevention programs.\\n\\nWe interviewed the following guests: \\nPeter Kim, manager of Oakland Unite\\nNaihobe Gonzalez, senior researcher at Mathematica\\nKentrell Killens, a former life coach with Oakland Unite\\nAnayeli Vega Gonzalez, a participant in the life coaching program\\nAnother life coach participant who preferred not to share his name\\n\\nLearn more about Mathematica's evaluation of Oakland Unite here: http://ow.ly/vfdn50zFmQ7\\n\\nRead a blog based on this episode here: http://ow.ly/6nm150zEW9b"