Sacramento Bee report: In 2017, Sacramento’s teens were twice as likely to be killed by homicide than the general population, a Sacramento Bee analysis at the time found. By the end of 2019, not a single juvenile was the victim of murder within the city limits, according to new crime data from the Sacramento Police Department.
In this Sacramento News & Review blog, Sheila Boxley, president and CEO of the Child Abuse Prevention Center, and Michelle Callejas, director of Sacramento County’s Child, Family and Adult Services Department, state that spending money up-front is better for families—and for taxpayers.
A recent report by Southern California Public Radio highlighted work being done in Sacramento County through the Black Child Legacy Campaign as a model that Los Angeles County can learn from in its own efforts to reduce African American child deaths.
Through youth forums and mentoring sessions, Kings and Queens Rise is giving Sacramento youth a safe and caring place to grow.
The Sacramento Bee reported on the data presented to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors that revealed generally positive early results in the campaign’s effort to reduce disparities in childhood deaths in the county by 2020.