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The City of Akron is now taking a more community-based approach to preventing violence from happening in the city. The new incentive is called the ' Akron Street Team Pilot Program,' where rehabilitated citizens with criminal pasts will directly connect with Akron ’s residents, particularly Akron 's youth.This new program is in partnership with the Minority Behavioral Health Group. This program isn’t a go-door-to-door situation where the City of Akron focuses on particular wards.
“Where I think a lot of people have seen a gap, is in trying to kind of reach people from a community perspective and really go to at risk youth predominately and say here are your options, you can continue down the risky behaviors that turn into deadly behaviors or here are all the resources or opportunities in the community,” said Malik. “But also recognizing, and this has become a practice around the country, they need to hear this from someone who has some sort of credibility.
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