Sammy Caiola is a reporter with a passion for community engagement and trauma-informed journalism. She previously served as WHYY’s gun violence prevention reporter and hosted podcasts about stop and frisk and sexual assault.
Solutions Spotlight
While some have described PAD’s model “as a sort of triage/urgent care,” it’s unclear what the program’s role – if any – will be in the Parker administration's “triage centers” plan.
Solutions Spotlight
Of the 186 people the program has served since September 2021, 67% reported full-time employment at the time of graduation, and only 5% of participants had been rearrested in the first year after graduating.
De las 186 personas que el programa ha atendido desde septiembre de 2021, el 67% reportó empleo a tiempo completo en el momento de la graduación, y solo el 5% de los participantes habían sido re-arrestados en el primer año después de graduarse.
Accountability
A coalition of City Council members who have described themselves as “the Kensington caucus” say they’re working to create a “triage” system for people who are unhoused and living with addiction in the neighborhood.
Una coalición de miembros del Consejo Municipal, que se han descrito a sí mismos como “el caucus de Kensington”, dicen que están trabajando para crear un sistema de “triaje” para las personas sin hogar y que viven con adicción en el vecindario.
Community Life
Rosario es capitán en la división de detectives del este de la ciudad y dice que ha trabajado en la comunidad de Kensington durante “toda su carrera policial”.
Accountability
Rosario is a captain in the city’s east detective division and says he’s worked in the Kensington community his “entire police career.”
Community Life
The new Hug the Block data speaks to something called “routine activity theory,” which is the idea that crime occurs when there are motivated offenders, “suitable” targets, and the absence of “capable guardians” who can either witness the crimes or intervene.
Nota de la editora: Esta historia se publicó originalmente en WHYY. Durante 45 minutos, los niños en la cuadra 1900
Editor’s note: This story was originally published on WHYY. For 45 minutes, the children on the 1900 block of
