35 | Oakland’s Life Coaching Strategy to Address Youth Violence

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. We interviewed the following guests: Peter Kim, manager of Oakland Unite Naihobe Gonzalez, senior researcher at Mathematica Kentrell Killens, a former life coach with Oakland Unite Anayeli Vega Gonzalez, a participant in the life coaching program Another life coach participant who preferred not to share his name Learn more about Mathematica's evaluation of Oakland Unite here: http://ow.ly/vfdn50zFmQ7 Read a blog based on this episode here: http://ow.ly/6nm150zEW9b