Shannon CSI Resource Guides



Northeastern University, the statewide research partner for the Charles E. Shannon Community safety Initiative, and EOPSS have produced a series of Shannon CSI specific resource guides. The purpose of the series is to highlight innovative and best practices that are relevant to the Initiative and can be disseminated and shared as a resource amongst the Charles E. Shannon CSI partners.

Preparing At-Risk and Gang Involved Youth for the Workforce


Available as a PDF

School/Service Provider Partnerships: Best Practices and Lessons Learned


This guide provides an overview of best practices and lessons learned about how to establish and nurture strong and successful partnerships between the schools and service provider agencies, and provides examples of effective models from the Shannon CSI collaboratives in Massachusetts.

Available as a PDF

School/Police Partnerships: Best Practices and Lessons Learned


This guide provides an overview of best practices and lessons learned about how to create and maintain strong and successful partnerships between the schools and police, and highlights examples of these approaches from the Shannon CSI collaboratives in Massachusetts.

Available as a PDF

Street Outreach Workers: Best Practices and Lessons Learned


This guide provides an overview of the history of street outreach, describes models of street outreach used in Shannon CSI communities and addresses the stregnths and challenges of street outreach programs.

Available as a PDF

Comprehensive Approaches to Reducing Youth Violence and Gangs in Local Communties


This guide describes the main components of comprehensive and coordinated approaches to youth violence and gang reduction and highlights examples of these approaches from the Shannon CSI collaboratives in Massachusetts.

Available as a PDF

A Systematic Approach to Improving Community Safety


At the outset of the Shannon Community Safety Initiative the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security put together a Resouce Guide to help Shannon CSI partners understand and address youth violence and gangs through a comprehensive approach. The resource guide was prepared by the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security.

Available as a PDF