by admin | Apr 20, 2023 | News
Read the original published article here (The Center Square) – An outreach program is helping troubled youths envision a better future. Project FLEX is a Northern Illinois University outreach program for kids between the ages of 14 and 20 who are serving time in a...
by admin | Apr 20, 2023 | News
Read the original published article here Different situations. Different backgrounds. Different races. Different traumas. Different struggles. Yet the four young men facing the audience in the Sky Room of the Holmes Student Center do share one reality – and, for many,...
by admin | Apr 20, 2023 | News
Read the original published article on Northern Public Radio’s website here Several times a week, a team of NIU graduate students led by professors Zach Wahl-Alexander and Jenn Jacobs bring physical activities to three juvenile justice youth centers in northern...
by admin | Apr 20, 2023 | News
Listen to today’s deep dive to learn more about a project that aims to reduce recidivism among incarcerated juveniles in Illinois. Listen here
by admin | Apr 19, 2023 | News
Read the original published article on CBS Chicago’s website here CHICAGO (CBS) — Playing with a purpose – that is the motto of an athletic group from Northern Illinois University that hopes to improve recidivism rates for young adults. The team gears up...
