#youth-violence-prevention

#youth-violence-prevention

Talking to our community-based violence interrupters to see, do we understand if there any sort of retaliation that might happen that we can get in front of? So, we can stop the violence in the moment? But a lot of the work happens in the days after that, and into this week,

On Tuesday, he will introduce a resolution calling on city leaders to fund violence prevention programs for the neighborhood's youth, who he says are getting caught up in the area's drug and crime troubles. Across the city, programs like these are credited with reducing violence by helping young people who might otherwise be recruited by criminal enterprises with after-school programs, job training opportunities, or just a space to hang out.