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The Montrose Center is an LGBTQ community center located in Houston, Texas, in the United States. [1] The organization provides an array of programs and services for the LGBTQ community, including mental and behavioral health, anti-violence services, support groups, specialized services for youth, seniors, and those living with HIV, community meeting space, and it now operates the nation's ...
Kansas City’s new 24-hour youth violence prevention hotline is live. Young Kansas Citians in need of help are encouraged to call or text 816-799-1720 to chat with trained anti-violence ...
The Center to Prevent Youth Violence (CPYV), originally known as PAX, [1] was a non-profit organization co-founded in 1998 by Daniel Gross and Talmage Cooley, seeking to end gun violence in America. In 2011, PAX changed its name to The Center to Prevent Youth Violence. [citation needed] The organization merged with the Brady Campaign in 2012.
The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) is a volunteer-run conflict transformation program. Teams of trained AVP facilitators conduct experiential workshops to develop participants' abilities to resolve conflicts without resorting to manipulation, coercion, or violence. Typically, each workshop lasts 18–20 hours over a two or three-day period.
That’s why programs like the city-funded Violence Interruption Project, operated by the Creative Visions social service nonprofit, could be so important in efforts to stem youth violence in Des ...
Stop The Violence has prevention programs that proactively mentor youth and work with families. They also intervene and mentor youth after they have been arrested or gotten in trouble at school ...
Sandy Hook Promise (SHP) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which was established in 2013 in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, in order to work for gun violence prevention programs and policy making.
SOLID’s Pushing For Peace program is a combination of events and weekly anti-violence workshops for kids from Paterson’s crime-plagued neighborhoods.