StreetSafe Boston
Issue: Boston has an extremely high percentage, ranking 6th of for cities, for sharpest rise of homicides and violence among Black males and other youth. Over 70% of Boston homicide victims were 24 years and younger killed in gang-related circumstances. Most violence is concentrated in 5% of the city’s street corners and blocks.
STRIVE’s Response: STRIVE partnered with SteetSafe Boston to offer workforce training and developing in order to dramatically reduce youth violence in a subset of Boston neighborhoods disproportionately and persistently affected by high rates of violent crime.
Instead of struggling to stay above water….just dive down and pull out the plug.
STRIVE is partnering with The Boston Foundation to support its StreetSmart Boston Initiative, a multi-year youth development and safety initiative designed to dramatically reduce youth violence in a subset of Boston neighborhoods disproportionately and persistently affected by high rates of violent crime. STRIVE serves as one of the neighborhood based services and community partners offering workforce development training for the youth.
Two Core Strategies
Street Level Gang Intervention – Develop and deploy a highly trained and supported cadre of StreetSafe Boston Streetworkers with street credibility who can establish relationships with proven-risk youth to intervene in cycles of violence, resolve conflicts, and connect youth to needed services in coordination with existing City and Faith Based Streetworkers and Youth Outreach Workers.
Neighborhood Based Service Delivery - A multiple-agency neighborhood-based strategy to provide vital alternative programming and social services for proven-risk youth in the following categories: workforce, education, legal services, housing services, family services, re-entry, mental health services and recreation.
For more information, visit StreetSafe Boston.
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