Gideons Army Grassroots Army for Children

An after-school Restorative art and rites of passage program

An alternative to traditional justice processes such as community conferencing, peace circles and healing circles

Workshops to build student skills and improve student mental health, social skills, academic achievement, positive social behaviors, empathy, team work, and conflict management

Interactive activities where 15 students will learn positive and self-affirming techniques they can use to better cope with grief

We will identify youth who are actively engaged in or at high risk for involvement in high-risk street activity. We will intervene in their lives through case management/mentoring and risk reduction planning to aid in solving current problems and preventing future ones, help facilitate positive behavior change, and introduce positive alternatives to violence.

This multi-service neighborhood program, is a direct service to our clients, and promotes a public health approach to violence. We promote a public health approach to violence by integrating best practice models based on the 3 stages of violence prevention and intervention, as well as trauma-informed care, adolescent neuroscience, and strategies for building collective efficacy (community-building and transformation)