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East of the River Clergy Police Community Partnership

 

  Youth Anti-Violence Initiative
(7 Point Plan)

  

The Central Focus of the organization is its Seven-Point Youth Anti-Violence Initiative.  Modeled after a successful clergy-police Collaboration in Boston, the initiative has these fundamental objectives:

 

1.       Connecting Services to Youth and Families- helping congregations and service providers more efficiently dispense their services, facilitating networking among them, encouraging collaboration on projects and integrating the church into community efforts.

2.       Removing the Fear factor- breaking down the barriers to understanding, which exist between youth and adults by creating opportunities for open dialogue.

3.       Collaboration with the Criminal Justice System- fostering efforts to improve the justice that is meted out to youth by supporting a balanced mediation process and acting as youth advocates.

4.       Strengthening the Value System of Youth- having the faith community jointly develop curriculum that is geared toward changing negative behavior and facilitating values training.

5.       Youth Spiritual Development- facilitating opportunities for mediation and spiritual reflection by holding retreats for at-risk youth with adult mentors.

6.       Grief and Counseling Support- offering the benefits derived from combining professional and using an emergency response team to comfort victims of crime, right at the time of death.

7.       Stabilization, Independence and Productivity- promoting opportunities for jobs, youth leadership development and educational programs in order to foster productivity and holistic development of youth.

 

The seven points are addressed through various programs that ERCPCP has established.  Collectively, these programs are already having outstanding success on youth crime.  In one year, for example, the number of homicide victims underage 18 fell from 13 to 2!  In the first six months of 2001, no homicides of youth under age 18 took place in Southeast Washington. 

 

 

East of the River Clergy Police Community Partnership, Inc.

4105 First Street, SE · Washington, DC 20032 · (202) 373-5767 phone · (202) 373-5769 fax