100 Black Men of Philadelphia

Germantown-Penn Knox, Tioga, West Parkside

The 100 Black Men of Philadelphia Region is implementing a community outreach programs in the Greater Philadelphia neighborhood. The organization is enhancing i... view morets existing portfolio of youth-focused programming, including providing weekly enriching mentoring programs in a new space to give young people a safe place to have fun and participate in a developmental mentoring program. This includes hosting weekly mentoring activities in Germantown, North Philly, West Philly, Southwest, and South Philly, with a focus on engaging low-income black and brown families.

1Hood Media Academy

Pittsburgh

1Hood Media Academy is implementing a new gun violence prevention campaign for greater Pittsburgh. The project will engage two cohorts of youth and young adu... view morelts with training and resources to work as media activists committed to widening violence prevention from individual to community responsibility. With training in media design and production, ground-level prevention efforts, mediation, and behaviors that perpetuate gun violence, they will conduct campaigns in their own communities and on social media, where much of the gun violence originates and escalates. PCCD funds will be used to hire a full-time Manager, a Training Coordinator, and Consultant Specialists. Each youth participant will receive weekly stipends for 26 weeks. The project will train two cohorts of 15 youth (ages 14–24) to inform, inspire, and organize youth, to increase intolerance of gun violence and take action to prevent and diminish its occurrence. Every participant will persist in their education, and grow as skilled activists, creatives, and influencers who will reach thousands. They will also meet with prevention experts, media specialists, and decision-makers to gain meaningful input for their efforts and host an annual violence prevention conference. By engaging 2 of the same groups of youth over each of two years, the project allows time for youth to develop peer networks and achieve their goals. 1Hood will also provide mentors and ensure this experience coincides with their school-time and curricula.

1Hood Media received additional funding to expand and enhance their We Keep Us Safe (WKUS) media literacy and violence prevention program for young adults ages 16-26 impacted by community violence. WKUS promotes healthy and informed social media use, arts education engagement and sports activities, as well as safe, fun community service gatherings for youth through “Fridays on Deck” events. Funds will be used to enhance and expand the WKUS program, including doubling the number of participants in the current program, promoting program and video content more widely, and recruiting participants to join a WKUS cohort

A Woman’s Place

Bristol

A Woman’s Place is providing direct services, advocacy and emotional support to children who have experienced significant trauma from living in a household... view more with domestic violence present.

A Woman’s Place recceived additional funding to expand its supportive services to survivors of domestic violence who have experienced severe trauma.

Aarnold Donald 99 Solutions Foundation

Pittsburgh

Aaron Donald 99 Solutions Foundation is expanding its Community Defense Project, a crisis response project designed to meet the immediate needs of underprivileg... view moreed populations and communities. In response to the recent surge in gun violence impacting teens and young adults, the project includes violence prevention efforts through meaningful youth and adolescent engagement in Allegheny County

ACH Clear Pathways

Pittsburgh, Hill District

ACH Clear Pathways, located in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, is launching their R.E.A.C.H. program. The R.E.A.C.H. program will provide traumatized, at-risk,... view more and/or justice-involved youth with cultural and artistic outlets combined with resources and support through counseling (including incorporating a positive youth development theoretical framework), helping build multiple skills that foster the development of personal, cognitive, and social competencies.

Achieve Now

Philadelphia

Achieve Now is implementing the final two years of a 30-month literacy pilot to increase the number of children that experience academic success from two of ... view morePhiladelphia’s low-income communities. The programming includes literacy intervention to provide on-site small group instruction to all students in kindergarten and first-grade classrooms at two partner schools. Over the course of the two-year project, Achieve Now expects to serve 40-50 kindergarten and first grade students annually with a specialized curriculum (12 classrooms in Year 1 and 18 classrooms in Year 2).

ACHIEVEability

West Philadelphia, Haddington, Cobbs Creek, Carroll Park, Overbrook

ACHIEVEability is implementing the 60th Street Strong Coalition. In partnership with seven local, minority small business owners, ACHIEVEability will launch an ... view moreanti-violence program to engage youth (14-26) through paid apprenticeships with local businesses for 3-6 months (20 hours/week) paired with professional development, soft-skill trainings, and permanent job placement. The Coalition will also provide wraparound services and supports to address trauma, housing, education, transportation, grooming, childcare, financial stability, and conflict resolution. In addition, the Coalition will support coaching and mentorship initiatives, as well as monthly ‘Safe Streets’ engagement activities to open lines of communication with residents, connect with atrisk youth, and foster community ownership of 60th Street and surrounding areas. ACHIEVEability serves the areas of West Philadelphia, Haddington, Cobbs Creek, Carroll Park, Overbrook. ACHIEVEability is expanding its successful pilot - 60th Street Strong Coalition anti-gun violence initiative. This Coalition is a partnership of 60th Street Corridor business owners, community-based organizations, West Philly youth, and mentors with lived experience. This unique, community-based anti-violence program engages Black youth (14-26) through paid work experience, mentorship and wraparound services. This project is focused on West Philadelphia's Haddington and Cobbs Creek communities.

ADVOZ

Pittsburgh

The Allegheny County Department of Human Services (ACDHS) is implementing the Rapid Employment and Development Initiative (READI) Chicago program model in Al... view morelegheny County across three geographic regions deeply affected by community violence. READI is an intensive 12-month initiative that connects people most highly impacted by violence with evidence-based interventions intended to decrease violence involvement, arrests, and recidivism among adult men facing high rates of arrests and victimizations. READI does this through engagement of those most at-risk, using subsidized transitional employment to incentivize participation, and connecting these young men with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and skill-building/supportive services. Participants partake in transitional employment, CBT, and skill building/supportive services during a 3 9-5 workday structure, five days a week. ACDHS will work with partners in Sto-Rox (Focus On Renewal), Woodland Hills (Greater Valley Community Services), and South Pittsburgh (South Pittsburgh Coalition for Peace) and the model developer of READI (Heartland Alliance) to plan for, launch, and monitor READI in these high-need areas.

African Family Health Organization (AFAHO)

West Philadelphia, Southwest Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, Northeast Philadelphia

AFAHO is implementating the “Safe Havens and Mentorship Program” a pilot violence intervention and prevention program for African and Caribbean immigrant an... view mored refugee (ACIR) boys and young men between the ages of 16-22 in the greater Philadelphia area. AFAHO will offer a safe-haven at its office location where 20 boys and young men from the ACIR communities will engage in academic tutoring and mentoring; counseling to build trust and understanding; life skills training; developing conflict resolution and de-escalation skills; how to function in a professional work environment and vocational training with tradesmen (general construction, auto mechanics, IT, and electrical) from the community who will serve as both mentors and teachers for their apprentices. It is anticipated that most of the young men and boys in the program will be those who are choosing to not pursue post-secondary educational opportunities and who are showing early signs of negative behavior and with the staff and contractors, the organization strives to build the missing village community (adults and elders who are genuinely interested in the success of these young men) that is absent for many in the program’s targeted demographic.

Albert Einstein Healthcare Network

Philadelphia

Albert Einstein Healthcare Network is expanding their Trauma Intervention Program (TIP). Einstein implemented the Trauma Intervention Program (TIP), a hospit... view moreal-based violence intervention program based on Drexel’s Healing Hurt People Program, to provide an integrated care model of trauma-focused healing services (therapeutic and supportive case management) to victims of violent injury (stabbings, shootings, assaults) as well as bystanders who may display acute symptoms of trauma.