The Youth Safety and Violence Prevention program (YSVP)is a comprehensive, trauma-informed approach to violence prevention that looks at past exposure to trauma as a main driver of future dangerous behaviors. Our program integrates evidence-based violence prevention strategies throughout the Y’s existing programming, including Early Education and Care, Community Schools Initiative sites, teen programming at the Y membership centers, as well as part of our Juvenile Reentry and Street Intervention Programs.

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