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The Boston Foundation:
StreetSafe Boston
StreetSafe Boston is a violence prevention and
intervention program aimed at dramatically reducing
gun violence in the City by working directly with
key impact players - or known violent offenders - in
the poorest, most violence afflicted areas of Boston
(South End/Lower Roxbury; Dudley Square, Roxbury;
Grove Hall, Roxbury; Bowdoin Street/Geneva Avenue
area of Dorchester; and the Morton/Norfolk Street
areas of Dorchester and Mattapan). Through
street-level violence interruption and conflict
mediation by highly trained streetworkers, and the
provision of neighborhood-based services, StreetSafe
Boston is guiding young people away from violence
and towards more positive alternatives. With the
support of $25,000 from the Foundation, StreetSafe
Boston has already yielded positive results, with a
15% decrease in shootings amongst StreetSafe
Boston’s target gangs during our first year of
implementation.
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