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- The Guidance Center – Power of
Peace: This program will operate in Mount Vernon and is a positive
youth development project for 40 middle and high school students to
learn conflict resolution, leadership, community service and decision
making skills, increasing their protective factors and decreasing their
vulnerability to negative influences. A documentary “Youth Perspectives
on Gangs” is the culminating project.
Nepperhan Community Center, Inc. - Transitions/Re-entry: This
program will specifically target Yonkers youth that are identified as
gang members that have experienced encounters with the courts,
incarceration, or probation and provide them with case management
services, and ensure their enrollment in either an apprenticeship
program, skills training program, part – time or full – time employment.
Family Service of Westchester, Inc. – Big Brothers/Big Sisters of
FSW Gang Prevention Mentoring: This program will target youth in Mt.
Vernon, New Rochelle, Peekskill, Yonkers, Port Chester, Tarrytown and
White Plains and will expand the mentoring relationships to provide a
strategic gang prevention focus for these youth and their families.
Other 2006-07 Programs
2006 Initiatives
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