A Violence Prevention Resource Primer

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[For a more recent list of violence prevention websites click here or scroll to the bottom of this page. The items immediately below are from the original handout - it does not include web addresses. However, many of these organizations should be findable by searching for the organization's name on the web.]

Community Action and Gang Prevention Programs

Center for Community Change
1000 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 342-0519

Next Door Neighbors
2642 Baumgardner Road
Westminster, MD 21158
(410) 756-4227

Community Youth Gang Services, Inc.
144 South Fetterly Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90022
(213) 266-4264

Family and Youth Services Bureau Administration
on Children, Youth, and Families

P.O. Box 1182
Washington, DC 20013
(202) 205-8102


Child Abuse and Safety Rights


National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence
1155 Connecticut Avenue, NW - Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 429-6695
(800) 222-2000

Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse
Department F
P.O. Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20850
(800) 638-8736


Youth Development Programs


Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America
230 North 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 567-7000

National Resource Center for Youth Services
202 West Eighth
Tulsa, OK 74119-1419
(918) 585-2986

Children's Defense Fund
25 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 628-8787

Save Our Sons and Daughters (SOSAD)
2441 West Grand Boulevard
Detroit, MI 48208
(313) 361-5200

Boys and Girls Clubs of America
Government Relations Office
600 East Jefferson Street - Suite 203
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 251-6676

Efficacy Institute
128 Spring Street
Lexington, MA 02173
(617) 8624390

Center for Youth Development and Policy Research
Academy for Educational Development
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW - 9th Floor
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 884-8000


Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation

Children's Creative Response to Conflict
P.O. Box 271
521 North Broadway
Nyack, NY 10960
(914) 353-1796

Peace Education Foundation
1900 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, FL 33132-1025
(305) 576-5075
http://www.peace-ed.org

Resolving Conflict Creatively Program National Center
Educators for Social Responsibility
163 Third Avenue, #103
New York, NY 10003
(212) 387-0225

Scared or Prepared
Lee Center & Associates
1307 Colorado Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90407-2113
(310) 394-6017
(800) 733-1711

Second Step
Committee for Children
2203 Airport Way South, Suite 500
Seattle, WA 98134-2027
(206) 343-1223

Project YES! Gang Violence and
Drug Prevention Curriculum

Orange County Department of Education
Media Services
200 Kalmus Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626-9050
(714) 9664341

I Can Problem Solve (ICPS)
Mental Health Association of Illinois
150 North Wacker Drive
Suite 900
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 368-9070

Violence Prevention Curriculum for Adolescents
Deborah Prothrow-Stith
55 Chapel St., Suite 24
Newton, MA 02160
(617) 969-7100

Moral Courage
c/o Harrington Elementary
2401 East 37th Avenue
Denver, CO 80205
(303) 3334293


Gun Violence

Center to Prevent Handgun Violence
1225 Eye Street, NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 289-7319

Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
The Educational Fund to End Handgun Violence
(educational arm)

100 Maryland Avenue, NE
Washington, DE 20002-5626
(202) 544-7190


School Safety

National School Safety Center
4165 Thousand Oaks Boulevard
Suite 290
Westlake Village, CA 91362
(805) 373-9977

School Mediation Associates
134 Standish Road
Watertown, MA 02172
(617) 876-6074

Safe Schools Coalition, Inc.
5351 Gulf Drive
P.O. Box 1338, Department S36
Holmes Beach, FL 34218-1338
(800) 5374903


School Violence Prevention Resources on the Web


British Columbia Institute Against Family Violence http://www.bcifv.org/frameindex.html

Center for Media Literacy http://www.medialit.org

Center for the Prevention of School Violence http://www.ncsu.edu/cpsv/

Center to Prevent Handgun Violence http://www.cphv.org

The Coroner's Report: Information and Resources on Gang Intervention and Prevention http://www.gangwar.com

Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools (Federal Document) http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/earlywrn.html

Keep Schools Safe http://www.keepschoolssafe.org

Kentucky Center for Safe Schools http://www.kysafeschools.org

National Association of School Resource Officers http://www.nasro.org/

National Crime Prevention Council www.ncpc.org

National Mentoring Center http://www.nwrel.org/mentoring/index.html

National Resource Center for Safe Schools http://www.nwrel.org/safe/index.html

National School Safety Center www.nssc1.org

The Ribbon of Promise Campaign (Springfield, Oregon) http://www.ribbonofpromise.org

Safe Schools Coalition http://www.ed.mtu.edu/safe/

Southeastern Connecticut Gang Activities Group http://www.ctol.net/~segag/

Teacher's Workshop Speaker's Bureau http://www.teachersworkshop.com/twshop/speakersbureau.html

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