Public Safety Programs

Public Safety Programs

Community Support and Advisory Council (CSAC):
As the lead-agency for the community component of the Sheridan Model Therapeutic Prison, TARGET Area developed a Community Support and Advisory Council (CSAC) in order to engage residents in relationships with reentering prisoners and their families in an effort to define barriers to reentry and to inform policy campaigns aimed at this population.

Neighborhood Recovery Initiative (NRI):
Provides direct services to youth 17-24 that are currently on parole. As well as referral services to clients such as housing, employment, education, and substance abuse treatment. Come in for an Orientation today. We are motivated to help formerly incarcerated individuals return home successful.

Safety Networks:
For the past 3 years, The Safety Net Works at TARGET Area has serviced more than 250 youth in areas of education, employment placement, leadership building, public issues awareness, and empowering them in governmental affairs. In that time we have placed over 200 youth in summer and year-round employment, assisted 30 dropouts with GED obtainment or placement back into school, trained some 200 youth  in areas of public safety, leadership abilities,  and teambuilding, and mentored 50 youth on a weekly basis.

Safe Passage:
School Community Watch Services are designed to provide safe routes for students traveling to and from school daily. Your school has a uniquely tailored School Community Watch strategy. This strategy considers the community around your school, popular models of student transportation, arrival and dismissal times, and student residences. You can identify school community watchers by their yellow safety vests with the words “CPS Commuinty Watch” on the back.

Cease Fire:
The Auburn Gresham/Englewood program is part of a larger strategic public health initiative (Chicago Project for Violence Prevention-University of Illinois) that utilizes organizing, leadership development, advocacy, direct action, and services to reduce and eventually eliminate shootings in the community.

Community Alliance for a Safer Summer (Formerly The 78th Street Drug and Gang Initiative):
Originating in the 78th Street area in Auburn Gresham and now spanning a much broader area, this program works to reduce violence, drug, and gang activity by engaging residents in activities with youth who are at a higher risk of becoming involved in drugs, and other gang related activities.

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