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Abstract or Description

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is invested in preventing violence and reducing recidivism. To achieve these objectives, PSN has committed to supporting lived experience mentoring, often called credible messenger mentoring, through grants made to community organizations in San Diego and Imperial Counties.

This document consists of two separate research products that align with these two objectives. The first is a case study of Youth Empowerment. The case study has several goals: first, to document the work of Youth Empowerment and allow others to learn in a detailed way about lived experience programming; second, to place the lived experience work of Youth Empowerment in the context of other violence prevention and anti-recidivism programming; and, third, to provide an opportunity for Youth Empowerment and its stakeholders to reflect on its approach and ways it can continue to increase its impact in the community.

Publication Date

4-19-2022

Document Type

Report

Keywords

recidivism, youth, mentoring, violence prevention

Disciplines

Community-Based Learning | Community-Based Research | Peace and Conflict Studies | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration

Youth Empowerment: Case Study and Learning Strategy

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