• Riverwest Neighborhood

    Safe & Sound develops, supports and facilitates collaborative approaches to measurably reduce violent crime by blending law enforcement, neighborhood organizing and youth development.

  • Riverwest Neighborhood

    “I cannot count the number of times that we have reached out for assistance, usually at the last minute, and we have never been told "no" or "we can't" by our Community Partners.” Anthony T. Smith, Captain of Police, Milwaukee Police Department, District Five

  • Riverwest Neighborhood“

  • Riverwest Neighborhood

    The “Partners” are always willing to aid the Milwaukee Police Department when called upon and have been a bridge between the police and the community.” Raymond Robakowski, Community Liaison Officer, Milwaukee Police Department

  • Riverwest Neighborhood

    Safe & Sound develops, supports and facilitates collaborative approaches to measurably reduce violent crime by blending law enforcement, neighborhood organizing and youth development. Safe & Sound Mission

  • Riverwest Neighborhood

    “They [Community Partners] provide a voice to community members who either cannot speak on their own behalf or are too fearful to speak.”

HYFC Staff

Safe Place Featured on Radio Milwaukee Interview

May 13th, 2012

Damien Smith is just one of the great people serving the community through  the Holton Youth + Family Center, a funded Safe & Sound Safe Place. He was featured on Radio Milwaukee talking about the Violence Prevention Initiative and the excellent work already underway. LINK: Safe Streets, Healthy Kids Interview Linda Wade is another talented and wonderful [...]

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Circles of Accountability

New Initiative Enables Safe Places to Keep 30 Year Promise

As the program evolves, involving juvenile offenders in Safe Places and training them to participate in Circles as youth community representatives remains one of our highest priorities. Just imagine how powerful it would be for a juvenile offender to hear from a peer, who only months earlier had been in a similar position.

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Concerned Stakeholders Gathering for a Much Needed Conversation

Dr. Sanders wanted to meet with Al after several of his patients who live in Harambee expressed concerns. His patients told him of fear of becoming victims of violence and complained of frequent gunshots and street fights.

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RR HYFC Interview

John McGivern talks to Victor Barnett from Running Rebels

John McGivern talked to Victor Barnett from Running Rebels about the Holton Youth + Family Center, one of Safe & Sound’s Safe Places. Safe & Sound is also part of the Violence Prevention Initiative Collaborative at the center which has been developing and implementing anti-violence strategies and research since last year. McGivern’s program is called [...]

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