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Community-based prevention and intervention activities regarding violence, crime, and drug abuse. Chapter memberships available for adult men and women.

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Youth Violence Prevention
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Movement for Violence Prevention (MVP): Leadership development activities to assist youth-led community engagement, skill enhancement, peer connections, and tools for change to prevent youth violence. Inspiring Youth: A year-long, intensive, community-based program for youth ages 10 - 17 and their families who have been impacted by violence. Youth workers provide comprehensive and culturally responsive mentorship, support, and access to services, activities, and leadership opportunities. Youth Site-Based and Community-Based Housing: Transitional housing for youth and young adults who are victims of violence and exploitation, including sex trafficking. Safety planning and support are provided. Voices in Prevention (VIP): A 6-week violence prevention curriculum serving middle and high school students. Curriculum might also include support groups, one-on-one sessions, peer mediation, and service learning. Youth Safety Plans: Specialized safety plans for youth NorthStar Youth Outreach Center: A drop-in center for homeless youth offering advocacy, safety planning, and connections to additional community resources. The center also offers: - Assistance with housing - Assistance with career and education planning - Computer lab - Counseling - Creative art spaces - Food and snacks - Laundry access - Supplies and clothing

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General Clothing Provision
Housing Search Assistance
Laundry Facilities
Homeless Drop In Centers
Bereaved Child Support Groups
Youth Violence Prevention
Transitional Housing/Shelter
Focuses on providing youth and young adults with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to help them make healthy decisions. Provides youth and young adults with the skills to identify and address the underlying causes of harmful behavior and resolve conflicts peacefully while teaching them how to recognize the warning signs of domestic and intimate partnership violence. The goal is for the youth to develop healthy coping skills and build meaningful relationships.

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Couples
Elder Abuse Victims
Male Spouse/Intimate Partner Abusers
Physically Abused Children
Emotionally Abused Children
Youth Violence Prevention
Adolescents
Families
Female Spouse/Intimate Partner Abusers
General Abuse Prevention
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Prevention
Abused Women
Peer Counseling
Provides weekly bilingual school-based, after school programming and cultural support groups at area elementary schools throughout the school year, and a summer camp, for Latino children, to assist them in developing their assets, and positive attitudes and behaviors in the areas of self, family, and community. - Violence prevention and intervention support groups - Build self-esteem - Positive conflict resolution and peacemaking support groups - Explore cultural heritage - Maintain or improve Spanish language skills - Establish nurturing relationships with program staff, parents, volunteers, and teachers

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Preadolescent Children
Youth/Student Support Groups
Hispanic/Latino Community
Youth Violence Prevention
Extended Child Care
Primary School Age Children
Day Camps
Provides a range of services including: - Accident reports/law enforcement records - Animal Control - Animal licensing - Canine unit - Crime-free multi-housing program - Crime Watch program - Crossing guards - Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE): Officer-led, in-classroom anti-drug, anti-gang, and anti-violence program for school children - Fingerprint clinics? - General crime reporting - Project Childsafe: provides free gun locks to residents - School liaison

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Animal Regulation
Youth Violence Prevention
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Law Enforcement Records/Files
Community Crime Prevention Programs
Gun Safety Devices and Secure Storage
Municipal Police
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
General Crime Reporting
General Crime Prevention Programs
General Crime Victim Assistance
Movement for Violence Prevention (MVP): Leadership development activities to assist youth-led community engagement, skill enhancement, peer connections, and tools for change to prevent youth violence. Inspiring Youth: A year-long, intensive, community-based program for youth ages 10 - 17 and their families who have been impacted by violence. Youth workers provide comprehensive and culturally responsive mentorship, support, and access to services, activities, and leadership opportunities. Youth Site-Based and Community-Based Housing: Transitional housing for youth and young adults who are victims of violence and exploitation, including sex trafficking. Safety planning and support are provided. Voices in Prevention (VIP): A 6-week violence prevention curriculum serving middle and high school students. Curriculum might also include support groups, one-on-one sessions, peer mediation, and service learning. Youth Safety Plans: Specialized safety plans for youth NorthStar Youth Outreach Center: A drop-in center for homeless youth offering advocacy, safety planning, and connections to additional community resources. The center also offers: - Assistance with housing - Assistance with career and education planning - Computer lab - Counseling - Creative art spaces - Food and snacks - Laundry access - Supplies and clothing

Categories

General Clothing Provision
Housing Search Assistance
Laundry Facilities
Homeless Drop In Centers
Bereaved Child Support Groups
Youth Violence Prevention
Transitional Housing/Shelter
- Future Bound Youth: Works with youth ages 6 - 18 during and after school with tutoring, intergenerational communication, promotion of good decision making, health wellness, and cultural lessons - Youth Intervention Project: Aimed at high-risk youth to provide general assistance, improve intergenerational understanding, build social skills, and reduce gang violence - Mentoring Program: Matches volunteers/mentors from University of Minnesota's Cambodian Student Association with youth, focusing on building leadership skills, improving school performance, and promoting higher education

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Youth Violence Prevention
Youth Enrichment Programs
Subject Tutoring
Adult/Child Mentoring Programs
Leadership Development
Intergenerational Programs
General Health Education Programs
Cambodian Community
Social Skills Training
Immigrant Mutual Assistance Associations
Karen Community
Group mentorship for male students providing life training, leadership, and guidance into manhood creating a better alternative other than gangs and cliques.

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Youth Community Service Programs
Adult/Child Mentoring Programs
Youth Violence Prevention
High School Students
At Risk Youth
Middle School Students
Life Skills Education
African American Community
Males
Provides a range of services including: - Animal Control - City patrol - Crime victim and witness support - Community Services: Reporting snow and ice on sidewalks, weeds and grass, garbage, solid waste disposal on properties, removal of junk vehicles, enforcement of parking restrictions, and sanitation issues - D.A.R.E.: Officer-led, in-classroom anti-drug, anti-gang, and anti-violence program for school children - Neighborhood Watch: Program designed to bring a neighborhood together to find ways to solve crime and problems that may be occurring in the neighborhood - Nixle: Provides immediate, geographically relevant community information by text. Residents can opt- in by texting their ZIP code to 888777. - Police records - Tip line: Crime Stoppers of MN 1(800)222-8477

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Law Enforcement Records/Files
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Municipal Police
Public Parking
General Crime Reporting
Snow/Ice Removal Ordinance Enforcement
Community Crime Prevention Programs
General Crime Victim Assistance
Youth Violence Prevention
Mass Emergency Notification Systems
Animal Regulation

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