About the Project
The CHANGE Collaborative at Futures Without Violence provides training and technical assistance to communities across the country working to improve local capacity to respond to the needs of children and youth impacted by violence in their homes, schools, or communities. Exposure to violence can limit children’s potential, increase their chances of becoming involved in the juvenile or criminal justice system, and lead to long-term impacts on their health and well-being.
These efforts in communities are funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) at the Department of Justice, which invests approximately $8 million each year to reduce violence against children and youth, provide services to those exposed, and promote healing and hope for the future. Broad-based coalitions provide crisis response, mentorship, academic support, concrete resources, leadership development, arts-based programming, and therapeutic interventions – engaging whole communities to step up for children and youth.
Grantees
- Justice Innovation Inc., New York, NY
- Mountain Comprehensive Care Center Inc, Prestonburg, KY
- SBCS Corporation, Chula Vista, CA
- Children’s Hospital, New Orleans, LA
- Give Something Back A New Jersey Non-profit Corp, Princeton, NJ
- Children’s Institute Inc, Los Angeles, CA
- Contra Costa Family Justice Alliance, Richmond, CA
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Boys and Girls Club of P.R. Inc, San Juan, PR
- Center for Child and Family Health Inc, Durham, NC
- Children’s Institute Inc, Los Angeles, CA
- Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County, Watsonville, CA
- Justice Resource Institute Inc, Needham Heights, MA
- Luk Crisis Center Inc, Fitchburg, MA
- University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Regents of the University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
- City of Rockford, Rockford, IL
- City of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
- Methodist Le Bonheur Community Outreach, Memphis, TN
- Safe Alliance Inc, Charlotte, NC
- Siouxland Human Investment Partnership, Sioux City, IA
- PB & J Family Services Inc, Albuquerque, NM
- Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
- El Paso Center for Children Inc, El Paso, TX
- Collaborative Solutions for Communities, Washington, DC
- The NC Youth Violence Prevention Center, Lumberton, NC
- Justice Innovation Inc, New York, NY
- Children’s Service Society of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
- Luk Crisis Center Inc, Fitchburg, MA
Learn More
For more information, contact Shellie Taggart: staggart@futureswithoutviolence.org
This project is supported by Grant #15PJDP-24-GK-03872-CEVJ awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Justice.
