{"id":16389,"date":"2025-07-20T09:44:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T13:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiebox.com\/loop\/?page_id=16389"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:25:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:25:42","slug":"violence-intervention-and-prevention","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sandiebox.com\/loop\/impact-areas\/violence-intervention-and-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Violence Intervention and Prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>NorthStar Learning Centers is home to three Gun Violence Prevention (GVP) programs &#8211; the HEAL Center, New Bedford Shannon (NBS), and the Safe &amp; Successful Youth Initiative (SSYI) &#8211; which provide young adults between the ages of 10-24 with healing-informed services<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#shannon-community\"  target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Shannon Community Safety Initiative\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#ssyi\"  target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSSYI (Safe and Successful Youth Initiative)\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#heal-center\"  target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Heal Center\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tThe Shannon Community Safety Initiative\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>The goal of the Shannon Community Safety Initiative (NBS) is to prevent the onset or escalation of gang involvement and serious delinquency among moderate- and high-risk youth ages 10-24 in New Bedford.<\/p>\n<p>The program features a Street Outreach\/Case Management Team that provides a comprehensive range of prevention and intervention services to support the city&#8217;s most at-risk youth. The team is also available to respond to critical incidents of youth violence when requested.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tSafe and Successful Youth Initiative (SSYI)\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>The Safe and Successful Youth Initiative (SSYI) is a targeted youth violence intervention program operating in 14 Massachusetts cities with the highest rates of young adult crime. SSYI focuses on a small group of youth, ages 17-24, identified as &#8220;proven risk&#8221; or &#8220;impact players.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Outreach workers build relationships with these individuals and offer opportunities to redirect their lives through educational, employment, and behavioral health services. The program combines public health and public safety approaches to prevent and reduce youth violence.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tThe Heal Center\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>The HEAL Center, an initiative of NorthStar Learning Centers, Inc., is supported by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health&#8217;s Gun Violence Prevention, Intervention, Treatment, and Recovery services.<\/p>\n<p>The HEAL Center provides intensive, culturally responsive, trauma-informed prevention and intervention services, including wraparound care and mental\/behavioral health support. Strategically located in the West End of New Bedford, the HEAL Center serves as a community mobilization and healing space.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NorthStar Learning Centers is home to three Gun Violence Prevention (GVP) programs &#8211; the HEAL Center, New Bedford Shannon (NBS), and the Safe &amp; Successful Youth Initiative (SSYI) &#8211; which provide young adults between the ages of 10-24 with healing-informed services The Shannon Community Safety Initiative SSYI (Safe and Successful Youth Initiative) The Heal Center&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"parent":16381,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16389","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiebox.com\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiebox.com\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiebox.com\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiebox.com\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiebox.com\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16389"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sandiebox.com\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17409,"href":"https:\/\/sandiebox.com\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16389\/revisions\/17409"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiebox.com\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiebox.com\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}