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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE
MAKES AVAILABLE TO ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE
"SAFEGUARDING OUR YOUTH FORUM"
JULY 20-21, 1993
WASHINGTON, D.C .
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MISSION STATEMENT AND OFFICE LOCATIONS
OF THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE
A STATE-BY-STATE LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS
ADDRESSING THE IMPACT OF VIOLENCE
SOURCE: DEADL Y CONSEQUENCES by DEBORAH PRO THRO W-STITH, M.D.
with Michaele Weissman
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A LIST OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS/ORGANIZATIONS
SOURCE: CHILDREN'S SAFETY NETWORK ADOLESCENT
VIOLENCE PREVENTION RESOURCE CENTER
EDUCA TlON DEVELOPMENT CENTER
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COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE
United States Department of Justice
Mission Statement
The Community Relations Service (CRS) , a unique component of the Department of
Justice, seeks to prevent or resolve community conflicts and tensions arising from actions,
policies, and practices perceived to be discriminatory on the basis of race, color, or national
origin. CRS provides services, including conciliation, mediation, and technical assistance to
people and their communities to help them resolve conflicts that tear at the fabric of our
• increasingly diverse society.
CRS does not take sides among disputing parties and, in promoting the principles and
ideals of non-discrimination, applies skills that allow parties to come to their own agreement.
In performing this mission, CRS deploys highly skilled professional conciliators, who are
able to assist people of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Working with voluntary and government agencies, CRS also provides humanitarian
services for the successful resettlement of Cuban and Haitian entrants. These services
include shelter care, child welfare, and family reunification for these individuals following
their release from Immigration and Naturalization Service custody.
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COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE
REGIONAL OFFICES AND
STATES WITHIN EACH REGION
Region I - New England Region VI - Southwest
Regional Director: Martin Walsh Regional Director: Gilbert J. Chavez
Suite 1820 Suite 250
99 Summer Street 1420 W. Mockingbird Lane
Boston, MA 0211 0 Dallas, TX 75247
[phone] [phone]
[phone] (fax) [phone] (fax)
Servicing: CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT Servicing: AR, LA, NM, OK, TX
Region II - Northeast Region VII - Central
Regional Director: Patricia Glenn Regional Director: Atkins Warren
Room 3402 Room 2411
26 Federal Plaza 911 Walnut Street
New York, NY 10278 Kansas City, MO 64104
[phone] [phone]
[phone] (fax) [phone] (fax)
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Servicing: NJ, NY, PR, VI Servicing: lA, KS, MO, NE
Region III - Mid-Atlantic Region VIII - Rocky Mountain
Regional Director: Jonathan Chace Regional Director: Leo Cardenas
Room 309 Room 650
2nd and Chestnut Streets 1244 Speer Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19106 Denver, CO 80204-3584
[phone] [phone]
[phone] (fax) [phone] (fax)
Servicing: DC, DE, MD, P A, VA, WV Servicing: CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY
Region IV - Southeast Region IX - Western
Regional Director: Ozell Sutton Regional Director: Julian Klugman
Room 900 Room 1040
75 Piedmont Avenue, NE 211 Main Street
Atlanta, GA 30303 San Francisco, CA 94105
[phone] [phone]
[phone] (fax) [phone] (fax)
Servicing: AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, Servicing: AZ, CA, GU, HI, NV
TN
Region X - Northwest
Region V - Midwest Regional Director: Robert Lamb, Jr.
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Regional Director: Jesse Taylor Room 1898
Suite 420 915 Second Avenue
55 West Monroe Street Seattle, WA 98174
Chicago, IL 60603 [phone]
[phone] [phone] (fax)
[phone] (fax) Servicing: AK, ID, OR, WA
Servicing: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI
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FIELD OFFICES
Miami Field Office - Region IV Detroit Field Office - Region V
Field Office Director: Jay LaRoche Field Office Director: Gustavo Gaynett
Room 424 Room 608
51 SW First Avenue 231 W. Lafayette Blvd.
Miami, FL 33130 Detroit, MI 48226
(305) 536·5206 [phone]
[phone] (fax) [phone] (fax)
Houston Field Office - Region VI
Field Office Director: John Perez
Room 12605
515 Rusk Avenue
Houston, TX 77002
[phone]
[phone] (fax)
HEADQUARTERS OFFICE
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Acting Director: Jeffrey Weiss
5550 Friendship Blvd., Suite 330
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
[phone]
[phone] (fax)
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How Violence
Is Destroying
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Our Teenage
Population and
a Plan to Begin
Solving the
Problem
. throw-Stith, M.D.
WITH MICHAELE WEISSMAN
FOREWORD BY WILLIAM JULIUS WILSON
"A book full of passion, hope, clarity, and solutions,"-Boston Globe
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APPENDIX II
STATE-BY-STATE
ORGANIZATIONS
ALABAMA
AIet~ea House
P.O. Box 1514
Birmingham, AL 35201
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[phone]
CONTACT: Chris Retan, Director
SERVES: Adult and Youth
STRATEGIES: The Alethea House has a 36-bed inpatient treatment program
providing services to addicted pregnant women. There is also an
outpatient program for pregnant women, women and their chil
dren, and a battered women treatment program. They also pro
vide evening services. There is also an African-American family
strengthening service and .a neighborhood prevention plan. The
Alethea house serves at-risk youth.
ARKANSAS
Tongass Community Counseling Center
222 Seward Street, #202
Vuneau, AK 99801
[phone]
CONTACT: Susan Chapman, MA, Clinical Director
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SERVES: Domestic violence and sexual abuse perpetrators, adult and ado
oIescent
STRATEGIES: Youth anger management program uses psycho-social education
on male roles, skill building on communication and conflict res-
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olution issues, cognitive-behavioral approaches to behavior man
agement, and a fundamental "empowerment" model as an
alternative to violence.
CALIFORNIA
Alternatives to Violence
Alternatives Counseling Associates
3817 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 202
Long Beach, CA 90807
[phone]
CONTAcr: Alyce LaViolette, Jean Fromm
SERVES: Victims and perpetrators of spouse abuse and other forms of
family violence, rape and incest victims
STRATEGIES: Groups for batterers are unstructured, non time-limited, utilizing
cognitive and behavioral strategies, education and investigation
of sex roles, empathy training, anger management and so on.
Individual counselling for survivors utilizing principles of femi
nist therapy, assertiveness, anger work, resource building, etc.
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Center Against Abusive Behavior
131 N. El Molino
Suite 380
Pasadena, CA 91101
[phone]
CONTAcr: L. John Key, Ph.d.
SERVES: San Gabriel Valley, East San Fernando Valley, Portions of Central
and South Central Los Angeles
STRATEGIES: The bio-psycho-social approach in treating both the victims and
the perpetrators of intra-family violence. They take a biological,
psychological and sociological approach offering a multidimen
sional program of analysis and treatment.
Come Together Youth Workshops
9150 E Imperial Highway
Downey, CA 90242
[phone]
CONTAcr: Mike Duran
• SERVES: Teenagers
STRATEGIES: Adults from different human services fields come together with
youth (male and female ages 14-17). The come-togethers are for
three days or for one day. Three-day ones are held in the country.
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The program includes large doses of human relationships, self
awareness, and self esteem building confrontations with self, rec
reation, and youth problems. One-day come-togethers are held
in places such as TV studios. Breakfast is served as part of the
program, as is lunch. Speakers make current events presenta
tions; youth are involved in all sessions.
The Community Board Program, Inc.
149 Ninth Street .
San Francisco, CA 94103
[phone]
CONTACT: Terry Amsler, Executive Director
Jim Halligan, Managing Trainer
SER"JES: San Francisco neighborhoods, schools, and school districts na
tionwide; state and county agencies; juvenile rehabilitation cen
ters and homes throughout the state of California.
STRATEGIES: Mediation and conciliation; prevention of violence through edu
cation and communication strategies at the elementary school
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level and throughout high school; working with referrals from
Department of Social Services, et al.
Elementary School Conflict Managers Program
-School Initiatives Program
Community Board Center for Policy and Training
149 9th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
SERVES: Teachers and children
STRATEGIES: Five-day curriculum, using techniques of role-play and classroom
discussion to teach conflict resolution and communication skills.
The HAWK Federation Manhood Development and Training Program
The Institute for the Advanced Study of Black Family Life and Culture Inc.
155 Filbert Street Suite 202
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Oakland, CA 94607
[phone]
CONTACT: William Cavil, Project Director
SERVES: African American males
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STRATEGIES: Begun in 1987 with state department of education funds, this
intervention works to affect the values, moral character, and poso
itive development of young African American males so they may
become "competent, confident, and conscious African American
men." HAWK is an acronym for high achievement, wisdom, and
knowledge.
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International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education
(ASCE)
Box 1582
Santa Cruz, CA 95061-1582
[phone]
Drs. Nan and Ted Graves, Executive Editors
CONTACT:
SERVES: Teachers, administrators, staff developers and researchers
STRATEGIES: Cooperative small group learning strategies in the classroom and
in school governance. Includes: conflict resolution, problem solv
ing strategies, and development of interpersonal skills while pur
suing academic goals.
Learning the Skills of Peacemaking
45 Hitching Post Drive
Building 2
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274-4297
[phone]
Jalmar Press
COl\o'TACT:
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SERVES: Teachers and children in elementary school
STRATEGIES: Series of 56 lessons, using playacting, creative writing, music,
and classroom discussion to teach communication skills, conflict
resolution skills, and understanding and accepting of cultural
differences.
National School Safety Center
Pepperdine University
16830 Ventura Boulevard
Suite 200
Encino, CA 91436
[phone]
Dr. Ronald D. Stephens
CONTACT:
SERVES: Educators, law enforcers, and juvenile service professionals
STRATEGIES: Provides training and technical assistance in the area Of school
crime prevention. In addition, NSSC publishes educational re
sources and produces training films in the areas of gangs, weap
ons in school, schoolyard bully prevention, crisis management
and safe school planning. The center serves as a national clear
inghouse for school safety programs,
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PACT (Policy Action Collaboration and Training) for Alternatives to
Violence and Abuse, Contra Costa County Health Services Department
[phone]
Larry Cohen or Pam Satterwhite
CONTACT: