181kidszone taking steps to protect children from violence.

"Protecting our children is priority one, especially in light of the recent threats and robbery incidents
“The last decade has seen a billion dollar investment in this community,” Thomas said. “We can’t allow our community to slip back into the state of decay and despair it was in just a short while ago when both businesses and government agencies didn’t want to invest here.”

181kidszone also plans to call on local law enforcement to have a greater presence in the area, especially at the playground in the evenings.

181kidszone plans to speak out on the issue of violence and keeping children safe.

Promoting Family and Community Safety is a primary goal of the 181kidszone committee.

Improving community and system responses to children and their families are key objectives of the 181kidszone children's program. As a nation, we face the challenge of developing enhanced service interventions and community action strategies that will work to provide safety and security for all family members and prevent the problems of child abuse and violence against women from re-occurring. Through a myriad of projects including qualitative research with survivors and activists, community organizing efforts, and ground breaking work to engage fathers, the 181kidszone will listen to families in order to create viable strategies for changing the social and institutional norms that perpetuate family violence. For too long our services have polarized families from each other and their communities- the 181kidszone is working with domestic violence programs, batterer intervention programs, child welfare agencies and community organizers to influence and form effective collaborations and build partnerships to promote safe and healthy families.

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