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Safe StartDear Visitor:
Safe Start Promising Approaches is the second phase of the Safe Start Initiative, which was created by OJP's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The original Safe Start, which included 11 sites nationwide, began in 2000 and focused on developing a systemic response to the problem of children's exposure to violence. Those sites received initial Safe Start funding to implement systems and develop enhanced policies and practices within their communities to better identify and serve children exposed to violence. The grants are awarded under OJP's Safe Start Promising Approaches for Children Exposed to Violence program. Funds may be used to implement effective intervention strategies that curb children's exposure to violence. Safe Start Promising Approaches enables communities to strengthen existing alliances among community groups such as law enforcement, mental health practitioners, child welfare organizations and domestic violence victim advocates and providers, in order to supply the best services to meet the needs of young children and families who have been exposed to violence or who are at risk of exposure. The fifteen sites awarded Safe Start Promising Approaches grants are listed to the left.
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