Founded by survivors of gun violence, Peace For DC knows it takes much more than gun safety laws to make a community safe. It builds trusting relationships with those most at risk of experiencing or perpetrating gun violence so they can access the housing, food, education, health, and financial resources they need. Peace For DC’s HEAL DC wraparound program provides support to help them start healing, from case management to life coaching to cognitive behavioral interventions that address trauma. Its hands-on class for violence intervention professionals is the only one of its kind in DC, strengthening their work and teaching them first aid skills if they arrive on the scene before emergency medical services. Peace For DC uses long-term, proven, neighborhood-based strategies— now being replicated across the country—to break the cycle of violence.

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