Vera Institute of Justice

Overview

In 1999, students, teachers, and staff at Intermediate School 275 in Brooklyn, New York, created the Brownsville Youth for Peace safety project with a $120,000 federal grant. In this publication, Vera researchers report on how the school implemented the project and the challenges it faced, which are common among schools that have implemented safety projects. The report discusses lessons that other schools should consider when they are planning safety programs, such as the necessity of developing strategies to recruit and retain project participants and the importance of linking safety problems to tested solutions.