Combats violence by intervening where violence is most prevalent. Works to provide those involved in criminal activities with positive alternatives. Responds to neighborhood crises with mediation and resources to support anyone looking for a peaceful alternative.

Offers structured activities and safe spaces for youth who are at risk, and for those who have come to the attention of the Philadelphia Police after a curfew violation. Provides programs including job readiness training, coding, conflict resolution, violent prevention, mentoring, service linkages, family engagement, and other activities. Transportation home is provided, if needed.

Offers a two-part program focused on cultivating a restorative framework and restorative practices. Part One educates participants about restorative mental models through a 32-hour training facilitated during a nature-based retreat. During Part Two, participants conduct a participatory action research project exploring marronage (a community-based realization of freedom) in 12 sessions over 3 months. Program cohorts contain 10 youth. Participants are paid a $450 stipend.

Provides prevention services in schools as well as at the CCYSB youth centers and street outreach sites. Prevention Programs are designed to address the risks that make it more likely that kids will use drugs and alcohol or make other unsafe decisions. They include educational activities as well as educational presentations for schools, community groups, and parents.

Uses a credible messenger model to prevent and reduce gun violence in Philadelphia’s most violent neighborhoods. Provides teams of crisis workers / credible messengers who ride and walk-through assigned Police Service Areas, mediate conflicts, and build meaningful relationships in the community to help prevent violence. Also provides outreach and referrals to resources to victims of violence crime.

Provides a 90-day program for youth exhibiting at risk behaviors at home, in school, or in the community. Includes mandatory twice weekly visits with case managers, twice monthly counseling sessions, and once monthly home visits. Services include case management, referrals for wraparound services, and workshops covering anger management, conflict resolution, college preparation, and more. Uses Positive Action curriculum to deliver workshops.

Provide individual and group counseling to help men, women, and youth learn how to prevent and stop violence and abuse.

Promotes community safety through volunteer-run neighborhood patrols. Works to decrease community-level violence by empowering community members to engage in cooperative conversations with their neighbors while on regular patrols during peak times for violence. Volunteers receive specialized mediation training where they learn simple de-escalation techniques. Philly Truce staff supports these volunteers as higher-level backup.

Organizes the Cheltenham and West Oak Lane communities to reduce the risk factors that contribute to youth violence and substance abuse. Cheltenham CTC creates various strategies aimed at keeping youth safe and drug-free. Strategies applied include programmatic, environmental, and social marketing campaigns. For more information on Cheltenham CTC, visit

Offers a mentorship program for girls and young adult women. Facilitates candid conversations about life choices and making positive life decisions, and provides advocacy and resources in support of mentees' expressed interests and concerns. Services include large group mentoring with topic-focused break out groups and one on one intervention as needed. Primarily mentors at the high school level.

Provides services to identify support and resources to change lives positively. Services include case management, assessment, action plan development, and individual and group meetings. Provides assistance with professional development, job readiness, career exposure, and employment.

Offers a prevention-based strategy that teaches young people conflict resolution techniques that empowers them to become change agents in their communities and schools by promoting peace. Provides a series of violence-prevention workshops offered in a structured manner so that young people can learn to de-escalate situations that have the potential for violence, thereby, reducing violence.

Offers a 2-hour long educational session that gives young people a behind-the-scenes look into the physical, emotional, and social realities of firearm injury. During the session, participants explore the real life and death experiences of a Philadelphia teen whose story serves as the backdrop for this unflinching look at gun violence.

Provides a safe place for teens during the evening hours seven days a week. Reduces curfew violations. Offers full evening programming, family support, nightly meals, snacks, and transportation.

Provides a 90-day program for youth exhibiting at risk behaviors at home, in school, or in the community. Includes mandatory twice weekly visits with case managers, twice monthly counseling sessions, and once monthly home visits. Services include case management, referrals for wraparound services, and workshops covering anger management, conflict resolution, college preparation, and more. Uses Positive Action curriculum to deliver workshops.

Offers structured activities and a safe space for youth. Activities include academic help, cooking classes, coding, conflict resolution training, family engagement, job readiness training, mental health support, mentoring, sports activities, and violence prevention. Provides referral services for families needing additional resources and services.

Offers structured activities and a safe space for youth. Activities include academic help, cooking classes, coding, conflict resolution training, family engagement, job readiness training, mental health support, mentoring, sports activities, and violence prevention. Provides referral services for families needing additional resources and services.

Offers a youth violence prevention program. Teaches youth and adults how to recognize warning signs and signals, especially within social media, from individuals who may be a threat to themselves or others and to say something BEFORE it is too late.

Provides a mobile app that connects Philadelphians with knowledge of potentially violent conflicts in direct contact with trained mediators who are not affiliated with the police. Available for Apple and Android devices.

Provides trained community advocates who work in teams of 2 to 7 monitors near several Philadelphia high- and middle schools to help reduce the rate of violence and conflict experienced by students traveling from school. Supervises areas near schools, supports student safety, de-escalates conflict, and assists school safety officers and school climate staff.

Offers a variety of educational presentations and topics for middle school and high school aged students. Topics and target audiences include talking about sexual harassment, dating violence, dating relationships, drug-facilitated sexual assault, cyber-bullying prevention, bystander Intervention, internet safety, social cruelty, hanging out or hooking up and sportsmanship.

Provides early intervention programming for at-risk youth. Services include academic support and referrals as needed, social and emotional competency building, mentoring, recreation, work ready programming, and community service opportunities.

Provides therapeutic groups with licensed psychologist, emotional skill building, life skills and case management to children and their parents who have experienced trauma due to violence.

Accepting volunteers. Aims to provide extra supervision for students traveling to and from school. Similar to neighborhood watch programs, volunteers can opt to patrol routes around schools at the start and end of the school day or to keep watch from their homes or businesses. Volunteers often work in teams, sharing information and reporting any suspicious or unusual activities.

Offers a mentorship program for boys and young adult males. Facilitates candid conversations about life choices and making positive life decisions, and provides advocacy and resources in support of mentees' expressed interests and concerns. Services include large group mentoring with topic-focused break out groups and one on one intervention as needed. Partner schools include Emlen Elementary, Martin Luther King, Jr. High, Roosevelt Elementary, and Wagner Middle.