The Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative (SYVPI) is a multi-agency effort that helps local youth get back on the right track. SYVPI goals are to keep high risk youth out of trouble, court, and jail and keep youth in targeted schools from being suspended or expelled because of violence.

Atlantic Street Center provides SYVPI case management services through our Counseling Services Program.

Eligibility
The initiative focuses on about 800 youth ages 12-17 who have experienced any of the following:

• Youth who have been convicted of specific, serious offenses
• Youth who have been arrested but not detained
• Youth who are middle-school students at risk of chronic truancy or who have been suspended more than once because of violence
• Youth who have been victimized by violent incidents in their neighborhoods.

Young people are referred to SYVPI services through juvenile court, police, community outreach workers, schools, Seattle Parks and Recreation Youth Centers, and the neighborhood network agencies.

Available Services
The initiative includes a broad range of services based upon the needs of the youth being served. Available community services include:

• Community outreach
• Case management
• Anger management
• Mentoring
• Youth employment
• Recreation programming
• Neighborhood Matching Fund projects serving targeted youth
• Extended hours with sports and arts programming at Seattle Parks and Recreation Youth Centers.

Contact
For more information about the Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative at Atlantic Street Center, please contact:

Sherice Arrington, Counseling Program Supervisor
Phone: (206) 329-2050, ext. 122
Email Sherice

You can also find more information about SYVPI on the City of Seattle website.