CSGV Initiative

The Community Solution to Gang Violence is an initiative comprised of diverse group of individuals, including private citizens, community organizations and all levels of government, who work collaboratively on a strategic, community-wide approach to address the issue of gangs and gang violence.

Central Messages of CSGV

There is considerable evidence that suggests the most effective approach to prevent young people from the lure of gang involvement is to increase the protective factors around young people that promote positive, healthy development, that at the same time, reduce risk factors associated with gang recruitment and involvement.

Drawing on this evidence, the CSGV uses a risk-protective framework to increase protective factors by building positive relationships and patterns of interactions with young people, and by creating positive social environments surrounding young people—community, family, service organizations, and by promoting social and economic policies that support positive youth development.

Everyone—young people, families, neighbours, service providers, funding organizations and government—can do their part to build assets and protective factors surrounding young people.

Change in the conditions that give rise to gang violence and the impact of our approach is more likely to occur through the collaborative efforts of everyone in a community—individuals, families, neighbourhoods, schools, service organizations and all levels of government.

With this collaborative effort, we will find community solutions to gang violence.

CSGV Initiative

Central Messages of CSGV

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