WBEZ’s Chip Mitchell profiled a Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities initiative in an August 7 segment, “To Curb Chicago’s Gun Violence, Foundations To Provide Jobs And Therapy To Shooters.” Heartland Alliance designed and coordinates the initiative, called Rapid Employment and Development Initiative (READI), which connects individuals at highest risk of being a victim or perpetrator of gun violence to critical services — including transitional jobs, coaching and cognitive behavioral therapy.

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This is a story about the Street Outreach and Violence Interruption strategy of the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities.