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The Adolescent Targeted Violence Prevention Project
Protecting our children in our communities
Intensive Support Teams
Community Consultation
Our mission is to prevent adolescent-targeted violence, increase school safety, and support communities through evidence-based intervention, community consultation, education, and research.
You all saved my life. Thank you. I call my team to take the stress off.
– Prevent 2 Protect parent
I love to work with P2P. The help they are able to give to students and their families is amazing and so important.
– Andrew Higley, West Shore ESD
P2P has provided excellent services to students in need. When the school ran out of options on resources, P2P willfully stepped up to help out those students/families when needed. I look forward to continued partnership with P2P.
– Deputy Luke Postma, Mason County Sheriff’s Department
We are so thankful for finding them. It’s not just another program; they make you feel like family. They all work so hard for us daily. They believe in the children they are working with.
– Prevent 2 Protect parent
Thank you for everything you’ve done to help me.
– Prevent 2 Protect participant
Preventing Targeted Violence in Schools
Research and evidence-based practices are the foundation of Prevent 2 Protect’s response to the continuing threat of targeted school violence. However, research alone is insufficient to mitigate attacks. We must try new ideas and strategies to prevent violence in our schools and other public spaces. Prevent 2 Protect aims to help support high-risk adolescents and their families who too often fall into the “gaps” between the education, mental health, and criminal justice systems. Our goal is to reduce risk and support local school violence prevention efforts in Michigan communities by connecting high-risk adolescents and their caregivers to Prevent 2 Protect’s intensive support teams and the Project’s subject-matter experts.
The HUB Team
The HUB Team is housed in the Department of Psychiatry at Michigan State University. Team members with expertise in psychiatry, social work, education, and law enforcement come together to support this multidisciplinary project. The HUB is the central assessment point that oversees the daily operations of the regional intensive support teams (ISTs). The four pillars are implemented and guided by the HUB Team.
Offering Intensive Support Teams in select communities
Prevent 2 Protect emphasizes cross-system collaboration and intervention to prevent adolescent violence and support rehabilitation in a community context.