is a teachable moment. we can make an impact and change behavior. we can change how individual s see themselves in society and their own neighborhood and impact the decisions that mayor making within the next 72 hours. those are the keys to preventing retaliation and keep a tight lines on the individuals at risk or have the most potential in being engaged in retaliatory behavior. what we do is we gather information about the youth and their families through questioning, active listening, observations and other types of best practices in terms of communication, right, to really are figure out what is it that got this individual in this situation and how can we best impact and have that long-term. we don t somebody to say we re not going to shoot somebody in the first 72 hours, but how can we do impact and follow-up so they re in a good place a month later, six months down the line to a year. so we use this information that we have gathered to develop a description of the youth
provide answers and information to the family and community. we provide crowd control at the hospital. we help the families connect with the mortuaryy and burial service. the first responders are the ones doing the family and funeral arrangements. we have a close connection with the actual family and that request our services, we also assist in those type of services. often we are taking the families to pick out the caskets and the suit and make sure they re paid for as well. we have family support and we expedite services through the victim service unit. we coordinate healing activities such as candlelight vigils, hearing circles and organized peace rallies. we help with fundraisers and long-term effects that a family might feel. as was mentioned before, one of the biggest challenges young men that have experienced violence that have lost brothers, sisters, friends, community violence to get them into mental services and address their own ptsd so they re not a peter traitor