Charleston and North Charleston Lowcountry Rising Above Violence Team Hosts Open House

    The Lowcountry Rising Above Violence team includes Violence Interrupter Cornelius Chisolm, Credible Messenger Chantelle Mitchell, Site Supervisor Latoya Rivers and Violence Interrupter Shantone Curry.

    YAP Lowcountry Rising Above Violence Open House Photo Album

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    YAP Lowcountry Rising Above Violence Site Supervisor LaToya Rivers

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    YAP Charleston County, S.C. – Lowcountry Rising Above Violence, Charleston’s new community violence prevention and intervention program, hosted an Open House to introduce themselves and the services they offer.

    The program is staffed by employees of Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. through a partnership with the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). Funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice Prevention (OJJDP), the program is designed to help curb violence among young people ages 10-18 in Charleston and the North Charleston neighborhoods.

    The program uses the Cure Violence Global model to detect and interrupt conflicts; identify and treat individuals at the highest-risk of violence engagement; and change social norms, while also delivering YAP wraparound services that empower youth and families with tools to nurture their strengths and put/keep their lives positive trajectory.

    YAP is a national nonprofit in 33 states and the District of Columbia that delivers community-based services as a more effective alternative to youth incarceration and out-of-home placement. In recent years, YAP has combined its evidence-based model of hiring and training neighborhood-based staff with shared experience with other evidence-based approaches to help cities curb violence.

    The YAP Charleston County team includes Site Supervisor Latoya Rivers, Credible Messenger Chantelle Mitchell and Violence Interrupters Shantone Curry and Cornelius Chisolm.

    The team extends special thanks to Midland Park Ministry Center Pastor Jerry Zapata, Just Say Grace Catering by Sylvia Evans, Saxophonist Earl White, Jr., and Flowers by Eddie.

    To learn more about YAP visit yapinc.org and follow the nonprofit on Twitter @YAPInc.