We work toward safer communities by addressing trauma and increasing opportunity among men most likely to experience gun violence. Based on evidence that combining cognitive behavioral interventions and access to economic opportunity can help individuals stay safer, we work through community-based organizations to directly engage men at the highest risk of experiencing violence and connect them with mental health supports, paid transitional jobs and professional development, and support services. Learn more here.
READI engages participants long-term in order to meet the acute and complex needs of individuals with high exposure to violence and trauma, and to prepare them for career paths.
READI is highly targeted in order to have the greatest impact. Compared with the average Chicagoan, the men we work with are 45 times more likely to experience gun violence.
We are seeing success keeping participants safer and reducing the likelihood of them experiencing or perpetrating shootings and homicides.
Heartland Alliance Englewood Outreach
Institute for Nonviolence Chicago
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
Chicago Sports Alliance, a McCormick Foundation Fund
Frechette Family Foundation
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Marc and Jeanne Malnati Family Foundation
Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities
Pritzker Foundation