Martha Eliot Health Center
Jamaica Plain Violence Intervention and Prevention Collaborative (JPVIP)
The mission of the JP VIP Collaborative is to help youth and families of Jamaica Plain and neighboring communities to live safe and healthy lives by collaboratively providing access to and education about mental health services, identifying available resources and responding to families affected by violence. The vision is to create a peaceful environment for youth and families living in Jamaica Plain and neighboring communities to live, work and play.
Goals/Services:
- Provide education, information, and resources related to mental health to youth and families in Jamaica Plain and Roxbury
- Develop a relationship around Trauma Response prevention, and intervention with BPS in the Jamaica Plain community
- Support strategies that will engage youth in the Collaborative’s work and empower them to reach out to other youth.
Contact Information:
- Patricia “Pattie” Knight, Program Coordinator, patricia.knight@childrens.harvard.edu
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