Intervene
early
The Youth Violence Intervention & Prevention Project (Y-VIPP) is a pilot project in partnership with bloom365, one n ten, Dignity Health and the ASU Morrison Institute that promotes school-based coordinated community responses to prevent young people at risk for or already perpetrating violence from
“slipping through the cracks.”
Education & Outreach
Risk Assessments
Individual Interventions
Group Interventions & Peer Support
Coordinated Community Responses
Services
For 13-24 year old teens and young adults who are at risk for controlling, abusive or violent behaviors or who have already offended, Y-VIPP offers the following in-person and online trauma informed individual and group intervention services:
Intervention
Screenings
- For teens (13-17)
- For young adults (18-24)
- For parents/caregivers
- For school personnel and youth service providers
Individual Interventions
- Risk Factor Reduction
- Skill Building
- Coping
- Self-Control
- Communication
- Conflict Resolution
- Healthy Relationship Education
- Jealousy & Insecurity
- Rigid Beliefs in Gender Roles & Stereotypes
- Consent v. Coercion
- Caring v. Controlling
- Trauma Informed Interventions to Alleviate Impact of ACES
- Increase Protective Factors
- Empathetic Listening
- Self-Esteem/Confidence
- Peer Support
- Trusted Adult Connections
Group
Interventions
- Like Skills
- Root Cause & Risk Factor Influences
- Social Connectedness
- Peer to Peer Accountability
- Art/Music/Activity Therapy
- Mindfulness
Objectives
Reduce Risk Factors
Increase
Protective Factors
Intervene Early
goals
Outputs
1,200 youth complete prevention education (7-Dose Curriculum)
360 youth disclosing harm know where to access help
25 youth self-identify as at risk for perpetration and seek help
Outcomes
70% of youth self-referred or by CCRT complete a risk assessment
100% of youth who receive the outreach education know where to seek help and how to access help
80% of CCRT members have the confidence and skills to respond to youth interpersonal violence
