Chester’s Mentoring Initiative

September Meeting Highlights

Matt Krouse, Deputy District Attorney at the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office and member of the Gun Violence Task Force, gave an overview of the Chester Partnership for Safe Neighborhoods violence reduction program.

The program is based on research that shows a large proportion of violent crime is perpetrated by a small number of individuals. Professionals focus on individuals identified as being at high risk of shooting or being shot, and offers them jobs, job training, housing, legal services, trauma therapy, free food and toiletries - whatever they need to get on a better path. The program essentially communicates to them “If you let us, we will help you. If you make us, we will stop you.”

Learn more at delcoda.com and reach Matt with your ideas, partnership opportunities and questions at krousem@co.delaware.pa.us, Work: 610-891-6089 and Cell: 610-545-3059.

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Our own Jamar Daniels and Brittani Hales are among those helping to coordinate Chester's Delaware River Festival taking place October 2, 10-3pm.

https://www.delawareriverfest.org/activities
Join the family fun and watershed learning along the Delaware River Waterfront beside Subaru Park in Chester, PA. Try your hand at water quality testing, take a tour of the stadium to learn how the turf is sustainably managed and sneak a peek at the Union practicing, etc. Lots of fun activities all day long for all ages. Send any questions to Jamar at jdaniels@chestercity.com

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We are collecting input for a Fall 2021 activities flyer. If you have family-oriented programs you want us to help promote, please complete the form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-VFYWFSc_y9syB70M94rz_nwP38Y69nYb9r55Wo0u2U/edit