About Safe Start

Safe Start Initiative: Safe Start Promising Approaches II Sites

Eight Promising Approaches II sites, funded in 2010, will provide evidence-based or theory-based interventions to prevent and reduce the impact of children's exposure to violence in their homes and communities. These interventions will address the needs of children and youth ages 0-17 who have been exposed to violence and their families through a comprehensive and collaborative approach that uses the current knowledge base to address children's exposure to violence.

List of Safe Start Promising Approaches Communities

Worcester County, MA

Lead Agency: National Center on Family Homelessness, Inc.
Contact: Lillian Ballkishun
Phone: (617) 964-3834
E-mail: lillian.ballkishun@familyhomelessness.org

Spokane, WA

Lead Agency: Washington State University
Contact: Christopher Blodgett
Phone: (509) 358-7679
Email: blodgett@wsu.edu

Queens, NY

Lead Agency: St. John's University, New York
Contact: Elissa Brown
Phone: (718) 990-2355
E-mail: browne@stjohns.edu

El Paso, TX

Lead Agency: Aliviane, Inc. – Behavioral Health Clinic
Contact: Dante Jimenez
Phone: (915) 782-4023, ext. 222
Email: djimenez@aliviane.org

Kalamazoo, MI

Lead Agency: Western Michigan University
Contact: Wil Emmert
Phone: (269) 387-8269
Email: wil.emmert@wmich.edu

Detroit, MI

Lead Agency: Alternatives for Girls
Contact: Valorie Evans
Phone: (313) 361-4000
Email: vevans@alternativesforgirls.org

Philadelphia, PA

Lead Agency: Health Federation of Philadelphia
Contact: Maria Frontera
Phone: (215) 567-8001
Email: mfrontera@healthfederation.org

Honolulu, HI

Lead Agency: University of Hawaii
Contact: Kalei Kanuha
Phone: (808) 956-7717
Email: kanuha@hawaii.edu

Denver, CO

Lead Agency: Colorado Judicial Department
Contact: Lilas Rajaee-Moore
Phone: (720) 913-4248
Email: lilas.rajaee-moore@judicial.state.co.us

Aurora, CO

Lead Agency: Aurora Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center
Contact: Kathie Snell
Phone: (303) 617-2733
Email: kathiesnell@aumhc.org