Organization: KC MOTHERS IN CHARGE
Mission: REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME THROUGH PREVENTION, EDUCATION, AND INTERVENTION AND TO GUIDE AND SUPPORT FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF HOMICIDES.
Activities: In 2019 we provided services to more than 100 bereaved families, including visiting 88 homicide scenes to provide trauma-informed crisis support providing 28 home visits and emergency assistance to 25 families providing 5,395 family support phone calls serving more than 50 unduplicated family members through monthly support groups providing 110 sessions of individual and family grief counseling and providing more than 30 families assistance during the winter holiday season. In addition, we reached more than 700 offenders through 17 prison visits.
NTEE category: Crime & Legal-Related
Secondary category: Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy