When the students return to school, they have an opportunity to share their experiences and impressions with their peers. These activities are complemented by a larger conflict resolution program taught in the county's high schools. Participant roundtables at the schools and a youth-developed conference on violence culminate in youth recommendations to police, health departments, and hospital officials about strategies for preventing or reducing gun violence. More than 600 students from 19 of the 20 high schools in the public school system have participated in the program over the past 5 years. The majority of the students who have participated indicate that they have found the program to be of great value and they have shared information about their visits to the hospital's emergency room with their peers.
Mentors also report that the youth are visibly affected by their experiences in the program.