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MARCH 2023

LIFE Camp’s

Mission

To approach violence as a Public Health issue, providing programs and other holistic approaches to address the underlying causes of violence, through:

• Community outreach, intervention, and engagement;
• Youth Leadership Development Programs that provide positive alternatives to violence, bullying and other forms of anti-social behavior;
• Collaborative Partnerships between community stakeholders within the public and private sectors; and
• LIFE Camp’s proven model for reducing violence, that provides youth and families with the necessary skills and resources to effectively implement positive change within their own communities

LIFE Camp Is Your

Most Valuable

Community Partner

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^{LIFE Camp Can Help The DOE Work In Collaboration With The Communities They Serve, In Order To:}

• ^{Increase Safety}
• ^{Decrease incidents of gang violence}
• ^{De-escalate and prevent conflicts that could spill out into the community}
• ^{Increase Attendance & Parent Engagement}
• ^{Bridge a stronger partnership between schools, parents & community}
• ^{Build Community Engagement, Partnership & Equity}
• ^{Scale This Model To Be Used Throughout NYC}

Emergency Management

Approach to Violence

Interruption

^{LIFE Camp Can Help The DOE Work In}

• ^{First Response Protocol (direct violence intervention and interruption)}
• ^{Shooting Response Protocol (24-48 hours post-event)}
• ^{Hospital Response Protocol}
• ^{Safe Corridors}

^{Our Partner Schools}

• ^{Eagle Academy for Young Men}
• ^{Prep Academy for Writers}
• ^{Voyages Preparatory High School}
• ^{Q752 – Queens Transition Center}

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• ^{New Preparatory Middle School}
• ^{Benjamin Cardozo High School}
• ^{Excelsior Preparatory School}

A Partnership With LIFE Camp Guarantees Credible & Valuable Community Relationships For The DOE

THE

LIFE CAMP IMPACT

^{LIFE Camp has been a text away, and responds to DOE requests for mediation in real time.}

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^{LIFE Camp has lead successful partnerships & collaborations with Southeast Queens precincts and school safety.}

^{LIFE Camp regularly responds to hot spots and high profile events (vigils, funerals) where our students are} 

^{LIFE Camp is a proven partner in public safety and trusted community resource.}

We Are Proven Co-Producers of Public Safety

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LIFE Camp Has a Long Partnership With 113th Precinct

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^{Situation Report}

^{Springfield Gardens HS}

^{DE-ESCALATION}

^{Incident:  Stabbing}

^{Call to the School Initiated by Police}

^{De-escalation, no additional injuries}

^{Facilitators: 113 Pct. & LC, Inc.}

^{Situation Report}

^{Baisley Park Houses Playground}

^{ASSISTED IN ‘ORDERLY’ ARREST} 

^{By PO following chase of subject.} 

^{Prevention of acting out by folks in the playground and residents against the lone arresting officer.}

^{Crowd cheering on youth being arrested.}

^{One (1)NYPD  PO, & LC, Inc.}

^{Situation Report}

^{140th Ave & 180th St.}

^{Series of incidents to wrong family at location due to misinformation, false info given to PD, incorrect identification.  Problems resolved.}

^{113 Pct. & LC, Inc}

^{(Close, open communication)}

^{Situation Report}

^{Baisley Houses}

^{DE-ESCALATION}

^Incident:

^{Police shooting incident}

^{Called by Police + Community} 

^{113 Pct. & LC}

^{Situation Report}

^{Funeral of Victim}

^{DE-ESCALATION OF POTENTIAL GANG ACTIVITY}

^{Incident: Funeral Home in “territory/turf” of gang members}

^{De-escalation of crowd and diffusion of potential retaliation and other incidents that would lead to violence} 

^{Situation Report}

^{Baisley Park Houses}

^{PREVENTION OF POLICE SHOOTING}

^{of Mentally Impaired Youth.}

^{113 Pct. & LC, Inc.}

Coalition

Building

LIFE Camp

• Build partnerships across stakeholder groups
• Support partner’s advocacy efforts
• Community events with coalition partners and community members
• Meetings with stakeholders and network partners
• Outreach to families and community members

Wraparound

Supportive

Services

Using our Violence Intervention & Prevention (“VIP”) system, LIFE Camp adds a holistic extension to the Cure Violence model with customized wraparound services. 

Urban

Yogis

^{Change from the inside out:}

^{In partnership with holistic Health Guru Deepak Chopra and Ashtanga Yoga NY, LIFE Camp, Inc.’s Urban Yogis Program provides yoga and meditation instruction for over 500 students, educators, philanthropists and community leaders annually.}  

^{�The goal of LIFE Camp, Inc.’s Urban Yogi’s is to teach young people how to resolve conflict by becoming more conscious beings, without the need to resort to violence. Through the partnership, LIFE Camp, Inc. provides yoga to inner-city projects and communities personally impacted by gun violence.}

^{�LIFE Camp, Inc.’s Urban Yogis Program results include:}  

• ^{Urban Yogis are now teaching yoga in the New York City Public School system}
• ^{Over 500 students in LIFE Camp, Inc.’s programs have learned yoga and meditation} 

Training, Engagement, & Development for Staff, Partners, Administration, and Volunteers

• ^{Self-Care Time and Resources}
• ^Onboarding
• ^{Trauma-informed Care} 
• ^Peacekeepers
• ^{Skill-building and PD}
• ^Conferences

• ^Seminars
• ^Workshops
• ^{In-house training for curriculum}
• ^{Monthly Best-Practice Network Meetings}

• ^{Development of “Peace Village”}
• ^{Demonstration Project at 212-40 Jamaica Ave}
• ^{Partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension ++}
• ^{University of Chicago Crime Lab for Practicum}

Our Ultimate Goal: “Peace Village”

Build State of the Art Community Centers, at 5 strategically selected sites throughout Southeast Queens.

An intersection of facilities, partnered stakeholders, cutting edge programming, and activities in the neighborhood surrounding these buildings constitute what we plan to call “Peace Village” – where public safety meets local resilience and sustainable social-economic development.

Stretching the Envelope of

High School – University Partnerships

• Aligning Global Consultants, dialed into the latest Social Impact Formula that leverages full-vertical partnerships to optimize innovation

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• See the connection between social and environmental sustainability > embrace projects that address both at once

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• We look at the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, and look to design programming that will prep our youth accordingly

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• **With this approach, we are positioned to get enthusiastic cooperation from top Universities (Princeton in queue), but the program design, labor, and facilitation will be on us

Use the AR Globe to connect youth to the planet and a sense of self-worth

• Explore how the digital environment (Augmented Reality) merges with the physical environment in popular culture

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• Compare hyperlocal issues to similar challenges arosocial, environmental, and economic und the world

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• Study historical cases of global impact following the work of people from the students’ neighborhood

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• Thru data visualization and communication with youth, we can connect local and popular appeal to the lasting issues of global resilience

• QR-code plaques around schools and neighborhood
• Will update periodically with Resource Map data
• Job resources
• Social Services
• Urban Farms (Food Desert initiatives)
• Teaching the tech while using it

• In the classroom:
• AR Globe + conversations around Hyperlocal Resilience Issues x Global Affairs

The Overview Effect

Imagine a world where every person –

not just astronauts – can experience the “Overview Effect”.

While Building Peace Village

We’ve surveyed Community Sports/Organizations

to determine their immediate needs for program

expansion and improvement.

Buildings we need to secure and maintain

1. City-owned buildings for work in different areas 
1. With rooms for Educational Programming
2. Group Homework, Peer tutoring
2. Indoor & Outdoor Athletic Facilities

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Budgetary Needs

1. 3 Licensed tutors in core subject areas - 3x/week 
2. Meals before and after school

We’ve identified the following facility and budgetary needs:

Budgetary Needs

1. Cost for School Safety to work additional hours 
2. Cost for LC staff to work additional hours- to be a support to these programs 
3. Permits (Access to expediting permits- contingent upon need) or waiver to permits 
4. Midnight Programming- Summer Tournaments
1. Approximate Cost, $30,000
2. Uniforms per team (12 participants) for shirts Approximately $540 
3. Trophies/medals/awards, approximately $2000 per team 
4. Youth Counselors @ average of $18/hr.
5. NYC Saturday Night Lights Concept for Southeast Queens
• Six schools @ approximately $40,000 each 

We’ve identified the following facility and budgetary needs:

Preferred Facilities

1. Law Enforcement HS
2. York College
3. Eagle Academy�Becoming a multi-organization experience- Scholar and Community Access 
1. Expand Eagle Academy (currently does not meet the needs of a 21st Century learning experience)
2. Want to expand our enrollment to 600-700- need larger classroom spaces
3. Would like to secure building on 115th Street, and use as an extension of Eagle, with an additional gym/auditorium- for a performing arts program
4. City owned building/space (including Park) 
5. Secure an outdoor athletic space for football, lacrosse, track and field, swimming
6. Partner with community organizations to use the facility
7. Career/technical education space- to equip or students as well as community members with the knowledge to become certified and gain employment in these fields 
8. Multi-purpose space where the community and Eagle would be able to use for different types of events. This facility would be open year-round. LIFE Camp would also be able to utilize it as a 24-hour center.

We’ve identified the following preferred facilities

• Create opportunities for the community to engage between the school, the community and our families- bridging the gap- LIFE Camp would be a conduit for this
• Become a community school- become a health/mental health clinic- our scholars would become a part of this- have access to high quality health care 
• Food Pantry- being able to provide food to our school and members of our community 
• Build a corridor between Elementary and College- Eagle would be at the center of this as a Bridge program, to keep kids in District 29
5. August Martin High School Campus
6. Merrick Academy
7. MS 59
8. IS 8
9. MS 231
10. PS 36
11. Elmcor
12. Campus Magnet High School 
13. Springfield High School

Self-Empowerment / Growth / Enrichment Programs

1. Financial/Money Management Classes for Youth
2. Life Skills
3. Job Readiness
4. College & Career Readiness
5. Mental Health & Emotional support to youth and their families 
6. Mentoring for women 
7. Health/Sports Training for Youth
8. Apparel Printing Program 
9. Physical Mentorship Program (Giant Thinking) 
10. Social Media 
11. Music 

Programs that meet the social-economic needs of our local youth and community

AVG COST for Program & Consultants:

$385,000 + $70,000 for supplies

Self-Empowerment / Growth / Enrichment Programs

Peer Mentoring

1. Training participants to become Junior Violence Interrupters & Junior Peer Mentors
1. Avg. Cost: $50k per year

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Incentives/Outings

1. College Tours
2. Sporting Events
3. Camping Trips
4. Museums
5. Stipends
6. Transportation

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Supplies

1. Sports/Fitness Equipment�Basketballs, Footballs, Gym Equipment, Uniforms, Martial Arts

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Programs that meet the social-economic needs of our local youth and community

Avg. Cost

$20,000

$10,000

$60,000 per school

$2-3,000 per trip

$150,000 per year

$500,000

General Asks

General Asks – LIFE Camp

Additional Staff

1. Outreach Workers
2. Violence Interrupters
3. VIP Specialists �(Safe Corridors)
4. Program Manager

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Avg. Cost for an Outreach Worker/�Violence Interrupter

$48,000 - $57,000

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Avg. Cost for a Program Manager

$75,000 - $90,000

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LIFE Camp Additional Staff