Neighborhoods can become safer places for children and adolescents when parents and volunteers work together with local law enforcement and educational agencies. Volunteers -- even the homebound elderly -- can serve as Block Parents, providing safe haven to youth in crisis situations, even if they do not have children of their own. This effective practice was adapted from the book, Safe Homes, Safe Neighborhoods: Stopping Crime Where You Live by Stephanie Mann.
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