Nonviolence Institute

Nonviolence Institute is a non-profit organization based in Providence, Rhode Island that focuses on preventing and combating youth violence, and assisting victims of crime, primarily in the core urban communities of Central Falls, Pawtucket, Providence, and Warwick. The Institute provides professional development, skill-building training, and case management services to support youth and young adults impacted by community violence.

Through various federal grant awards from agencies such as the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Rhode Island Department of Public Safety, Nonviolence Institute has delivered a range of goods and services. These include hiring case managers to work directly with youth victims of violence, connecting them to appropriate services and supports; providing training and credentials for staff in areas like youth development, community violence prevention and intervention, gang intervention, street conflict mediation, trauma-informed services, and motivational interviewing; offering counseling and job training to gang-involved youth; responding 24/7 to violent crime incidents to ensure victims and families receive holistic care, safety, and resources for healing; strengthening support services for residents who lost loved ones to violent crime; offering crisis intervention, referrals, hospital/court advocacy; facilitating temporary safe housing for at-risk clients; and providing assessments, case management, discharge planning, public benefits enrollment, and job development services for individuals transitioning from prison to communities in the Providence area through partnerships like the Rhode Island Reentry Collaborative.