Our Strategy:

Being there: substituting responsible adults for the neighborhood thug/drug dealer as role models for kids

Sanctuary: a safe, orderly and clean haven from violence and other negative environmental pressures

Opposing the culture that celebrates ignorance and violence

Zero tolerance for violence; we will support law enforcement's suppression of violent offenders.

Holistic approach: looking at the youth’s entire situation, their assets and liabilities, and connecting with the youth’s parent/guardian, teacher, probation officer and other key figures in the youth’s life.



We mentor, monitor and minister to high-risk youth and the community so that youth may avoid violence, achieve literacy and gain access to jobs.



To reduces juvenile violence through faith community and law enforcement agency collaboration. Baker House staff, law enforcement personnel, clergy and lay volunteers share street-level information on the activities and culture of high-risk youth. The most at-risk youth are then met with the message: “violence will not be tolerated in the City of Boston