Building Resilience Against Violence Engagement (BRAVE)
BRAVE: Building Resilience Against Violence Engagement
BRAVE stands for Building Resilience Against Violence Engagement. We are a team of experts in social work, psychology, and child welfare-based out of Loyola University in Chicago, IL. BRAVE is a new model focused on minority youth and their families. We are not only focused on individual behavior but the whole community. This is a partnership with the people and community connected to youth, including family members, friends, school staff, and community center staff.
News & Publications
The BRAVE Project received a No-Cost Extension until June 30, 2022. The Vietnamese Association of Illinois (VAI) left the project on July 1, 2021. The BRAVE LUC team is thankful for VAI’s participation since the start of the project, and appreciates their role as the BRAVE fiscal partner during Years 3 and 4.
Advisory Board
The purpose of the BRAVE Advisory Board is to review, monitor, and provide strategic advice to the process and direction of the BRAVE Project. Board members have been recruited from community organizations, partner agencies, local schools, and police departments. The Board convenes in person twice each year. Due to the pandemic, in lieu of meeting in person, the LUC BRAVE team has been issuing electronic Advisory Board newsletters updating board members on the progress of the BRAVE Project.
During COVID-19, BRAVE has offered in-person programming for groups of up to 10 students, as well as online programming mirroring the in-person activities. Programming has been flexible with the students’ schedules and has included recreational and relational components. Youth’s participation has been encouraged through distribution of gift cards, virtual and in-person outreach to both youth and parents, LUC’s donation of laptops, modems, and service fees to eligible youth and their families, and continued use of Google surveys for youth and parents to fill out electronically.
BRAVE stands for Building Resilience Against Violence Engagement. We are a team of experts in social work, psychology, and child welfare-based out of Loyola University in Chicago, IL. BRAVE is a new model focused on minority youth and their families. We are not only focused on individual behavior but the whole community. This is a partnership with the people and community connected to youth, including family members, friends, school staff, and community center staff.
During COVID-19, BRAVE has offered in-person programming for groups of up to 10 students, as well as online programming mirroring the in-person activities. Programming has been flexible with the students’ schedules and has included recreational and relational components. Youth’s participation has been encouraged through distribution of gift cards, virtual and in-person outreach to both youth and parents, LUC’s donation of laptops, modems, and service fees to eligible youth and their families, and continued use of Google surveys for youth and parents to fill out electronically.