Public Safety & Community Response
Impacting Issues to Prevent Progression 

The Division of Public Safety and Community Response at the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis is dedicated to reducing crime and violence while enhancing the livability of neighborhoods. Our mission is achieved through strategic connections between residents and essential services, alongside robust resources. By organizing community and block level activities, we aim to rejuvenate the social fabric of targeted areas. With a specialized focus on individuals and families considered "high risk," our efforts are tailored to address and mitigate the escalating social disparities that affect our communities.
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Pandemic Relief

The Urban League, through its Division of Public Safety and Community Response, quickly developed a strategy to execute large-scale, drive-through food and PPE distributions in St. Louis City and County.

Neighborhood Healing Network

The Neighborhood Healing Network is an expansive strategic partnership between five organizations to serve individuals who have experienced, crime, violence or been the victim of an incident that has resulted in trauma.   ​

Neighborhood Opioid Triage

Urban Opioid Triage addresses the opioid problem by providing compassionate street level outreach to the many suffering from addiction and congregating in open air drugs markets.

Clean Sweep

Clean Sweep is a groundbreaking initiative that serves the regions most challenged neighborhoods. Through Clean Sweep each year, vacant and abandoned properties (beyond repair) are targeted and demolished.

Federation of Block Unit 

The Federation of Block Units is the oldest self-help grassroots organization in the St. Louis area. The
Federation is committed to improving and stabilizing neighborhoods through: Education and Youth Services, Senior Services, Housing and Crime Prevention, general support for The Urban League program, and Civic Engagement and Advocacy.

Serving Our Streets

Serving Our Streets is proven to reduce crime, and violence, while making neighborhoods more livable.
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