Programs
The ROC is partnering with the Richmond Police Department, the Washington-based Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, and Richmond Public Schools to reduce violence in George Wythe High School. Ten ROC staff work daily with 150 of the school's toughest, hardest-to-reach students. ROC staff help with homework, hold mediations, help prevent fights, and do home visits with students and parents. Since this program started, suspensions and expulsions have decreased in the school. The Richmond Police Department pushed for the program, and the Richmond Police Department Foundation came up with the funding.
Several years ago The ROC bought a 45,000-square-foot (4,200 m2) facility in Richmond's North Side. This building has been turned into a school that is being used to train people for urban ministry. Some groups come for a few days to participate in The ROC's boot camps, and some enroll in the school and stay for nine months.
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