Nonprofit trying to curb youth violence at end of school year [Video]

DENVER, Colorado — Advocates against youth violence are trying a proactive approach to help curb the violence that they say often increases at the end of the school year and over the summer.

Nonprofit Struggle of Love said they are placing counselors inside some schools for the remainder of the year to help form relationships with at-risk youth and help point them toward resources and summer activities.

“Just us being on campus, being visible, and letting these kids that may be involved in these things know that look, we are here,” said Jason McBride, secondary violence prevention manager for the Struggle of Love Foundation. “We don’t want this to happen here. We don’t want this to happen period, with the summer coming up, there is an escalation of violence.”

McBride …