Intervention & Prevention

The Assessment, Intake, and Diversion (AID) Center

The Assessment, Intake, and Diversion (AID) Center serves as a stepping-stone to access community-based, long-term services management, essential services; housing, substance use treatment, medical/dental/vision benefits, mental health services, and basic needs.

Gang Reduction Initiative of Denver

The Gang Reduction of Denver (GRID) is a network of federal, state, and local government agencies; local businesses; community-based, grassroots and faith-based organizations; and community resident associations that work in a collaborative manner to address gang violence.

Denver Juvenile Services Center

The Denver Juvenile Services Center (DJSC) provides a central point of intake for at-risk and justice-involved youth.

Public Safety Youth Programs

Denver Public Safety Youth Programs function as a partnership between the community, private, and government organizations to promote positive youth diversion and intervention programs. Youth programs serve thousands of youth and families each year through a number of prevention and intervention services.

Start by Believing

After a sexual assault, most victims turn to someone for help.
What if they turn to you? How will you respond? Learn about the Start By Believing program and take the pledge to show your support.

Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Program

LEAD is about public safety and building collective and systemic responses to unmanaged behavioral health challenges. This response includes trauma-informed, meeting people where they are at, and harm reduction principles. The Denver LEAD Program is funded through a grant which the Colorado Behavioral Health Administration.

Street Enforcement Team (SET)

The Street Enforcement Team is a civilian-based team empowered to enforce low level, quality of life ordinances.

Second Judicial District Senate Bill 94

The Colorado Youth Detention Continuum (CYDC), also known as Senate Bill 94, provides structure and funding to local jurisdictions for a continuum of services designed to ensure that youth are supervised and/or incarcerated at a level that is commensurate with their risk to the community.

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