True 2 Life

True 2 Life is a part of the New York City Crisis Management System. It revolutionizes the perception and reduction of violence by promoting a public health and science-based approach, treating violence as a learned behavior that can be prevented by utilizing disease control methods.

If such a contagious epidemic is ignored, like any disease, it spreads. True 2 Life understands that violence persists despite external punishment or moral judgment. To effectively affect peaking societal violence, social norms need to become eradicated from the source.

Credible Messengers

True 2 Life is comprised of various positions that serve our mission to be agents of change to the community.

Outreach Workers:

Act as mentors to a variety of participants, seeing each client numerous times per week, conveying a message of renouncing the use of violence, and assisting clients in obtaining needed services.

Violence Interrupters:

Outreach Workers act as mentors to a variety of participants, seeing each client numerous times per week, conveying a message of renouncing the use of violence, and assisting clients in obtaining needed services.

Hospital Responders:

Hospital Responders are contacted around the clock of any penetrating wounds, i.e., gunshot or stabbings admitted to emergency rooms. These notifications enable workers to respond quickly to prevent retaliation. Hospital Responders respond to all hospital calls, follow up with all victims, offer T2L services, daily logs and canvass target area.

Services We Offer

Legal Aid
Mental Health Workshops
Mentoring
Conflict Resolution
Support Groups
Job Trainings
Resume Help
Financial Empowerment
Job Training
Substance Abuse Counseling

In the unfortunate situation that someone in our community is shot and killed, True2Life hosts Shooting Responses where the individual was killed. This is one of the ways we go about reaching out to our community and enlightening them about the services that we offer to hopefully prevent situations as such from happening again.

True 2 Life understands that we can not just be reactive in our approach against gun violence and must work diligently to uplift our communities. We work proactively throughout our neighborhoods to provide well need resources.