By working together with a Shared Vision, youth violence can be prevented.
Creating safe communities where all Children, youth, and young people thrive.
By working together with a Shared Vision, youth violence can be prevented.
Creating safe communities where all Children, youth, and young people thrive.
An average of 700 young people less than 25 years of age are directly affected by gun violence in Denver annually. There are 13 deaths, 69 emergency visits & hospitalizations, and 616 victims of gun-related crimes annually.
In Colorado, annual homicide filings for juveniles have more than quintupled in the last 20 years, going from 13 in 2001 to 67 in 2021. Though annual homicides fluctuated between 2002 and 2015 — ranging from 15 to 44 each year — they’ve increased steadily over the last six years. Since 2016, every year but 2020 has set a new record for the most juvenile homicide filings in the last two decades