Center for Restorative Approaches
Cause Area
- Children & Youth
- Community
- Education & Literacy
- Justice & Legal
Location
3900 General Taylor, Second Floor, Suite 202New Orleans, LA 70125 United StatesOrganization Information
Mission Statement
We provide communities with training, tools, and processes that build relationships and that allow those most impacted by conflict and crime to develop their own solutions and ways of repairing harm.
The Center for Restorative Approaches provides safe and structured spaces in which people can build community, bridge differences with integrity, repair harms, and have voice in the decisions that affect each others' lives. We facilitate Restorative Practices like community building circles, problem-solving circles and community conferences.
When a crime or conflict occurs, we bring together eve ryone who has been impacted to discuss what happened, how people were impacted, and what can be done to repair the harm.
Description
We work with and offer training in Restorative Practices for schools, neighborhoods, government agencies, businesses, faith communities, the juvenile justice system, organizations, families, and the general community. CRA is a program of Neighborhood Housing Services of New Orleans, Inc. www.nhsnola.org
Description The Center for Restorative Approaches at Neighborhood Housing Services (CRA) helps people to uncover their natural ability to respond to destructive behavior in
constructive ways. We provide communities with training, tools, and
processes that build relationships and that allow those most impacted by conflict and crime to develop their own solutions and ways of repairing harm.