Microscopic approach toward this type of social problem has yielded results, but the cost of operating such a program maybe prohibitively expensive. It is up to the government to decide if the benefits of such program outweigh the cost. The program not only provides guidance to young generation who are exposed to structural violence but also trains the advocates to have a first hand experience on a social ill that needs to be remedied at a higher level as well as at ground level.
Quote: [Students in the high-risk category — mostly black and Hispanic boys, some homeless dropouts and some formerly gang-affiliated — are also given jobs. The array of interventions is financed by federal stimulus grants through 2012, part of an overarching $60 million safety plan developed by Ron Huberman, the schools chief who was appointed last year by Mayor Richard M. Daley with a mandate to improve students’ safety. There are 409,000 students in 675 public schools here.
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Of the 210 young people reached so far, about half were not in school. Now all are enrolled. Although three students with advocates were shot in the school year that ended June 18, there were no deaths. (Systemwide, 218 students were shot this school year, 40 fewer than last year, and 27 of the shootings were fatal.)
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Officials were so encouraged by the results that last week the school district announced that the program would be expanded next year to include 1,500 students.]
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