Orleans Parish (LA)

Team Profile Summary

The mission of the Orleans Parish PLACE MATTERS Team is to advocate for polices that promote safe, healthy learning environments for youth and families. The team's is focused on keeping children in quality schools and in providing access to educational services for youth and adults who have been out of school for significant periods of time.

New Orleans, Louisiana is an ideal setting for exploring new approaches to youth interventions for a number of reasons. The city-level YRBSS results for 2005 indicate that New Orleans youth exceed the rest of the U.S. youth population in rates of carrying guns (9.0% vs. 5.4%), being threatened or injured by a weapon at school (15% vs. 8%), participating in a physical fight (46% vs. 36%), and being involved with dating violence (21% vs. 9%).

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For more information and to become involved, please contact:

Team Lead: Dr. Andre Perry
Email: aperry@loyno.edu
Phone: (504) 865.2782

Team Web site: www.orleansplacematters.org