Building safer schools through youth development.

There’s a better way to tackle troubled youth.

Community Matters offers nationwide youth leadership programs to help make schools safer.

The U.S. is facing a crisis within our youth. Between school shootings, violence, bullying, suicide, and drug use, our children are struggling. This is why we want to tackle the problem at a root level. Our “Safe School Ambassador Program” provides training to students and school staff members to better address conflict while promoting positive role models.

Every child wants to belong. We all crave purpose, power, and placement. But how we find that sense of belonging can go into two different directions. For many, that sense of belonging goes in a harmful direction. Our mission is to provide a positive alternative.

Our mission is to use “Restorative Practices” to help listen and empower our youth while also providing positive, impactful training for students and school staff members.
Safe School Ambassador Program:
A highly effective program that equips 4-12th grade influential students with skills they can use to prevent and stop bullying, violence, harassment and other forms of mistreatment.
We’ve found our program to:
- Decrease harmful behaviors
- Increase attendance and academic performance
- Reduce costs of suspensions
- Improve relationships among students and adults
- Increase respect for diversity and ways of thinking
- Increase feelings of connectedness to school and each other
- One study found our program decreased suspensions by 33%
Safe School Buddies Program:
Designed for 1st-3rd grades, this training helps demonstrate examples of mistreatment.
- Increase awareness of what it means to be a good friend and positive influence
- Decrease mean spirited behaviors
- Increase conflict resolution
- Boost positive feelings of connectedness to each other and school
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We provide programs to 350-400 different schools across the nation every year. In order to continue our impact and to help even more students, we need your help.
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You can also volunteer!
Website: community-matters.org/
Email: team@community-matters.org
Phone: (707) 823-6159
Address: 2255 Challenger Way, Suite 101 Santa Rosa, CA 95407
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 14816
Santa Rosa, CA 95402