Community Development

In all our programs, our focus and passion is to ensure they are empowering, encouraging, and strengthening the individuals they serve, no matter the challenges they face. we carry these values into our community development programs too.

hand-up services

We partner to fulfill a need of assistance for minor tasks while duly providing an environment for selected individuals to perform community services, as a designated number of ‘community investment’ is required of all Realism Is Loyalty participant’s. This program allows us to partner with residents, agencies, organizations and community partners.

We also partner with local probation departments to provide sites in the community that individuals live in can reap the benefits of those services and instill a sense of pride and equity in their neighborhoods.

Cure violence global program

We are playing a key role in helping get this worldwide program to Grand Rapids. Violence is like an epidemic disease, and it can be effectively prevented using health methods.