Trauma fuels the ongoing cycle of violence in DC, and by healing trauma we can break the cycle and stop the violence.  Existing models of care do not reach the most impacted individuals or neighborhoods. Moreover, victims, survivors, and their loved ones have few options when looking for providers who look and sound like them and understand their background and pain.
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Peace For DC is committed to delivering innovative trauma and mental health care to victims and survivors of violence.  Drawing on proven models, we have developed a strategy to deliver best-in-class clinical care in the neighborhoods with the highest homicides rates.

​Cognitive Behavioral Interventions (CBIs) are integral to all of Peace For DC's programming. CBIs have been proven as the gold standard for healing trauma and an essential element to reduce gun violence in cities across the country. Peace For DC is scaling resources and cognitive behavioral interventions such as Roca’s Rewire CBT to address trauma, PTSD, hypervigilance of people impacted by gun violence.

CBIs are at the heart of all our work at Peace For DC.  We teach Roca's Rewire Cognitive Behavioral Theory (CBT) to students in DC high schools, to individuals and groups in community, and as part of the DC Peace Academy and our HEAL DC program.