By Mona Mangat, LISC VP of Safety & Justice

In an op-ed for The 74, LISC vice president of Safety & Justice Mona Mangat describes how school-based violence prevention programs, like those LISC is helping pilot with funding from the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, are having a profound effect on the lives of students. These high-touch efforts that involve mentoring and other services, with the right funding and community support, can help sow the seeds of success and belonging, and disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline in too many underinvested school districts.