Metropolitan Peace Initiatives
Helping people heal from trauma by partnering with and offering support for community-based and citywide organizations through:
- Metropolitan Peace Academy
- Behavioral Health
- Street Outreach Supervision
- Workforce Development
- Legal Aid
Communities Partnering 4 Peace
Our partners provide a comprehensive, long-term approach to reducing violence gun violence in communities across Chicago. CP4P principles are:
- Trauma-informed
- Restorative
- Nonviolent
- Hyperlocal
Metropolitan Peace Academy
Professionalizing the field of Community Violence Intervention (CVI) with intensive and multidisciplinary training by:
- Building a citywide network of outreach workers
- Enhancing community capacity to reduce violence
recent news
FY25 Interventions for Highest Promise Youth Request for Qualifications (RFQ)
Metropolitan Peace Initiatives (MPI), a division of Metropolitan Family Services (MFS), is pleased to issue a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the selection of qualified community-based organizations (CBOs) to deliver Interventions for Highest Promise Youth.
WATCH: MPI Executive Director Vaughn Bryant Responds to DOJ Grant Cuts
In a recent interview with NewsNation, Metropolitan Peace Initiatives’ (MPI) Executive Director Vaughn Bryant responded to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) announcement that it has terminated more than $800 million in grants that support Community Violence Intervention (CVI) programs nationwide.
CVI Leaders Respond to Recent DOJ Cuts to Community Violence Intervention Grants: ‘People’s Lives Are at Stake’
Community Violence Intervention (CVI) experts and researchers in Chicago responded to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent decision to cut grants to hundreds of programs that provide services to crime victims, calling the cancellation “challenging.”