A program using personal experience to connect with at-risk residents is seeking additional funding. Outreach workers with lived experience are key to the program's approach. They do not carry badges or guns, instead relying on their past to build connections.

The program's supervisors have personal reasons for their involvement. One supervisor's past is tied to a specific location where violence has occurred. Further details about the program and its funding request are available from the source, including the amount of funding being considered, which is in the millions.