About Project PAVE

Mission

The mission of Project PAVE (Promoting Alternatives to Violence through Education) is to empower youth to end the cycle of relationship violence. The organization's goal is to stop the generational cycle of relationship violence through prevention, education, and early intervention.

History

Project PAVE was established in 1986 in conjunction with a tragic incident in which a well-known attorney, representing a woman in a domestic violence case, was shot and paralyzed by her client’s estranged husband. Understanding that children exposed to violence often become victims or perpetrators later in life, programs are tailored to meet the unique needs of children and youth who are victims and/or witnesses of domestic violence, physical or sexual assault, child abuse, and teen dating violence.

About Our Services

Project PAVE provides effective, culturally-relevant violence prevention education, victim identification, and counseling services in underserved Denver communities. The organization's clinical counseling and violence prevention programs implement two effective strategies: awareness and outreach that prevent violence and often result in victim identification, followed by clinical counseling that addresses the impact of violence on victims and their families. All Project PAVE programs and services are bilingual, with bilingual / bicultural staff members providing Project PAVE services in the community.

Because Project PAVE partners with elementary, middle, and high schools throughout our community, many clients in our partnering schools are identified as victims of relationship violence or are referred by area youth service providers. Although domestic violence, teen dating violence and child abuse are found in all communities, Project PAVE focuses its resources on underserved populations. Seventy-six percent of clients have annual household incomes less than $25,000.

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