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AmeriCorps Urban Safety Project
Wayne State University engages 13 full- and 4 half-time AmeriCorps members in improving levels of neighborhood guardianship and reducing victim attractiveness and susceptibility. They also provide technical assistance for wireless internet use by providing residents with cutting-edge technology to track and report suspicious neighborhood activities or witnessed crimes. Program operations are based on three goals: members will create resident capacity to conduct crime self-surveillance by creating three neighborhood watch/surveillance programs yearly; members will conduct a total of 60 home safety assessments yearly and distribute 200 information packets to rental units in Midtown/North End; and members will increase residents' ability to use the internet as a tool to track and share area crime information by installing wireless internet connections in 20-25 houses per year, developing a website for residents' use, and providing wireless internet technical assistance.Learn more about the AmeriCorps Urban Safety Project on pages 6 and 7 of "Service as a Strategy."
Counties served: Wayne (The area affected is the Midtown/North End neighborhood in the city of Detroit).
Contact information:
Ramona Washington, Program Director
5057 Woodward, Suite 6402
Detroit, MI 48202
Phone: (313) 577-5209
Email: as0293@wayne.edu
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