Soon after accepting the 2018 Non-Profit Executive of the Year award from the St. Louis American Foundation and the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis at the Salute to Excellence in Business, James Clark of Better Family Life (BFL) was honored by the U.S. Department of Justice with its Project Safe Neighborhoods Award for Outstanding Community Involvement.
“With the help of staff at BFL, Clark has developed and implemented a Gun Violence De-escalation Program that has successfully thwarted numerous interpersonal feuds between individuals in and around the St. Louis area that, but for Clark’s intervention, would have devolved into violent encounters. Clark’s and BFL’s efforts have helped to save multiple lives,” the DOJ stated.
“Through collaboration with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri, Clark has and will continue to meet with and train other U.S. Attorneys’ Offices around the country that seek to establish de-escalation programs in their districts.”
Project Safe Neighborhoods is a national initiative by the United States Department of Justice to reduce gun violence in the United States.
