Family Intervention Team (FIT)
Family Intervention Team – FIT works with middle and high school aged boys who are at risk of joining a gang. The team includes former gang members and retired law enforcement officers. Boys who meet the criteria are invited to join FIT.
Small groups meet at schools once a week. In addition, FIT provides home visits and one on one case management over the 10 weeks that the boy is enrolled in the program. Topics covered in the group sessions include:
Family communication
Gangs & the Streets
Role Models
Respect or Fear
Friends & Peer Pressure
Substance Abuse
To find out if your son qualifies for FIT please contact your school administrator or contact COMPACT at (760) 839-4515 or email mdijak@educationcompact.org.
To save time enrollment forms can be filled out here: