YouTurn

What YouTurn does

YouTurn is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered at 117 N 32nd Avenue, Suite 100, Omaha, Nebraska, founded in 2016 to prevent youth violence in the East/Northeast Sector of Douglas County. It operates a community-based violence intervention program serving highest-risk adolescents and young adults ages 12 to 25+ who are negatively impacted by violence, delivering services free of charge through mobile street outreach, school partnerships, and hospital-based trauma response in collaboration with CHI Health and Nebraska Medicine. The organization applies the Cure Violence Global Health Model, treating violence as a contagious disease using Detect-and-Interrupt, Identify-and-Treat, and community norm-change strategies, and staffs the model with "Credible Messengers" — Community Violence Interventionists recruited for their lived experience with violence. Service offerings include violence interruption and intervention, one-on-one case management with individualized Risk Reduction/Violence Prevention Plans, mediation and conflict resolution, school-based mentoring, hospital trauma response, restorative justice Victim Youth Conferencing through Concord Mediation Center, and a dedicated Women's Violence Prevention Program addressing domestic violence, intimate partner violence, sex trafficking, and gang violence.

YouTurn is led by Executive Director Teresa Negron with a multidisciplinary team of approximately 16 staff spanning executive leadership, program directors, intervention managers, and outreach case managers. Governance is provided by a Board of Directors chaired by Mark Foxall, Ph.D., a Professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha's School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, with other board members drawn from American National Bank, the U.S. Attorney's Office, Lutheran Family Services, CHI Health, UNMC College of Nursing, and Metropolitan Community College. The board composition reflects deep institutional ties across criminal justice, healthcare, banking, and social services in the Omaha region.

YouTurn is funded primarily through grants and donations as a 501(c)(3) entity, with disclosed support including the Everytown Community Safety Fund as part of its 2024-25 women-led organization cohort. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and the organization has no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no commercial product or technology revenue. All services are provided free of charge to participants, and there is no pricing model or revenue-generating product surface.

Name

YouTurn

Legal name

YouTurn

Website

https://youturnomaha.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

YouTurn is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Omaha, Nebraska that applies the Cure Violence Global Health Model to deliver community violence intervention, street and school outreach, case management, hospital trauma response, and women's violence prevention services free of charge to highest-risk youth ages 12 to 25+ in East/Northeast Douglas County.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Violence Intervention Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Justice, At-Risk Youth & Violence Prevention Nonprofits (BPAGADAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Threat Assessment, Violence Prevention & Behavioral Intervention Support (EDAEACAH), Trauma-Informed Care & Crisis Response (School-Based) (EDAKAMAF), Domestic Violence & Abuse Support Services (BPAGAEAD), Severe Behavior Treatment & Crisis/De-escalation Services (ABA) (EDAKAHAK)

Keywords

• Youth violence prevention
• Community violence intervention
• Street outreach services
• Conflict resolution mediation
• Case management support

Headquarters

HQ city

Omaha

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: YouTurn is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates primarily through donations and grant funding. The organization receives support from foundations including the Everytown Community Safety Fund.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

YouTurn provides community-based violence prevention and intervention services to highest-risk adolescents and young adults ages 12-25+ in the East/Northeast Sector of Douglas County, Omaha, Nebraska. Services include violence interruption, one-on-one case management with individualized risk-reduction plans, school-based mentoring, hospital trauma response, mediation and conflict resolution, women's violence prevention, and public education and training, delivered free of charge through mobile outreach teams and community partnerships.

Product overview

YouTurn is a community-based organization offering a comprehensive suite of violence prevention and intervention services rather than a technology product. The organization provides multiple interconnected programs including Violence Interruption, Intervention and Prevention, Mediation and Conflict Resolution, One-on-One Case Management, School Outreach, Hospital Trauma Response, Community Engagement, Education and Training, and Basic and Family Mediation/Youth Victim Conferencing. Additional specialized services include the Women's Violence Prevention Program addressing domestic violence and sex-trafficking, and the Credible Messengers Program utilizing trained interventionists with lived experience. YouTurn utilizes the Cure Violence Global Health Model as its evidence-based framework for violence prevention.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Violence Interruption, Intervention and Prevention Core program that uses trained Community Violence Interventionists to reduce the possibility of further violence when violent incidents occur, applying disease-control strategies of Interruption, Suppression, Intervention, Prevention and Education to highest-risk youth.
• One-on-One Case Management Individualized support for highest-risk adolescents and young adults, including development of Risk Reduction/Violence Prevention Plans and community referrals for behavior change support.
• Mediation and Conflict Resolution Third-party mediation services delivered by YouTurn team members who are approved State of Nebraska Mediators, addressing conflict among youth and community members.
• School Outreach Program Partnership with area schools providing mentoring and advocacy services to adolescents to support positive behavior change in school settings.
• Hospital Trauma Response Support and information services provided to families following youth violence incidents in collaboration with CHI Health and Nebraska Medicine hospitals.
• Education and Training Individual, family, group, community, and service provider training, workshops and presentations on violence prevention topics.
• Basic and Family Mediation / Youth Victim Conferencing Restorative justice practices including Victim Youth Conference (VYC) mediations conducted in collaboration with Concord Mediation Center, enabling dialogue between youth, victims, families, and support persons.
• Women's Violence Prevention Program Specialized program addressing domestic violence, intimate partner violence, sex-trafficking, and youth/gang violence affecting adolescent and young adult women in the target area.
• Credible Messengers Program Trained Community Violence Interventionists with lived experience of violence who provide positive, healthy one-on-one interactions with youth to support them on their journey towards positive behavior change.

Quantifiable outcome

• Violence can be reduced to fewer events using epidemic control methods
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CHI HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouTurn's team works closely with CHI Health to provide trauma support and information to families following an incident of youth violence. YouTurn also joined CHI Health for a human trafficking webinar, with Women's Violence Prevention Manager Tomeki Cobbs participating as a speaker.
• Nebraska MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouTurn's team works closely with Nebraska Medicine to provide support and information to families following an incident of youth violence as part of the Hospital Trauma Response program.
• Concord Mediation CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn collaboration with Concord Mediation Center, YouTurn team members provide basic and family mediation and victim youth conferencing mediations. Victim Youth Conference (VYC) is a Restorative Justice Practice that allows dialogue between youth, victims, families and support persons.
• CHI HealthminorGTM or Marketing PartnerYouTurn Omaha joined CHI Health for a human trafficking webinar to discuss how trafficking affects low-income communities and common myths surrounding human trafficking.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• National Network for Safe Communities: John Jay College of Criminal Justice initiative that advises cities on group violence intervention and related public-health approaches. Ecosystem-level peer providing the intellectual and policy framework YouTurn operates within.
• Cities United: Coalition of mayors and city leaders focused on reducing Black men's and boys' homicide rates. Less a direct service peer, but a relevant funder/policy ecosystem for youth violence prevention organizations.

Direct peers

• Cure Violence Global: Originator and licensor of the Cure Violence Global Health Model that YouTurn applies. Operates the umbrella methodology, training, and global site network, making it the most directly comparable peer at the framework level.
• Newark Community Street Team: Newark, NJ-based violence intervention organization using credible messengers and street outreach with a Cure Violence-aligned approach. Directly comparable by both model and target demographic.
• Roca: Chelsea, MA-based nonprofit providing street-outreach case management for highest-risk young adults involved in violence. Operates a parallel Cure Violence-style model and is one of the better-known comparable programs nationally.
• Metropolitan Peace Initiatives (Chicago CRED): Chicago-focused Cure Violence affiliate delivering street outreach, life-skills training, and case management to highest-risk youth — direct methodology and population match to YouTurn.
• READI Chicago (Heartland Alliance): Chicago-based Cure Violence-adjacent program connecting highest-risk individuals with intensive case management, cognitive behavioral therapy, and workforce training. Closely comparable in methodology and target population.
• Youth Advocate Programs: National nonprofit providing community-based alternatives to incarceration for at-risk youth, including violence-involved adolescents. Comparable target population and wraparound case-management approach, though at national scale.
• Advance Peace: Oakland-based organization that applies a credible-messenger / violence-interruption model focused on highest-risk young adults. Highly comparable operating model, though at larger scale and with published outcome dashboards.

Broad incumbents

• Safe Horizon: Large New York-based victim services nonprofit addressing domestic violence, youth violence, and trafficking at much greater scale. Broader scope but overlapping client population, especially on the women's prevention side.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/YouTurnOmaha
• Facebookfacebook.com/YouTurnOmaha
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/youturn-omaha

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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