Safe & Sound’s proven, three-pronged approach is based on the successful Weed and Seed pilot program that “weeded” out crime and “seeded” three Milwaukee neighborhoods with positive alternatives for youth.

Safe & Sound was established in 1998 as a pilot initiative to reduce crime, especially violent crime, in high-crime, generally low-income neighborhoods through strong public-private partnerships. Today, the three-pronged initiative operates in 21 City of Milwaukee neighborhoods. The community of Milwaukee adopted a comprehensive, proactive, collaborative approach to reducing crime. This strategy was tested for three years by the Milwaukee Weed & Seed initiative (1994-1997), adopted and recommended by the Youth Crime & Violence Task Force.