Safe Passage worker Denise Evans helps people cross Normal Avenue at 124th Street outside Metcalfe Community Academy in West Pullman after school on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024.

A man working with D.C.'s Safe Passage Safe Blocks program to help students commute safely to and from city schools was shot and critically wounded Monday afternoon near Coolidge High School in ...

Safe Passage workers must commit to five hours a day, five days a week. They make $15.80 per hour. One of 15 community-based organizations manages each worker, but the city pays them.

Robinson said Safe Passage launched in 2008, in part because a child accidentally ended up in the wrong summer program, setting off alarm bells among concerned parents. There are some 3,500 children ...

The presence of Safe Passage workers on the street or parents watching from porches or street corners can be “one hell of a deterrent for crime and violence,” she said.

During the last school year, the vast majority of campuses in the Safe Passage program saw drastic drops in violent crime. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:02:36 GMT (1749146556912) Story Infinite Scroll ...

‘Operation Safe Passage,’ began in November of 2024, but now, drivers are no longer getting warnings. “Ensuring our children get to and from school safely is vital to their success.