Grassroots effort pushing free mental health care for kids touched by gun violence

The program will have licensed counselors, and men who've either been victims or lived a life of violence.

A grassroots organization is mobilizing to make sure the city's youngest residents have a way to cope with gun violence trauma.Philadelphia remains on pace with the number of homicides reported this time last year.

"And that's what GVGT is. It's like, let me understand why I'm doing the things I'm doing, and how can I find alternative ways to cope with trauma," Howard said.

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