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Turning Point Partners of Louisiana (TPPL) was founded in 2001.  Our mission is to promote and provide restorative practices to prevent conflict or to resolve it peacefully and with justice.

We offer trainings and services in restorative strategies that foster healing from trauma — whether  caused by violence, poverty, family challenges, natural disaster, or everyday overwhelming event.

Our practices promote resilience: the ability to rebound from trauma.

Our approach focuses on the talents and gifts of individuals and their families to overcome the high-risk conditions under which they live and it draws upon the inherent power of communities to facilitate systemic change.

TPPL Initiatives:

  • Provide training for community leaders and caregivers to help communities that have experienced trauma
  • Facilitate alternatives to incarceration for adjudicated youth
  • Develop Victim Impact & Reentry programs — including Victim Impact Panels, Victim Offender Conferencing and Reentry Conferencing
  • Offer education and training workshops in Restorative Justice, Restorative Discipline, and Mindful/Non-violent communication for the public, justice systems and all levels of educational institutions
  • Sponsor Community Building Circles for public and private agencies
  • Promote Defense Initiated Victim Outreach