communities where these young men live in and shoot in need for him to get it. >> thompson: for rohnell robinson, the $1,000-a-month stipend wasn't all. there were also educational trips abroad, chaperoned by office of neighborhood safety staff. robinson's been to london and paris, and had to travel with someone from a rival neighborhood. >> come to find out we like the same things. we kind of act alike. we just two dudes from different sides of town. that don't mean we've got to not like each other. >> thompson: while richmond's office of neighborhood safety is paid for with taxpayer dollars, the stipends are paid for by private foundations. there's also intense street outreach. every day, a team of six so- called neighborhood change agents-- all from the community, and all with arrest records-- drive the streets, making contact with men identified as being at-risk. >> we're on our way to the north richmond projects. >> thompson: joe mccoy grew up in these public housing projects. he spent four years in jail after pleading guilty to selling cocaine. >> what's up with you? how you doing, man? >>