Former Notre Dame Basketball Coach Digger Phelps unveiled his crime fighting plan to an excited crowd of hundreds.
The vast majority are on board.
But some are saying, hold on just a second. They want to make sure the plan has the right focus.
Beth Baker with Healthy Communities Initiative says community leaders really need to look at changing policies in order to get to the root of youth violence.
"You need to look at, how are we enforcing some of the drugs laws? How are we enforcing some of the policies with the school disciplinary?" asks Baker.
For example, Baker says minor marijuana busts should be lowest priority for police because of the barriers charges put on young people.
"We are getting many of these young people hooked into our legal system because of a very minor, non-violent marijuana charge. The dominoes just start falling after that," says Baker.
At his meeting Thursday, coach Digger Phelps laid out his three-part initiative: gathering 5 hundred mentors by the next school year, developing neighborhood watch groups and bringing businesses together to help in the effort.
But some say there's an immediate need to reach an age group older than high school students.
Maria Kaczmarek with Dismas House says she works with a lot of 18-24 year-olds at the halfway house.
"We need jobs for these kids. We need job programs. I know in the past we've had job programs to help, especially these types of kids out," says Kaczmarek.
Kaczmarek says it's a way to help change the way they think about violence, the root of the problem.
Keep in mind, these community groups say mentors and neighborhood watch groups are critical pieces to the puzzle, they'd just like to see more.
Phelps says his initiative is open to everyone to add whatever they'd like to it.
He's simply establishing a place for the community to work together.
