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Home My WebLink AboutCOW 2021-04-26 Item 4D - Discussion - Support for Public Health - Seattle & King County Regional Community Safety and Well-Being Plan and Partner City PledgeCOUNCIL AGENDA SYNOPSIS CI- � 4 Initials ITEM NO. O� Z Meeting Date Prepared by Mayor's review Council review 1N 0 4/26/21 LH 4.D. \\......s..,„..„,,,c,:"..0 1908 ITEM INFORMATION STAFF SPONSOR: LAUREL HUMPHREY ORIGINAL AGENDA DATE: 4/26/21 AGENDA ITEM TITLE Public Health - Seattle & King County Regional Community Safety & Well -Being Pledge CATEGORY 11 Mtg Discussion Date 4/26/21 ❑ Motion Mtg Date ❑ Resolution Mtg Date ❑ Ordinance Mtg Date ❑ Bid Award Mtg Date ❑ Public Hearing Mtg Date ❑ Other Mfg Date SPONSOR A Council ❑ Mayor ❑ Admin Svcs ❑ DCD ❑ Finance ❑ Fire ❑ P6 -R ❑ Police ❑ PW SPONSOR'S At the March 23, 2021 King County Regional Summit on Youth Gun Violence, the King SUMMARY County Executive issued a call to action to leverage the support of elected officials. Cities have been asked to sign on to a Partner City Pledge. REVIEWED BY ❑ Trans&Infrastructure Svcs ❑ Community Svcs/Safety ❑ Finance & Governance ❑ Planning & Community Dev. ❑ LTAC ❑ Arts Comm. ❑ Parks Comm. ❑ Planning Comm. DATE: COMMITTEE CHAIR: RECOMMENDATIONS: SPONSOR/ADMIN. COMMITTEE COST IMPACT / FUND SOURCE EXPENDITURE REQUIRED AMOUNT BUDGETED APPROPRIATION REQUIRED $ $ Fund Source: Comments: MTG. DATE RECORD OF COUNCIL ACTION 4/26/21 MTG. DATE ATTACHMENTS 4/26/21 Informational Memo dated April 20, 2021 Partner City Pledge 69 70 City of Tukwila Allan Ekberg, Mayor INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM TO: Committee of the Whole FROM: Laurel Humphrey, Legislative Analyst DATE: April 20, 2021 SUBJECT: Public Health -Seattle & King County, Zero Youth Detention, Regional Community Safety & Well -Being Plan ISSUE At the March 23, 2021 King County Regional Summit on Youth Gun Violence, the King County Executive issued a call to action to leverage the support of elected officials. Cities have been asked to sign on to a Partner City Pledge, attached to this memo. BACKGROUND The following summary is from Zero Youth Detention's web page on the Plan: Regional Community Safety and Well -Being Plan Public Health — Seattle & King County (PHSKC), Zero Youth Detention Program (ZYD) was asked to oversee the strategic development of a tailored, unique approach to reduce and eliminate gun violence across the region. Stakeholders and Partners are working collaboratively, across sectors, to effectively improve the lived experiences and outcomes of black and brown youth and young adult males, ages 12-25. Research shows this demographic is disproportionately impacted by unjust conditions, overexposure to violence, and the legal system. Youth & Young Adult Violence: Youth violence, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, occurs "when young people between the ages of 10 and 24 years intentionally use physical force or power to threaten or harm others". Youth can experience violence as a victim, offender, or witness. 5 Types of Youth Violence: • Teen dating violence • Gang violence • Gun violence • Structural Violence • School-based Violence Regional Community Safety & Wellbeing Plan: ZYD recruited technical assistance support from Cities United (CU), a national network of mayors committed to eradicating gun violence. CU has developed a blueprint called the Roadmap to Safe, Healthy, and Hopeful Communities. 71 72 INFORMATIONAL MEMO Page 2 Through the partnership with CU, ZYD is actively engaged in building out a regionally tailored version of the CU Six Milestones Framework for King County: • Identifying Regional Historical Data • Engaging Key Stakeholders • Collaboratively Developing Key Directions • Identifying Oversight & Accountability Measures • Identify & Secure Resources • Edit, Review & Disseminate Plan We are in milestones 1 and 2. Both involve identifying regional data and engaging community- based leaders. Phase 1: Identifying Regional Historical Data To fully understand data around community safety in Seattle and King County, ZYD and leaders across various sectors compiled and reviewed regional -based, historical data. The goal of the data walk was to gain a better understanding of local community violence, map out community assets, identify specific factors, and make informed decisions. The information gathered helped provide an overview that shows of the safety and well-being of different communities and demographics in King County. The data shows obvious disparities by race/ ethnicity and geographic location across King County. Phase 2: Engaging Key Stakeholders The second phase is focused on engaging key stakeholders to begin the process of building a comprehensive Regional Community Safety and Well -Being Plan developed by a multi -sector and community-based group of leaders. ZYD reached out to key stakeholders and partnered with local leaders to establish monthly meetings with individual municipalities across King County. All regional municipalities have been asked to participate in multi -disciplinary workgroups including representatives from regional communities, impacted youth/ residents, service providers, schools, courts, faith groups, parks and recreation, mayors, police chiefs, and city council. The workgroups will begin planning for the following specified areas: • Education • Workforce Development • Juvenile Justice • Community Safety • Health and Human Services Regional Community Safety & Well-being "Go -First Strategy": As King County undergoes the collaborative development of a large-scale public safety plan over the next twelve months, the issues of community violence continue to be urgent. The King County Data Walk indicated, there is an immediate need for a responsive Go -First Strategy to address the increase in gun violence. INFORMATIONAL MEMO Page 3 Implementation of a "Go -First Strategy" We will focus our efforts on the most at -risk young people and their families, supporting and healing the impacted families to avoid retaliation and further violence. Effective community violence intervention, prevention, and restoration (IPR) efforts that specifically serve youth are most successful when they provide wrap-around services and coordinated care. King County aims to use a regional public health approach to violence by providing: • Rigorous intervention for those directly involved • Secondary prevention for younger siblings • Follow up care and support for family restoration and healing This work focuses on the high-intensity engagement of young people referred by Harborview Medical Center hospital-based interventionist who will coordinate with outreach/family engagement and the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office who have identified approximately 50 young people as being most likely to be involved in gun violence, along with their closest associates and younger siblings. Through this work we aim to build fellowship across our service provider community, while also increasing the capacity and skills of those doing the work as partners organize collaboratively to provide meaningful services along a continuum of need for youth and families most impacted by gun violence. RECOMMENDATION Council President Kruller is seeking City Council and Mayor support for the Regional Community Safety & Well -Being Plan ATTACHMENTS • Regional Community Safety & Well-being Plan Partner City Pledge 73 74 Regional Community Safety & Well-being Plan Partner City Pledge I pledge to make my city Healthy, Hopeful, Safe and Thriving for those most impacted by violence (Black/ African American boys and men ages 25 years and younger). I pledge to work with Public Health - Seattle & King County to prevent and reduce youth gun violence. I commit to creating conditions that allow youth, young adults, and families in this region to be healthy, hopeful, safe, and thriving. In my role as , I will embrace solution areas focused along with the individual and system -levels of change, i.e., Regional Community Safety and Well -Being Plan, which include: • Education • Juvenile Justice • Workforce Development • Health and Human Services • Community -led Safety I will participate in and support next steps in the Regional Community Safety and Well -Being planning and implementation process. And, if needed, I will identify a staff lead to serve as the point of contact on my behalf to also support the work. X Signature X Print Name Date PUBLIC HEALTH - SEATTLE & KING COUNTY ZERO YOUTH DETENTION zydinfo@kingcounty.gov L4 King County