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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOW 2012-06-25 Item 4B - Color Alive and FreeThe Safest and Healthiest Kids in America A BETTEk SEATTLE th) 111118 & ime A Better Seattle A unifying force to build healthy communities and reduce youth violence by developing partnerships between corporations, law enforcement, municipalities and community groups • The goal is simple: make kids in the Pacific Northwest the safest and healthiest kids in America! The Model Community awareness campaign Build on the City of Seattle's successful strategy for youth violence reduction • Provide professional, trained Street Outreach Workers who engage the hardest to reach, gang -involved youth and connect thea to existing services • Evaluate our efforts to develop an evidence base The Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative • Comprehensive community-based strategy that provides services to youth at risk of violence • Established neighborhood -based service coordination and delivery • Annual funding of approximately $4 million • City -sponsored street outreach effort in partnership with YMCA Alive & Free YMCA's Alive & Free Outreach Network • Responds to and manages critical incidents of violence in collaboration with partners, including Seattle Police Dept. and King County Sheriff • Acts as a bridge to engage the city's hardest -to -reach and gang -involved youth with service providers who provide case management, employment, education, counseling and mentor ng • Engages high-risk youth in behavior modification services (Alive & Free Life Skills Groups) and pro -social activities. • Has the ability to expand services throughout South King County Street Outreach Street Outreach is a strategy for managing critical incidents of violence and engaging the hardest to serve, gang involved youth using rigorously trained Outreach Workers with street credibility who act as a bridge between the youth and the systems that traditionally engage them, including law enforcement and social services. Street Outreach Workers •Are members of the community they serve • Have knowledge of street and gang culture • Are vetted through community partners •work collaboratively with multiple youth -engaging systems •Mediate and diffuse violence •Prevent retaliation and intervene in conflicts to prevent escalation to violence •Are provided with certification -based training • Are used effectively in Los Angeles, Baltimore, Chicago, and Washington DC, among other cities • • The Alive & Free Outreach Network: National Best Practices • Strategic recruitment, leadership, training, defined program activities, and trusted relationships with law enforcement are critical • Intensive supervision strategy with highly skilled management • Ongoing training opportunities and professionalization provided for all Outreach Workers A Better Seattle Deliverables • Technical Assistance from SYVFr and Alive & Free Outreach Network • Seahawks public awareness and fundraising campaign Management of Street Outreach workers • Delivery of services proven to reduce violence • Street Outreach Worker training • Development of Street Outreach certification process City Partner Deliverables • Appoint a law enforcement liaison • Appoint a City staff liaison • Convene a community network of support for high risk youth • Publicly advocate for a comprehensive approach to violence reduction using street outreach • Share data for evaluation • Contribute 50% of total costs (=$3o,000jstreet Outreach Worker) Street Outreach Worker Cost Breakdown Salary + benefits Operations costs Management/supervision Evaluation Training TOTAL = $40,800 _ $ 2,800 _ $11,400 = $ 2,500 _ $ 2,500 $60,000 A Better Seattle 50%/Partner City 50% i • A Better Seattle Partnership Program • Sign an MOU partnership agreement • City management identifies the partnership funding and implementation date • A Better Seattle raises the money to match the city or municipality commitment • Alive & Free Outreach Network recruits, hires and trains Street Outreach Worker(s) Next Steps • Joint meetings of law enforcement with Street Outreach team/management • Tabletop training on protocols • Alive & Free Life Skills Groups scheduled and implemented • Community stakeholders meeting to identify support resources for youth