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Mayor’s Office of Homeland Security and Public Safety Gang Reduction Program Los Angeles

Mayor’s Office of Homeland Security and Public Safety Gang Reduction Program Los Angeles . Overview. A cooperative agreement between the U.S. Dept of Justice, Office of Justice Programs and the City of L.A. Mayor’s Office. $2.5 million grant

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Mayor’s Office of Homeland Security and Public Safety Gang Reduction Program Los Angeles

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  1. Mayor’s Office of Homeland Security and Public Safety Gang Reduction ProgramLos Angeles

  2. Overview • A cooperative agreement between the U.S. Dept of Justice, Office of Justice Programs and the City of L.A. Mayor’s Office. • $2.5 million grant • Incorporates a broad spectrum of proven research-based practices. • Addresses full range of individual, family, and community factors that contribute to high levels of youth gang crime and violence.

  3. Overview… • Identifies existing resources, overall and gang crime trends, and economic data. • Integrates local, state, and federal resources to incorporate proven prevention, intervention, and suppression services. • Target communities are limited geographic areas ( 5 sq. miles) characterized by high levels of crime & gang activity, strong indicators of citizen involvement, and significant existing program investment.

  4. Primary Goals 1 - Establish a one-stop service and resource center that facilitates effective distribution of coordinated gang prevention, intervention, and suppression services. 2 - Reduce youth gang crime and violence in targeted neighborhoods.

  5. Who is our target population? SUPPRESSION: Gang Leaders - Serious & Chronic Offenders Share of Illegal Activity INTERVENTION / REENTRY: Active Gang Members, GMs returning to the community, and Associates SECONDARY PREVENTION: Children and Adolescents at High Risk for Gang Involvement PRIMARY PREVENTION: General Population of Youth and Families Living in High Risk Areas Relative Share of Population

  6. GRP’s Five-Pronged Approach • Primary Prevention • Secondary Prevention • Gang Intervention • Reentry • Gang Suppression

  7. Primary Prevention • Targets entire population in high-crime, high-risk areas. • Encompasses programs that effectively reduce risk factors and provide protective factors. • Key component is a one-stop service and resource center. • Activities may include prenatal and infancy support, after school & summer programs, and truancy and dropout prevention.

  8. Secondary Prevention • Identifies high-risk children/youths and provides services to prevent delinquency and gang involvement. Window of opportunity: about 7 years (age 7 to 14½). • Programs provide age-appropriate services and monitoring. Some youth will require periodic monitoring while others will require ongoing case management. • Involves schools, community-based organizations, and faith-based groups.

  9. Intervention • Targets active gang members, close associates at high risk of furthering delinquency, and gang members returning from confinement. • Requires aggressive outreach, ongoing recruitment, and careful planning and coordination. • GRP Lead Team and Multidisciplinary Intervention Team provide risk and needs assessment, service plan, monitoring for accountability, and case management. • Activities may include drug treatment, community service, job training, education.

  10. Reentry • Targets serious and gang-involved offenders who face multiple challenges to reentering their communities. • Provides appropriate services and criminal/juvenile justice supervision. • Requires information sharing and coordination between confinement facilities, probation/parole, and community intervention service providers – Multidisciplinary Intervention Team.

  11. Suppression • Targets gang leaders for aggressive suppression and less serious offenders for graduated sanctions. • Involves federal, state, and local law enforcement where appropriate. • Removes dangerous and influential gang members from the community by effective use of enhanced sentences, federal charges, and vertical prosecution. • Develops a system of graduated sanctions (including community-based measures) for less serious offenders.

  12. GRP Core Elements Primary and Secondary Prevention Intervention Suppression One-Stop Service/ Resource Center Community Development & Primary Prevention Projects Multidisciplinary Intervention Team Accountability & Suppression Team Outreach Assessment Case Management Graduated Sanctions Targeting & Enhanced Penalties Serious Offenders Gang Leaders Community, High-Risk Youth & Families Less serious Offenders Gen Population of Youth & Families Active GMs, Gang-Involved Youth, GMs returning to Community & Families

  13. Who is involved? • Dept of Justice, OJJDP • Mayor’s Office • National Youth Gang Center • Urban Institute • Community Partners: CD 14, Community Based Organizations, Law Enforcement, Faith-Based Institutions, Criminal Justice Agencies, Businesses, Educational Institutions, Child Protective Agencies, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, etc.

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