Mayor Michael A. Nutter, Philadelphia Youth Violence Prevention CollaborativePhilanthropy Network Conference, Nov. 11, 2014

Philadelphia - Youth Violence Prevention Collaborative

Office of the MayorCity of Philadelphia1401 JFK, 14th Floor

Philadelphia, PA   19107

richard.greenwald@phila.gov Phone: 215 686 -0334

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Strategic Overview

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Structure of the Youth Violence Prevention Collaborative

Samantha Matlin Joel Fein

Richard Greenwald Sue Slawson Kevin Dougherty Karyn Lynch Rich NegrinCarlton Williams

Structure

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22nd District – North Central Philadelphia

Where We Operate

Moving Forward

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Major City Accomplishments:

• Homicides and shootings: violent crimes down from 1,055 (2012) to 930 (2014); and for youth it went down from 464 (2012) to 378 (2014)

• Police Diversion Program

• DBH trained over 2,000 police officers in crisis intervention

• Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative (JDAI) increasing the number of youth allowed to stay in community

• Quality Service Review (QSR) for shared DHS/Juvenile System cases in the 22nd District

• $86,000 in private funding to place 904 youth in summer jobs

• Over $500,000 in federal grants for North Central Philadelphia

• Community Outreach Events

• HHP expanded to Temple University

• Funders Roundtable

• Temple Analysis in 22nd Police District

• National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention: peer-to-peer exchange

Key Challenges:

• Continuing to refine the strategy

• Data collection and information sharing

• Coordination and communication

Are your grantees working on this? In the 22nd?

Assist in advancing one of our priority areas

Meet with us to see where our goals align

Go to www.phila.gov to connect deeper with the strategy

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How To Connect To Our Work