As part of a comprehensive violence reduction strategy, police officers are working to build trust with residents of Salinas' Hebbron Heights neighborhood. The city believes that bridging the gaps between law enforcement and neighborhoods is essential.
NLC and NCCD have developed two new resources that draw upon the experience of the California Cities Gang Prevention Network. "Promising Developments for Sustainability of Local Efforts" offers a snapshot of promising strategies for sustaining local youth and gang violence prevention efforts in Salinas, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Los Angeles. "Case Studies and Analysis of Local Funding Strategies" explores how Oakland, Salinas, and Santa Rosa have combined a range of federal, state, local and private funding streams to underwrite their comprehensive gang prevention strategies.
A new bulletin prepared by NLC's Institute for Youth, Education and Families for the California Cities Gang Prevention Network highlights partnerships between cities and faith communities to reduce gang and youth violence.
The Institute of Medicine and Kaiser Permanente sponsored a recent 2-day workshop that explored steps to accelerate violence prevention in low- and middle-income communities through interactive communication technologies.
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter joined a group of nearly 200 municipal leaders and youth from cities across the country at the Cities United Summit to discuss concrete strategies that communities can use to reduce violence-related deaths among black males.
