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Recommendation to authorize City Prosecutor to execute all necessary documents to receive and expend grant funding awarded to the City Prosecutor by the Long Beach Community Foundation in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000), and increase appropriation in the General Grants Fund (SR 120) in the City Prosecutor Department (CP) by $5,000.
DISCUSSION
The Long Beach Community Foundation (LBCF) has approved a $5,000 grant to the Office of the City Prosecutor to assist the office with its gang prevention, crime reduction, and neighborhood improvement efforts. By approving this agenda item, the City will be able to accept the funds and use the funds for a broad range of activities supporting the work of the City Prosecutor's Office.
The City Prosecutor's Office is recognized as a leader in several respects. In 2013, the City Prosecutor's Gang Prevention Strategy was recognized by Neighborhoods USA as one of the nation's "Best Neighborhood Programs." During the presentation of the award at Neighborhoods USA's annual conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Gang Prevention Strategy was described as follows:
"In Long Beach, police and prosecutors have developed a threepart strategy that suppresses gang violence, creates community partnerships, and keeps at-risk kids in school. Combining new technology with a neighborhood-based approach, the Gang Prevention Strategy could become a model for prosecutors across the nation."
More recently, the United States Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), awarded a grant to the City Prosecutor's Office to expand its programs aimed at reducing gang violence. The grant funds from the Department of Justice have been allocated for specific staff costs during the current and next fiscal year. One gang suppression strategy employed by the
City Prosecutor's Office is the use of court orders to target active gang leaders, in an effort to reduce violent crime in Long Beach ...
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