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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary documents, subcontracts and subsequent amendments, including amending the award amount, with the Board of State and Community Corrections, California Violence Intervention and Prevention Cohort 4, to accept and expend grant funding in the amount of $3,919,232, for the Long Beach Activating Safe Communities Program from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2025, with the option to extend the agreement for an additional one-year period at the discretion of the City Manager; and
Increase appropriations in the Health Fund Group in the Health and Human Services Department by $3,919,232, offset by grant revenue. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC), California Violence Intervention and Prevention (CalVIP) Cohort 4 award allows the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (LBDHHS) to expand the Long Beach Activating Safe Communities Program (LB-ASC) citywide. Currently piloted in the Washington Neighborhood, this additional funding enables the LB-ASC to interrupt the cycle of violence and improve safety and well-being in 13 additional neighborhoods. Anchored in the City of Long Beach’s (City’s) violence prevention collective impact approach and Cure the Violence Model, the LB-ASC seeks to reduce street gun violence by focusing on neighborhoods with the highest prevalence of gun violence and working with youth ages 13-25 who are the most at risk for engaging in or becoming victims of violence through evidence-based street outreach, life coaching, and a case management neighborhood strategy.
LBDHHS will serve as the lead agency and collaborate with the City’s Departments of Parks, Recreation, and Marine, Police, and the Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network (PGWIN) to implement the LB-ASC program. The LB-ASC strives to: reduce shootings and gun-related deaths within high impact neighborhood clusters in North and Central Long Beach by...
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