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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding, and any necessary subsequent amendments, with the County of Los Angeles Office of Violence Prevention (OVP), permitting the Health and Human Services Department to communicate, collaborate and effectively support community-based violence prevention and intervention efforts with OVP through December 31, 2025. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The Los Angeles County Office of Violence Prevention (OVP), housed within the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, works to strengthen coordination, capacity, and partnerships to address the root causes of violence, and to advance policies and practices that are grounded in race equity, to prevent all forms of violence and to promote healing across all communities in Los Angeles County (County). The OVP monitors the trends and circumstances of violent deaths affecting the County to inform decision makers and program planners about ways to prevent and intervene on violence in the community, at home and in the workplace.
The OVP’s Trauma Prevention Initiative (TPI), invests in community-driven public safety strategies in communities with the highest rates of violence (unincorporated communities and cities), including Street Outreach and Community Violence Intervention, Hospital Violence Intervention Programs, capacity building, and Community Action for Peace stakeholder networks, consisting of nine communities across the County. The TPI strives to promote the healing and well-being of communities impacted by violence and trauma, through meaningful community engagement to address the unique needs of communities and promote local leadership and positive community identity, investing in peer approaches and supporting self-care, healing, and career pathways and capacity building for community based organizations, and advancing systems change by aligning county services and initiatives and...
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