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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all necessary documents to receive and expend grant funding from the California Emergency Management Agency for the Gang Reduction, Intervention and Prevention Program in the amount of $369,309 for two years; authorize a required in-kind match of $369,309; and increase appropriations in the Community Development Grants Fund (SR 150) in the Department of Development Services (DV) by $369,309.
(Districts 1,6,7,9)
DISCUSSION
The California Gang Reduction, Intervention, and Prevention Program (Cal GRIP) is a state grant awarded by the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA). Cal GRIP was designed to provide youth, who are identified as being involved in criminal or gang activity or are at-risk of becoming so, with positive alternatives to gang participation in a safe environment. Cal GRIP promotes community awareness and education through anti-gang messages and enhances the coordination of existing youth and gang violence prevention efforts to maximize the return on the investment of limited resources.
In 2008, the City was awarded a first grant through Cal EMA, for the Cal GRIP Program. The first grant provided funding for reentry, education, job training and skill development, family and community services, and gang suppression activities. It was completed in December 2010.
In April 2010, a second Cal GRIP grant was awarded to the City. This grant encourages the City to work with agencies that can help address unmet community needs necessary to effectively address youth and gang violence. Our partners in this mission are the Department of Health and Human Services, the Police Department, the Long Beach Unified School District, and community and regional organizations. Work on this grant is in process and will be completed in March 2012.
On March 9, 2011, the Department of Development Services was awarded a third round of Cal GRIP funding. This third grant in the amount of $369,309 is a two-y...
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