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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 an amount not to exceed $10,000, and increase appropriation in the General Grants Fund (SR 120) in the City Prosecutor Department (CP) by $10,000, offset by grant revenue.
DISCUSSION
The Long Beach Community Foundation (LBCF) has approved a $10,000 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 range of activities supporting the work of the City Prosecutor's Office. The specific focus of these funds shall be: 1) to support the City Prosecutor's Parent Accountability and Chronic Truancy (P.A.C.T.) program, and 2) to assist human trafficking victims and former gang members with tattoo removal.
In recent years, the Long Beach City Prosecutor's Office has found ways to expand its role as a public safety partner while continuing its core mission of prosecuting criminals. For example, the City Prosecutor's Office initiated just two years ago the creative court diversion program called Promising Adults, Tomorrow's Hope (P.A.T.H.). P.A.T.H. is believed to be the first job-based diversion program in the country.
The City Prosecutor's Office is also recognized as a leader in other respects. In 2013, the City Prosecutor's Gang Prevention Strategy was recognized by Neighborhoods USA for its work with at risk youth. 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 three-part
strategy that suppresses gang violence, creates community
partnerships, and keeps at-risk kids in school. Combining new
technology with a neighborhood-...
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