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MEMPHIS YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION Intervention Strategies
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Memphis Team o Mayor, City of Memphis, A C Wharton, Jr. o Commissioner, Department of Safety and Homeland Security, William Gibbons o United States Attorney, Western District of Tennessee, Edward L. Stanton, III o Shelby County District Attorney General, Amy Weirich o Director, Memphis Police Department, Toney Armstrong o Chief of Staff, City of Memphis, Robert White o Chief, School Safety Security & Emergency Management (MCS), Gerald Darling o Executive Director, Memphis Shelby Crime Commission, Michelle Fowlkes o Major, Memphis Police Department, Charles Newell o Pastor, First Baptist- Broad, Keith Norman o Director, Youth Services, City of Memphis, James Nelson YOUTH o Kenneth Douglass, Frayser Youth Council o Jhukuruin Corley, Juvenile Intervention & Faith-Based Follow-Up Participant
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25% OUR VISION
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RISK FACTORS o Employment Unemployment rate is exacerbated by significant percentage of young, unskilled workers. o Poverty Memphis Metropolitan Area is the most impoverished large metro in the nation o Gun Violence 50% of crimes involve youth. Most are gun- related.
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PRE- NATAL to 24 YEARS Early Success Coalition Workforce Investment Network Memphis Ambassadors Program Hope Academy People First Coalition JIFF Urban Youth Initiative STRATEGIES YELLOW circles represent multi-agency collaborations
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Operation Safe Community: A Memphis Fast Forward Initiative
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S.H.A.P.E. Number of Transfers to Juvenile Court from SHAPE Schools by School Year Shelby County Bookings into Juvenile Detention, 2006-2010
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HOPE Academy Enrollment August 2011-February 2012 Provided by HOPE Academy
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HOPE Academy’s Monthly Return August 2011-February 2012
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District Attorney’s Mentoring and Truancy Program o July 2011- September 2011 o 377 children served o 100% of program minority youth diverted from detention
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Place-based Strategies o Frayser Youth Council o Defending Childhood Initiative (DCI) o Gang Reduction Assistance and Saving Society’s Youth (G.R.A.S.S.Y.) o Gang, Inc. o MPD’s Community Outreach Program (COP) Challenges o School Consolidation o State Takeover of Selected Schools within Target Area of Frayser o Reallocation of Resources
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