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PARTICIPANTS
Fresno
Los
Angeles
Oakland
Oxnard
Richmond Sacramento
Salinas San
Bernardino
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa
Rosa
Stockton
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MISSION
STATEMENT
The
National Council on Crime and Delinquency
(NCCD) and the National League
of Cities' Institute for Youth, Education
and Families (YEF Institute) have
initiated a network of 13 major
cities
in California to combat gang
violence and victimization.
The
California Cities Gang Prevention Network,
the first of its kind in the
nation,
focuses on successful
policies and practices
that
interweave prevention,
intervention,
enforcement, and a community's
"moral voice"
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CONTACT
US
Contact
Livier Gutierrez at:
phone (510) 208-0500 x340
fax (510) 208-0511
email lgutierrez@sf.nccd-crc.org
1970
Broadway
Suite 500
Oakland, CA 94612 |
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WHAT'S
NEW
 Demonstrating Return on Investment Through Evaluation: Recommendations From the Field
This report synthesizes the key findings from the California Cities
Gang Prevention Network Evaluation Summit. It describes the
utility of evaluation for Network cities and options to consider
when choosing an evaluator. It also provides an overview of
the fundamental principles to consider when developing an
evaluation of a comprehensive initiative.
Municipal Action Guides
The Municipal Action Guides
are designed to support and strengthen Network cities comprehensive gang violence prevention strategies. Each Municipal Action Guide identifies the challenge of violence prevention, program evaluation,
and gang reentry. They also
outline strategies for addressing these challenges, action steps, examples of effective city
practices and programs, and helpful resources.
Municipal Action Guide: Evaluating Comprehensive Strategies to Reduce
Gang-related Violence
Municipal Action Guide: Fully Incorporating Prevention in Comprehensive Youth Violence Reduction Strategies
Municipal Action Guide: Reducing Gang Violence
Through Reentry
Services
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FUNDING
The
California Cities Gang
Prevention Network is
funded by grants from
the
California Endowment,
the
The California Wellness
Foundation (TCWF), the
East Bay Community
Foundation, the Richmond
Children's Fund, and
the
Evelyn and Walter Haas,
Jr.
Fund.
The
California Endowment
is a private, statewide
health foundation created
in 1996 with a mission
to expand access to
affordable, quality
health
care for underserverd
indiv-
iduals and communities,
and to promote fundamental
improvements in the
health
status of all Californians.
Created
in 1992 as an
independent, private
found-
ation, TCWF's mission
is to
improve the health of
the
people of California
by
making grants for health
promotion, wellness
educa-
tion and disease prevention.
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PROJECT
GOALS
To
get in front of the gang issue
before policies based
on fear divert
funds from essential
infrastructures
(e.g., schools, police,
services for
children and youth)
to corrections.
To
establish or improve collaboration
in each city that appropriately
blends
prevention, intervention,
and
suppression, and that
involves city
leaders and community
stakeholders.
To
identify and document city
responses to key program
and policy
questions (e.g., essential
approaches
to anti-gang efforts;
what doesn't
work; who must be involved,
etc.).
To
forge a vibrant peer-learning
network among 13 participating
cities.
To
identify state policy and practice
that would support effective
community practice.
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