Mission Statement

The Department of Violence Prevention pursues a public health approach to dramatically reduce violent crime through community-led violence prevention and intervention strategies for individuals, families and communities most-impacted by violence.

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SERVICE IMPACTS &

EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS

Enhancements 

Public Safety & Violence Prevention

1. The deletion of 1.0 FTE Case Manager I position and the addition of 1.0 FTE Program Analyst III position will provide a dedicated staff member to coordinate direct service work across the three focus areas of gender-based violence, group and gun violence, and community healing.
   • Equity Consideration: The Program Analyst III will identify and implement coordinated approaches to direct service delivery across the department’s strategies of group/gun violence, gender-based violence, and community healing. There is extensive overlap between these categories of work in the communities served by the Department of Violence Prevention (DVP) and thus prevention and intervention activities must be integrated to achieve maximum impact. The 12 OPD police beats primarily served by the DVP’s three categories of work are overwhelmingly composed of residents of color and low-income residents.
2. Adds 1.0 FTE Health & Human Services Program Planner - The addition of a Health and Human Services (HHS) Program Planner will ensure that the department’s life coaching and employment models are well designed and implemented by internal staff and contracted providers.
   • Equity Consideration: The addition of an HHS Program Planner will allow the department to more consistently implement life coaching and employment services with fidelity to designed models. The department’s life coaching and employment services primarily engage residents of color, all of whom have been impacted by violence.
3. Adds $75,000 in O&M for support for victims and families of violent crime assistance offering healing education advocacy and training.
   • Equity Consideration: In 2021, Black residents in Oakland represented 59% of homicide victims and Latino residents represented 24% of homicide victims, far above their representation in the Oakland population. Funding will directly support black and Latino families who are disproportionately killed in Oakland.
4. Adds $510,000 in O&M for youth development, mentorship and violence prevention.
   • Equity Consideration: In 2021, Black residents in Oakland represented 41% of shooting victims and 59% of homicide victims, as well as an estimated 49% of rape victims and 53% of domestic violence victims and Latino residents in Oakland represented 36% of shooting victims and 24% of homicide victims, as well as an estimated 23% of rape victims and 28% of domestic violence victims, far above their representation in the Oakland population. Funding will directly support black and Latino youth who are disproportionately impacted by violence in Oakland.

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