Fresno
Los
Angeles
Oakland
Oxnard
Richmond Sacramento
Salinas San
Bernardino
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa
Rosa
Stockton
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"
as an alternative to
prison-only solutions.
CONTACT
US
Contact
Fabiana Silva at:
phone (510) 208-0500
x307
fax (510) 208-0511
email fsilva@sf.nccd-crc.org
1970
Broadway
Suite 500
Oakland, CA 94612
WHAT'S
NEW
This
month's bulletin
includes an overview
of this
years meeting of city
leads
which took place in
Berkeley
in October, and spotlights
the work of Cora Tomalinas,
a community leader who
has
mobilized San Jose's
community around gang
prevention.
The 3rd California Cities
Gang
Prevention Network all
city
teams conference is
coming
up! This two-day
conference
will be held on February
26-27, 2009 and is tentatively
scheduled to take place in
Santa Rosa.
Please
note that this
conference is not open
to the
public and only registered
participants can attend.
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.
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.
