Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Office of Violence Prevention (OVP) to enter into a grant agreement with St Luke’s United Methodist Church for $20,000.00 in support of The Columbus Violence Reduction (CVR), National Network for Safe Communities (NNSC) evidence-based Group Violence Intervention (GVI) Model.
Evidence indicates that a relatively small number of individuals in gangs or groups drive the majority of violence in troubled neighborhoods. Columbus Violence Reduction (CVR) focuses on these group members at the highest risk of committing violent crime and potentially becoming victims themselves. OVP and CFR are dedicated to keeping our residents Safe, Alive, and Free.
Focus on these high-risk group members involves measures to address trauma, methods to protect group member from harm (such as preventing retaliation, relocation, and emergency housing), and ways to provide low-cost but pressing needs such as transportation, groceries, obtaining State ID, etc. It also offers priority access to traditional services such as job training, housing, education, peer support, and substance abuse counseling. St Luke’s United Methodist Church will partner with the Office of Violence Prevention in providing these types of critical resources.
Fiscal Impact: This ordinance authorizes the expenditure of $20,000.00 in grant proceeds with St Luke’s United Methodist Church in support of the Group Violence Intervention program.
Contract Compliance: St Luke’s United Methodist Church, FID: 237236970, CC-049167, exp. 05-17-26
Emergency action is requested to avoid any delay in providing critical resources to sustain the needed group violence intervention and prevention programming.
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To authorize the Director of the Office of Violence Prevention to enter into a grant agreement St Luke’s United Methodist Church; to authorize the transfer of $20,000.00 within the General Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $20,000.00 from the Gener...
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