Sasha Cotton, Director Erin Sikkink, Public Health Specialist Minneapolis Office of Violence Prevention City of Minneapolis
Minneapolis Office of Violence Prevention Time Line November 2019 January 2019 Josh Peterson The Office of July, 2019 is named Violence Sasha Cotton Manager of Prevention is is named the Office of established Director of Violence by City the Office of Prevention budget Violence process Prevention June, 2019 September 2019 December 2019 Minneapolis Beginning of Data Collection to Office of Official Strategic inform the Office of Violence Planning with Violence Prevention Prevention Cities United and began Fund New Director grantees received awards
The Public Health Approach – Formal Definition Assure Widespread Develop Adoption and Test Identify Prevention Risk and Strategies Protective Define the Factors Problem The public health approach to violence prevention is systematic and scientific, typically incorporating these four steps.
Risk Factors Exposure to violence and conflict in the Involvement family with drugs, • Risk factors can alcohol, or tobacco increase the likelihood Low parental that a person will involvement experience harm or High level of Diminished transiency engage in violence economic opportunities Low commitment to school and school failure
Protective Factors Commitment to school Connectedness to family or • Protective factors can adults outside decrease the potential the family Positive social harmful effects of a risk orientation factor or the likelihood Parental/family Skills for use of realistic that someone will constructive planning engage in violence strategies for coping with problems Involvement in social activities
A Word on Risk and Protective Factors… • The presence of risk factors does not automatically mean someone will behave violently or experience violence • The presence of protective factors does not necessarily automatically protect against experiencing violence or behaving violently
Public Health Approach – Violence is Preventable • Violence is not inevitable • Like other communicable diseases, we can protect against, prevent, and treat violence
Public Health Approach – Many Factors • Social conditions matter • Violence is not just the actions Individual of “bad” people • The social-ecological model Relationship considers interplay between all factors that put people at risk for or protect from experiencing or Community perpetuating violence Societal Source: CDC
Public Health Approach – Many factors • Violence is often a cycle • How do we support individuals on a path toward healing and away from perpetuating violence they’ve experienced?
Public Health Approach – Many Approaches Violence is multifaceted, so the solutions must be too.
Understanding Solutions: Upstream and Downstream Upstream Downstream Image source: YVPRC
Understanding Solutions: Prevention Continuum Up Front In The Thick Aftermath Responses Approaches that take Early intervention, place AFTER often at the first sign BEFORE of risk or as a violence has occurred to response to an deal with the lasting violence has occurred immediate to the consequences and to lay groundwork that promote healing and threat of violence can prevent violence restoration from emerging
Understanding Solutions: Prevention Pyramid Violence or associated Long-term risk factors are addressed response to in the early stages, violence perhaps before all Tertiary Prevention symptoms are apparent. Lay the groundwork so violence does not Early intervention or response emerge. Often involves to an immediate threat of infusing activities into violence the fabric of society. Secondary Prevention Approaches that take place before violence has occurred to prevent initial perpetration or victimization. Primary Prevention
The Minneapolis Office of Violence Preveniton City of Minneapolis
Strategic Planning time line 2020 April-May Office of April – June Violence January Strategic Plan Prevention Online Office document is public of Violence developed reflection Prevention sessions are Survey is hosted released February – April/YVP June- July April Full launch of Soft launch of Office of Office of Office of Violence Violence Violence Prevention Prevention Prevention Focus Groups plan logo and plan are conducted
Minneapolis Office of Violence Prevention Erin Sikkink, MPH Ellen Sheehy Public Health Specialist AmeriCorps VISTA Mikayla Ferg Josh Peterson Manager Gretchen Musicant Commissioner of Health Sasha Cotton Director Jean Sawyer April Graves Program Assistant Public Health Specialist
Next Step: Hospital-Based Violence Intervention City of Minneapolis
Next Step Serving victims of violent assault treated at North Memorial or HCMC Reduce the rate of violent re-injury/re- Reduce hospitalization for victims of violent assault • Credible messengers as Violence Intervention Specialists Support positive development and Support holistic healing for victims and families • Healing from more than just the who are affected by violence physical injury • Narrative medicine approach • Since 2016, nearly 400 participants Interrupt Interrupt the cycle of recurrent violence • Less than 7% have returned to NMHH or HCMC with same or similar injury
Pathways to a New Beginning – Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office City of Minneapolis
Pathways to a New Beginning 228 cases • Alternative sentencing option for individuals reviewed charged by MCAO and convicted of a gross misdemeanor gun offense 84 ineligible 144 eligible • Jail time and traditional probation did not work • Recidivism was as high as 70% or more • Many committed felony-level offenses 31 successfully 13 unsuccessful graduated terminations • Reduce recidivism through community-based program to address risk factors and individual 45 enrolled and 25 declined needs set to complete program • Partnership with Urban Ventures; 6 to 9 months of programming 30 awaiting • Recidivism to date has been 22.5% (n=7) case resolution • Only 1 new gun offense
Project LIFE (Group Violence Intervention) City of Minneapolis
Project LIFE (Group Violence Intervention) • Group Violence Intervention is a partnership of law enforcement, community members, and social service providers that directly Community Focused law engages the small and active Moral Voice enforcement number of people involved in violent street groups to deliver a credible moral message against violence • Project LIFE is a 3 pronged Moral Engagement approach with offenders
Project LIFE - Impact Shootings and Homicides For the Period May 4 – September 21 from 2016 to 2019 Year 2016 (GVI not yet 2017 2018 2019 implemented) Group Member Involved (GMI) Homicides 12 9 11 11 Non- GMI Homicides 9 11 1 14 Unknown Homicides 0 3 0 1 Gang Member Involved Non-Fatal 93 42 25 27 Non- GMI Non-Fatal Shootings 29 18 43 71 Unknown Non-Fatal Shootings 41 53 3 11
Project Life - Impact • Over 230 total participant intakes belonging to over 35 gangs/groups/cliques since 2017 Safe • 19 Project LIFE participants shot/involved in shooting incidents Alive • 1 Project LIFE participant deceased Free • Just 31 Project LIFE participant probation violations
Intimate Partner Violence Intervention City of Minneapolis
Intimate Partner Violence Intervention • Intimate partner violence (IPV) accounts for a large proportion of the calls for service to MPD • The effects of IPV are profoundly damaging to communities • 2020 City budget allocated funds for the OVP to work with John Jay College/National Network for Safe Communities (NNSC) to lay the groundwork for an IPV intervention in Minneapolis • Audit to better asses kind of intervention needed in Minneapolis
Community Funding City of Minneapolis
• A Mother's Love • Lao Center of Minnesota OVP Funded • Art is My Weapon • Man Up Club Organizations • Domestic Abuse Project • Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute • Growing North Minneapolis • Pillsbury United • Guns Down Love Up Communities • Juxtaposition Arts • The Camden Promise • Keeping My Focus • The Ostara Initiative • YouthLink 28
Blueprint Approved In Institute (B (BPAI) • Capacity building initiative aimed at strengthening community- based agencies’ ability to deliver effective and community- driven violence prevention work • Achieved through trainings, demonstration project funding, hands-on technical support, and establishment of a peer network.
BPAI • Participation in BPAI lasts for 1 year. • Organizations complete training sessions to build capacity around hard and soft skills (grant-writing, evaluation, and fundraising skills and improve organizational development). • Upon completion, organizations receive a $6,000 grant and implement a violence prevention program. • Throughout, they receive hands-on support from MHD staff and are engaged in a peer network with their fellow participants.
Thank you Sasha Cotton Sasha.Cotton@minneapolismn.gov Erin Sikkink Erin.Sikkink@minneapolismn.gov
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