MEMPHIS YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION Intervention Strategies Memphis Team

MEMPHIS YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION Intervention Strategies

Memphis Team o. Mayor, City of Memphis, A C Wharton, Jr. o. Commissioner, Department of Safety and Homeland Security, William Gibbons o. United States Attorney, Western District of Tennessee, Edward L. Stanton, III o. Shelby County District Attorney General, Amy Weirich o. Director, Memphis Police Department, Toney Armstrong o. Chief of Staff, City of Memphis, Robert White o. Chief, School Safety Security & Emergency Management (MCS), Gerald Darling o. Executive Director, Memphis Shelby Crime Commission, Michelle Fowlkes o. Major, Memphis Police Department, Charles Newell o. Pastor, First Baptist- Broad, Keith Norman o. Director, Youth Services, City of Memphis, James Nelson YOUTH o. Kenneth Douglass, Frayser Youth Council o. Jhukuruin Corley, Juvenile Intervention & Faith-Based Follow-Up Participant

OUR VISION 25%

RISK FACTORS o Employment • Unemployment rate is exacerbated by significant percentage of young, unskilled workers. o Poverty • Memphis Metropolitan Area is the most impoverished large metro in the nation o Gun Violence • 50% of crimes involve youth. Most are gun-related.

STRATEGIES Urban Youth Initiative JIFF YELLOW circles represent multi-agency collaborations Early Success Coalition Workforce Investment Network PRE-NATAL to 24 YEARS Memphis Ambassadors Program People First Coalition Hope Academy

Operation Safe Community: A Memphis Fast Forward Initiative

S. H. A. P. E. Number of Transfers to Juvenile Court from SHAPE Schools by School Year Shelby County Bookings into Juvenile Detention, 2006 -2010

HOPE Academy Enrollment August 2011 -February 2012 Provided by HOPE Academy

HOPE Academy’s Monthly Return August 2011 -February 2012

District Attorney’s Mentoring and Truancy Program o July 2011 - September 2011 o 377 children served o 100% of program minority youth diverted from detention

Place-based Strategies o Frayser Youth Council o Defending Childhood Initiative (DCI) o Gang Reduction Assistance and Saving Society’s Youth (G. R. A. S. S. Y. ) o Gang, Inc. o MPD’s Community Outreach Program (COP) Challenges o School Consolidation o State Takeover of Selected Schools within Target Area of Frayser o Reallocation of Resources

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