No COLORS: 100 Ways To Stop Gangs From Taking Away Our Communities
"No community wants to admit it has a gang problem. Yet that denial and the unwillingness to address youth violence as a community problem will have tragic consequences."
"Nearly Every Community in America has Issues Related to Violence.
We have solutions."
- Front Cover
- Table of Contents
- The Mayor’s Task Force
- Executive Summary
- Benchmark Research
- Proposed Budget Estimate
- Community Partners
- Strategic Plan Overview
- The Pier Model
- Prevention
- Intervention
- Enforcement
- Reentry
- Funding and Sustainability of the P.I.E.R. Model
- Coordination of the P.I.E.R. Strategic Plan
- P.I.E.R. Strategy - Next Steps
- Appendices
- Contact Information
Strategic Plan to Reduce Young Adult Violence and Gangs in Newport News, Virginia: P.I.E.R. Strategy
Benchmark Research across the Nation
In our work, we studied communities across America and Canada to see where success was being achieved in reducing youth violence.
First Benchmark Practice:
A Strategic Plan Built by the Community
A valuable first step in reducing youth and young adult violence in Newport News can be achieved with the adoption of the recommended strategic plan. No city has been successful without one.
Second Benchmark Practice:
Plan Initiatives in Four Broad Categories of Programs
The second formula for success we continue to see across the nation is to organize and fund efforts under four major categories – Prevention, Intervention, Enforcement and Re-entry. This is the model endorsed by the Justice Department and successfully implemented in cities and states across America.
Third Benchmark Practice:
Fund Only Measurable Programs: Measure Everything
The third factor of success in communities across the nation is a discipline of measurement. Communities that insist on dedicated measurement of their programs, and fund only programs that demonstrate achieving those measures, should receive future funding. Over time, the impact is clear. The community begins to fund programs that work.
The hope of maintaining and growing this community into a regional economic force has led the Mayor, with the support of City Council to pass a city Resolution 12049-10 which establishes the Mayor’s Committee on Teenage and Young Adult Violence Reduction. This will serve as the official report and a call to action on behalf of the committee.
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