Office of Youth Development
The City of Sacramento will be "the most youth-friendly city in the world"
Youth & Gang Violence
Gang Intervention Strategies
The City of Sacramento is addressing youth and gang-related violence and victimization through, identifying and implementing best practices and initiating policy changes to support local practice. A comprehensive city and county wide strategy is underway to focus on prevention, intervention, suppression and enforcement initiatives.
Our strategies are based on the concept of reconnecting - disconnected Sacramento at-risk and gang-involved youth. It is comprised of a combination of existing program models that we believe creates optimum environments for developing a healthy, risk free, inclusive, youth friendly community. The Office of Youth Development along with our community partners has developed numerous programs to address youth and gang violence.
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In coordination with the Sacramento Police Department, street-based outreach workers provide “hot spot”- specific outreach in high-crime areas at hours of peak need - nights and weekends. Outreach workers maintain a consistent presence in these neighborhoods and create relationships with high risk youth and young adults and connect them to appropriate services and resources.Â
CALL 311! Gang Intervention Campaign
The "CALL 311 For Help" gang intervention campaign connects youth and their parents with resources that can help address youth and gang violence. Parents can also look at the check list above to learn about some of the early signs of gang involvement. The graveyard pictured above was showcased city wide on billboards and posters to convey the seriousness of gangs and encourage the parents of gang involved youth to seek help.
Gang Validation Diversion Program (GVDP)
This program is designed to give youth who are at-risk for gang validation a second chance. Participants have an opportunity to avoid gang validation on their record by participating in this program. Successful completion of the GVDP involves the participant completing community service, linking up with a mentor, demonstrating academic progress, and gaining work experience.
Youth Violence Recidivism Reduction Project (YVRRP)
This YVRRP provides case management, social services, and employment opportunities to 50 adjudicated youth who are reentering the public school system. This program primarily focuses on a combination of recidivism prevention, school reentry and education, job training, and community services, including referrals to substance abuse and mental health services.Â
Cease Fire (Coming Soon)
The Cease fire approach employs very targeted strategies to get youth and young adults who are “drivers of violence” off the streets through outreach and direct communication, and into jobs and support services. Law enforcement and criminal justice agencies speak directly to them about their future choices, and community and service agencies provide them with alternatives to the lifestyle of violence like living wage jobs, counseling, and community support. The Cease fire strategy is not intended to be a comprehensive prevention model, but is one piece of the puzzle that has the potential to significantly reduce youth and gang-violence in Sacramento.
Caught in the Crossfire (Coming Soon)
This is a hospital based intervention program for young patients who
come to the new Kaiser Trauma Center because of an act of violence. This innovative and nationally recognized strategy was developed by Youth Alive, based in Oakland. This bold and proactive strategy will offer critical resources to young victims of violence and their families, when they are their most vulnerable, having experienced a life-threatening injury. The goals of this program will be to prevent re-injury and violent retaliation in the community and reduce criminal activity that will ultimately save lives in Sacramento!
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