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a. Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute an Agreement with South Monterey Joint Union High School District to provide Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) at Greenfield High School through natural and built environment effective upon execution through December 31, 2024, for a total Agreement amount not to exceed $125,000; and
b. Approve non-standard risk provisions in the Agreement as recommended by the Director of Health.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the County of Monterey Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute an Agreement with South Monterey Joint Union High School District to provide Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) at Greenfield High School through natural and built environment effective upon execution through December 31, 2024, for a total Agreement amount not to exceed $125,000; and
b. Approve non-standard risk provisions in the Agreement as recommended by the Director of Health.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
For over twelve years the County of Monterey Health Department Public Health Bureau's Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere (STRYVE) Program has utilized funds from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to administer youth violence prevention programs. In 2016, STRYVE was awarded a five-year CDC grant entitled Preventing Teen Dating and Youth Violence by Addressing Shared Risk and Protective Factors (Project 1605). The overarching goal of Project 1605 was to engage communities in primary prevention activities to prevent teen dating and youth violence. The STRYVE program accomplished this through the implementation of Safe Dates at various high schools in Salinas and established sustainability by embedding Safe Dates into the Salinas Union High School District's Health curriculum.
In 2021, the CDC released a new competitive grant opportunity entitle...
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