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Receive a presentation from the Monterey County Health Department's Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere (STRYVE) Program, the City of Salinas' Community Safety Division and the Monterey County Administrative Office's (CAO) Office of Community Engagement and Strategic Advocacy to describe the strategies and results of their collaboration to prevent violence.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Receive a presentation from the Monterey County Health Department's Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere (STRYVE) Program, the City of Salinas' Community Safety Division and the Monterey County Administrative Office's (CAO) Office of Community Engagement and Strategic Advocacy to describe the strategies and results of their collaboration to prevent violence.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Health Department's STRYVE program, City of Salinas Community Safety Division, the CAO's Office of Community Engagement and Strategic Advocacy, as well as members of the Community Alliance for Safety and Peace (CASP) began a partnership thirteen years ago to reduce and prevent violence in Salinas. This partnership has been successful in its contribution to significant declines in violent crime.
In 2021, the Monterey County Health Department's STRYVE program received a third, five-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to prevent youth violence and teen dating violence. STRYVE has been led by the Monterey County Health Officer as Project Director since 2011, has been coordinated by a public health educator, and has funded staff from the Planning, Evaluation and Policy (PEP) unit to provide evaluation and data support. CDC has funded several strategies over the last ten years in Salinas including a bullying prevention program, a healthy relationship program called "Safe Dates" in the five Salinas high schools, the expansion of Partners for Peace "Strengthening Families Program," and "Crime Prevention throu...
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