3. Greater Wilkinsburg Area: Community Forge (Community Quarterback) and their implementing and facility partners for Cure Violence and BAM (Westinghouse H.S). 4. South Hilltop: South Pittsburgh Coalition for Peace (Community Quarterback) and their implementing and facility partners for Cure Violence, READI, Safe Spaces and BAM (Carrick H.S). 5. Woodland Hills: Greater Valley Community Services (Community Quarterback) and their implementing and facility partners for Cure Violence and READI. 6. Mon Valley: Steel Rivers Council of Government (Community Quarterback) and their implementing and facility partners for Cure Violence and BAM (Clairton H.S). The RFP for Countywide Support for Violence Prevention lays out DHS’ strategy to reduce community violence by identifying a countywide convener to unite stakeholders for basic information-sharing about community violence prevention and to facilitate coordination of violence reduction efforts. This RFP also funds centralized evidence-based community violence- reduction efforts that cover the entire county but are particularly focused on the aforementioned highly impacted municipalities and hot spots in the City of Pittsburgh. Examples of community violence reduction efforts the county is funding include: • Shooting review boards that convene relevant stakeholders to systematically determine why a given shooting (fatal and non-fatal) occurred, identify trends and use these data to inform prevention and intervention. • Hospital-based intervention sends credible trauma responders and outreach workers to
the bedsides of gunshot victims to connect at-risk young men to necessary services and stop the spread of violence by interrupting retaliation. The program serves victims of all ages, but primarily focuses on older youth and young adults. • Victim and family support to connect gunshot victims and their loved ones to mental health services and survivor support groups. • Building capacity to implement Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) which uses blight reduction, strategic lighting placement, and vacant building and lot remediation as tools to reduce the opportunity to commit violent crime. Awardees from the Countywide Support for Violence Prevention RFP include: 1. Countywide Community Violence Prevention Convener: Neighborhood Resilience Project 2. Shooting review boards: Social Contract 3. Hospital-based intervention: Reimagine Reentry 4. Victim and family support: Center for Victims, Community Engagement Association An evaluation of program fidelity and outcomes will inform future investments in violence reduction strategies.
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