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MEMPHIS YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION
Intervention Strategies
Memphis TeamoMayor, City of Memphis, A C Wharton, Jr.oCommissioner, Department of Safety and Homeland Security, William GibbonsoUnited States Attorney, Western District of Tennessee, Edward L. Stanton, IIIoShelby County District Attorney General, Amy WeirichoDirector, Memphis Police Department, Toney ArmstrongoChief of Staff, City of Memphis, Robert WhiteoChief, School Safety Security & Emergency Management (MCS), Gerald DarlingoExecutive Director, Memphis Shelby Crime Commission, Michelle FowlkesoMajor, Memphis Police Department, Charles NewelloPastor, First Baptist- Broad, Keith NormanoDirector, Youth Services, City of Memphis, James Nelson
YOUTHoKenneth Douglass, Frayser Youth CounciloJhukuruin Corley, Juvenile Intervention & Faith-Based Follow-Up Participant
25%
OUR VISION
RISK FACTORS
o Employment• Unemployment rate is exacerbated by significant
percentage of young, unskilled workers. o Poverty • Memphis Metropolitan Area is the most
impoverished large metro in the nationo Gun Violence• 50% of crimes involve youth. Most are gun-
related.
EarlySuccess
Coalition WorkforceInvestment
Network
MemphisAmbassadors
Program
HopeAcademy
People FirstCoalition
JIFF
Urban Youth Initiative
PRE-NATALto
24 YEARS
STRATEGIES YELLOW circles represent multi-agency collaborations
Operation Safe Community: A Memphis Fast Forward Initiative
S.H.A.P.E.
Number of Transfers to Juvenile Court from SHAPE Schools by
School YearShelby County Bookings into Juvenile Detention, 2006-2010
HOPE Academy Enrollment August 2011-February 2012
Provided by HOPE Academy
HOPE Academy’s Monthly Return August 2011-February 2012
District Attorney’s Mentoring and Truancy Program
o July 2011- September 2011 o 377 children servedo 100% of program minority youth diverted
from detention
Place-based Strategieso Frayser Youth Councilo Defending Childhood Initiative (DCI)o Gang Reduction Assistance and Saving Society’s Youth (G.R.A.S.S.Y.)o Gang, Inc.o MPD’s Community Outreach Program (COP)
Challengeso School Consolidationo State Takeover of Selected Schools within
Target Area of Fraysero Reallocation of Resources
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