Cleveland Collaborative on Youth Violence Prevention

OJJDP's State and Community Development Awards program was established to provide grants and cooperative agreements to organizations that OJJDP has selected for funds in prior years. This program has been authorized by an Act appropriating funds for the Department of Justice.

The National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention (Forum) was established by the White House in 2011 and is a network of cities united in their drive to prevent youth violence with federal agencies and private partners. The Forum has expanded to a total of 15 cities that are implementing strategies and evidenced-based programs to reduce youth violence. The Departments of Justice, Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Labor as well as the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Office of National Drug Control Policy provide key supports to the Forum cities. OJJDP provides funding to support the core activities in Forum cities linked to the approved comprehensive plans.

Cleveland’s Collaborative on Youth Violence Prevention released “The Cleveland Plan,” a draft plan identifying approximately 50 community initiatives, activities or programs focused, at least in part, on reducing youth violence. The Cleveland Plan, through a lengthy community assessment process, outlines activities aimed at transitioning existing programs and partnerships into a system with the ability to produce sustained, long-term reductions in youth violence. This proposal has four purposes: 1) Establish a core governance and decision-making structure that will unite various justice supported initiatives including the Defending Childhood Initiative; 2) Improve relations between law enforcement and the community (particularly youth); 3) Develop a communications plan; and, 4) Provide continuing data collection and analysis, including data related to trauma exposed youth and young people who are victims or perpetrators of crime. Significant partners in their efforts include Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Partnership for a Safer Cleveland, and Case Western Reserve University.

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The National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention (Forum) was established by the White House in 2011 and is a network of cities united in their drive to prevent youth violence with federal agencies and private partners. The Forum has expanded to a total of 15 cities that are implementing strategies and evidenced-based programs to reduce youth violence. The Departments of Justice, Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Labor as well as the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Office of National Drug Control Policy provide key supports to the Forum cities. OJJDP provides funding to support the core activities in Forum cities linked to the approved comprehensive plans.

Cleveland’s Collaborative on Youth Violence Prevention released “The Cleveland Plan,” identifying approximately 50 community initiatives, activities or programs that address reduction of youth violence. The Cleveland Plan, through a lengthy community assessment process, identified activities aimed at transitioning existing programs and partnerships into a system with the ability to produce sustained, long-term reductions in youth violence. The plan has four purposes: 1) Establish a core governance and decision-making structure that will unite various justice supported initiatives including Cuyahoga County’s Defending Childhood Initiative; 2) Improve relations between law enforcement and the community (particularly youth); 3) Develop a communications plan; and, 4) Provide continuing data collection and analysis, including data related to trauma exposed youth and young people who are victims or perpetrators of crime. Significant partners in their efforts include Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Partnership for a Safer Cleveland, and Case Western Reserve University. CA/NCF