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Program Description

  Community and Youth Violence Prevention and Intervention Program

The Community and Youth Violence Prevention and Intervention Program focuses on providing culturally-based and healing-informed positive youth development and family strengthening services, including community and youth violence prevention; gang prevention; intervention and support for youth and families who are gang involved and those already involved in gang activity; and community, youth, and their families who may have been involved in or exposed to violence and complex trauma. The key elements include a Program Administrator who manages and monitors the upcounty and down county Youth Opportunity Centers, the Safe Space Program, and the Street Outreach Network. Services and supports are provided through community-based work, community education, and partnerships. This program works closely with multiple County agencies as part of the Youth Resilience Initiative and other community groups to address gang, youth, and community violence issues throughout the County.

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Program Contacts

Contact Lori Garibay-Aquino of the HHS - Children, Youth and Family Services at 240-777-1223 or Deborah Lambert of the Office of Management and Budget at 240-777-2794 for more information regarding this department's operating budget.

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Program Performance Measures

Program Performance MeasuresActual FY24Actual FY25Estimated FY26Target FY27Target FY28
Number of youth in safe, supervised Positive Youth Development Initiative (PYDI) programming 17,2957,9517,0807,0807,630
1  This measure reflects all types of youth engagement, from one-time interaction to ongoing program enrollments, across all contracts under Positive Youth Development, Street Outreach Network, and Safe Space. These counts contain duplicates. In FY26, the program expects to see a decline since three contracts have been eliminated due to budget constraints. Estimates for FY28 are somewhat higher because an additional Wellness Center is planned for FY28.
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Program Budget Changes

FY27 Recommended ChangesExpendituresFTEs
FY26 Approved1652895541.00
Reduce: Long Branch Area Green Space and Gardening Program and Transition to Competitive Office of Food Systems Resilience Grant Program-295030.00
Reduce: Positive Youth Development Gang Training to the Level of Spending-400000.00
Decrease Cost: Eliminate Funding for Substance Abuse Contract at Youth Opportunity Centers that has Expired-800000.00
Multi-program adjustments, including negotiated compensation changes, employee benefit changes, changes due to staff turnover, reorganizations, and other budget changes affecting multiple programs.-7485279-2.00
FY27 Recommended889417339.00