2011 BJA PSN Anti-Gang Training (4-19-11)

2011 BJA PSN Anti-Gang Training Arlington, TX U sing Data to Build Community Buy-in and Support for Prevention Programs Alvin Atkinson, Executive Director The Center for Community Safety

2011 PSN Anti Gang Training Arlington TX
Session Overview
Purpose
Introduction to the CCS
Prevention U.
The CCS Strategy
The Strategy in Practice
Seven Key Lessons

Session Objective To increase the knowledge and practice of gang prevention program providers and partners to use a data driven strategies and evidenced –based programming to gain community support and additional resources for their programs.

About The Center for Community Safety (CCS)
Established in 2001 as a public service, research and training center of WSSU;
Involves action research to shape policy and action around significant community safety issues as prioritized by community partnerships;
Promotes the use of data to develop and sustain police and community partnerships to create safer, more stable communities;
Provides training and technical assistance to build community capacity to reduce crime and develop and sustain stable neighborhoods.

A National Training and Technical Assistance Provider for Project Safe Neighborhoods Sites and Weed and Seed Sites

The CCS Although our work is about measuring results, providing useful data and improving performance, our ultimate goal is improving lives. We believe this goal can only be achieved through a powerful combination of dispassionate analysis and passionate commitment to community-based problem solving efforts.

2011 PSN Anti Gang Training Arlington TX Practitioner Experience New Knowledge and Data Academic Inquiry
Partners use data to guide decision-making
Ongoing feedback informs programs and new research
Applied and Community-Based Action Research

Prevention U. Discussion of Gang Prevention Programs used by participants and how and why these programs were selected.

Part One- The CCS Model in Pract ice
Prevention Practitioners and Stakeholders
+ Research/Data
= New Knowledge to Inform and shape
program design and implementation

The Predicament
High suspension and drop out rates
High rates of poverty
High concentrations of single mothers heads of households
Little coordination between existing prevention programs and marginal evaluations of outcomes
Decreasing funding support for prevention and intervention programs
Political climate

The Premise
Efforts to build effective preventive programs, particularly for those youth who are most difficult to reach through traditional agencies, remain a challenge. Community experience has shown that smaller, faith-based or grassroots organizations may be better able to connect with these youth.

The Principle
To strengthen protective factors and reduce risk factors that contribute to youth not fulfilling their potential.
Individual
Family
School
Community

The Plan
To implement a prevention program that focused on where need is
greatest
The Path
To engage faith-based and community organizations to collaborate on
a supporting program for youth from neighborhoods that have endured
decades of high crime, neglect and poverty.
The Potential
To sustain and replicate this program and in other targeted
neighborhoods.

2011 PSN Anti Gang Training Arlington TX PYD Focus Area: 12 Census Block Groups Area: 5.59 square miles (1.4% of Forsyth County Population: 17,016 (4.9% of Forsyth County) Median Age: 32.9 years Households: 6,290 (4.4% of Forsyth County) Average Household Size: 2.76 (2.39 for Forsyth County) 7890 males, 9126 females African-American Population: 13,004 (76.4% of core area)

2011 PSN Anti Gang Training Arlington TX Data Results Average Theme Metric and Explanation Demonstration Area Core Area County or City Education Education Attainment – Age 25+ who DO NOT have a high school degree. Taken from census block groups of demonstration area, core area and entire Forsyth County. 30.3% 34.2% 16.4% Income Median Household Income – Taken from census block groups of demonstration area, core area and entire Forsyth County. $19,630 $24,704 $56,375 Income Poverty – Percentage of people receiving public assistance as per Census data. Taken from census block groups of demonstration area, core area and entire Forsyth County. 11.0% 8.1% 3.3% Family Status Percentage of households which are headed by females. Taken from census block groups of demonstration area, core area and entire Forsyth County. 39.0% 22.9% 8.6% Housing Status Rentership – Percentage of people who rent their homes. Taken from census block groups of demonstration area, core area and entire Forsyth County. 62.5% 60.6% 32.0% Race Percent African-American by Census Block Group. Taken from census block groups of demonstration area, core area and entire Forsyth County. 94.0% 78.0% 28.5% Crime Crime Rate by Census Block Group. Part I (Serious) offenses per 1,000 population from 12 census block groups of demonstration, core area and city of Winston-Salem. 122.8 141.7 For city of Winston-Salem 80.4 Gang Crime Gang Crime Rate by Census Block Group. Gang offenses are per 1,000 population from census block groups of demonstration, core area and city of Winston-Salem. 4.8 6.7 For city of Winston-Salem 4.0 Re-Entry Number of NCDOT re-entrants per 1,000 population by Census Block Group. 19.2 23.2 9.0

2011 PSN Anti Gang Training Arlington TX Other Data Theme Metric and Explanation Core Area Other Area Education Dropout rate for schools whose district boundary is within the core area. These high schools are Atkins, Carver and Reynolds High Schools. Middle schools in this area include Hanes, Mineral Springs, Atkins, East Forsyth, Walkertown and Paisley Middle Schools. 217 total dropouts, representing 27.6% of dropouts in Forsyth County (total population is 4.9% of Forsyth County, but some may not live within core area) 787 total dropouts in Forsyth County for 2008 – 2009 school year. Family Status Teen Pregnancy data provided by the State Center for Health Statistics. Measured in pregnancies per 1,000 people age 15 to 19. Forsyth County Total Rate: 67.2 White Rate: 55.6 Minority Rate: 81.5 North Carolina Total Rate: 58.6 White Rate: 47.8 Minority Rate: 77.7

2011 PSN Anti Gang Training Arlington TX Positive Youth Directions Design Target Population Middle and High School youth and families living in Rolling Hills, Cleveland Avenue or Piedmont Circle communities (Minimum-50; Maximum-100) Anticipated Outcomes Improved academic engagement and performance Development of pro-social skills and abilities Engaged parents/family Improved self-esteem. Stronger community connectivity

Part Two – The CCS Model in Practice
Research/evaluation of program implementation
+ practitioners’ experience
= better program results and new issues to address

A ssessment/evaluation of PYD Summer program will be used to obtain additional funding support and to replicate in remaining target areas.

Seven Lessons To Share
Strategic engagement of partners
Consistent and frequent communication between partners
Adopt proven (research supported) programs
Include sustainability plan in program design
Include assessment and evaluation in program design
Support key faith and community partners involvement
To the greatest extent possible let data drive decisions.

U sing Data to Build Community Buy-in and Support for Prevention Programs Contact Information: www.centerforcommunitysafety.org ccs.wssu.edu 336-779-321 Alvin Atkinson, Executive Director The Center for Community Safety

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