U. S. Department Justice

Office of Justice Programs

 Executive Office for Weed & Seed

 Operation Weed and Seed

 

 

Operation Weed and Seed, a

U.S. Department of Justice

community-based initiative, is an

innovative and comprehensive

multi-agency approach to law

enforcement, crime prevention,

and community revitalization.

The Weed

and Seed Strategy

Operation Weed and Seed is

foremost a strategy--rather than

a grant program--which aims to

prevent, control, and reduce

violent crime, drug abuse, and

gang activity in designated highcrime neighborhoods across the

country. Weed and Seed sites

range in size from several

neighborhood blocks to several

square miles.

The strategy involves a twopronged approach: law

enforcement agencies and

prosecutors cooperate in

“weeding out” criminals who

participate in violent crime and

drug abuse, attempting to

prevent their return to the

targeted area; and “seeding”

brings human services to the

area, encompassing prevention,

intervention, treatment, and

neighborhood revitalization. A

community-orientated policing

component bridges weeding and 

seeding strategies. Officers

obtain helpful information from

area residents for weeding

efforts while they aid residents

in obtaining information about

community revitalization and

seeding resources.

The Role of the United States

Attorney

At each site, the United States

Attorney plays a central role in

organizing the Steering

Committee and bringing

together the communities with

other Weed and Seed

participants. The United States

Attorney also facilitates

coordination of federal, state,

and local law enforcement

efforts. Through such

coordination, sites can

effectively use federal law in

weeding strategies and mobilize

resources for seeding programs

from a variety of federal

agencies.

Official Recognition

On a track separate from

funding, DOJ works with sites

developing Weed and Seed

strategies. 

A prospective site applies for

Official Recognition of its Weed

and Seed strategy by submitting

its proposed strategy-- through

the local United States

Attorney’s Office

-- to the Executive Office for

Weed and Seed (EOWS) for

review and approval. The

strategy must be locally driven

and developed in accordance

with EOWS guidelines. Benefits

of Official Recognition include

preference in receiving

discretionary resources from

participating federal agencies;

priority for participating in

federally sponsored training and

technical assistance; use of the

official Weed and Seed logo;

and eligibility to apply for

Department of Justice Weed and

Seed funds.

Funding for Sites

During Fiscal Year 2001, 

approximately 270 communities

used funding from the Executive

Office for Weed and Seed. 

Since Weed and Seed is

foremost a strategy rather than a

grant program, all Weed and

Seed sites must show their

capacity to obtain financial and
in-kind resources from a variety

of public and private sources.

Many Weed and Seed sites have

received support from federal,

state, and local agencies, and the

private sector (both non-profit

and for-profit).

Communities interested in

eligibility to apply for Fiscal

Year 2003 Weed and Seed

funds (subject to the availability

of funds as appropriated by

Congress) must have filed a

Letter of Intent to apply for

Official Recognition, co-signed

by their U.S. Attorney by

August 31, 2002; must have

submitted the proposed

application for Official

Recognition to the local U.S.

Attorney’s Office for review by

October 15, 2002; and must

have applied for or received

Official Recognition by October

31, 2002. EOWS issues funding

application kits only to eligible

sites.

Evaluation

Evaluation ensures that the

Weed and Seed strategy is

working in the sites. Therefore,

the Department of Justice

emphasizes evaluation of the

program both locally and

nationally. Original sites were

required to carry out a local

evaluation. National evaluations

of Weed and Seed include the

national process evaluation by

the Institute for Social Analysis

(1995) and the national impact

evaluation of the program by

Abt Associates (1999).

Oversight

The Executive Office for Weed

and Seed, Office of Justice

Programs, at the U.S.

Department of Justice oversees

the Weed and Seed program.

The Department of Justice is

implementing a broad spectrum

of programs to help prevent

crime and assist law

enforcement efforts around the

nation. As one of these

programs, Weed and Seed is the

key component of the

Department of Justice’s antiviolence and drug enforcement/ 

comprehensive community

revitalization strategy. Through

these efforts, residents

throughout America have hope

that they can enjoy a safer and

better quality of life.

For more information on

developing and implementing a

Weed and Seed Strategy, 

see our website:

www.ojp.usdoj.gov/eows/

or contact:

Executive Office 

For 

Weed And Seed

Bob Samuels,

Acting Director

U.S. Department of 

Justice

Office of Justice Programs

810 Seventh Street, N.W.

Washington D.C. 20531

(202) 616-1152

(202) 616-1159 (FAX)

or

Your local

United States Attorney

March 18, 2002

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The attached chart lists sites

implementing the Weed and

Seed Strategy with Weed and

Seed Funding, plus sites which

have just gone through the

Official Recognition review

process and have been listed in

the 2002 Competitive Funding

Application Kit.
ID STATE CITYOR_CO SITE_NAME

8 AK Anchorage East Anchorage

22 AL Birmingham Birmingham

97 AL Huntsville Huntsville

134 AL Mobile Mobile

135 AL Montgomery Montgomery

174 AL Prichard Prichard

207 AL Selma Selma

165 AR Pine Bluff Pine Bluff

220 AR Texarkana Texarkana

70 AZ Flagstaff Flagstaff

164 AZ Phoenix Capitol Mall

163 AZ Phoenix Garfield

285 AZ Phoenix Sunnyslope

212 AZ South Tucson South Tucson

365 AZ Tucson Kino Coalition

228 AZ Tucson Tucson: Westside Coalition

247 AZ Winslow Winslow

48 CA Compton Compton

36 CA Contra Costa Montalvin Manor

49 CA Contra Costa County Rodeo/North Richmond

74 CA Fresno Fresno:Southeast

306 CA Fresno Fresno:Southwest

116 CA Los Angeles Pico Union (LA Central American

Resource Center)

115 CA Los Angeles South Central (LA Gwen Bold Youth

Foundation)

59 CA Los Angeles Southeast

151 CA Oakland Coliseum/Lockwood Gardens

369 CA Oakland West Oakland

158 CA Oxnard Oxnard: Area #1: La Colonia Area

159 CA Oxnard Oxnard: Area #2: Midtown Area

187 CA Sacramento Sacramento

194 CA Salinas Salinas

198 CA San Diego San Diego

199 CA San Francisco San Francisco

201 CA San Jose Washington Area

202 CA Santa Ana Area #1: Southcoast District

203 CA Santa Ana Area #2: SE District/ Minnie St.

286 CA Santa Maria Santa Maria
ID STATE CITYOR_CO SITE_NAME

333 CA Santa Paula Santa Paula

208 CA Selma Selma

35 CA Vista Vista

56 CA West Oakland West Oakland

14 CO Aurora Aurora

25 CT Bridgeport Bridgeport

87 CT Hartford Hartford

141 CT New Britain New Britain

138 CT New Haven New Haven

150 CT Norwalk Norwalk

214 CT Stamford Stamford

360 DC Washington Marshall Heights/Eastgate

237 DC Washington D.C Columbia Heights

295 DC Washington D.C Congress Heights

238 DC Washington D.C Ivy City/Trinidad

239 DC Washington D.C North Capitol Area

287 DE Dover Dover

246 DE Wilmington Wilmington

3 FL Alachua County Alachua County

24 FL Brevard County Brevard County

44 FL Clearwater Clearwater

424 FL Collier City Collier City

55 FL Delray Delray Beach

65 FL Eatonville Eatonville

372 FL Fort Pierce Fort Pierce

76 FL Ft. Lauderdale Ft. Lauderdale

75 FL Ft. Myers Ft. Myers

78 FL Gainesville North Gainesville

157 FL Gainesville South Gainesville

90 FL Hillsborough County Palm River

243 FL Hillsborough County USF Area

92 FL Homestead Homestead

102 FL Jacksonville Community Alliance Development

Corporation

169 FL Lakeland Lakeland/Polk County

283 FL Miami Liberty City

284 FL Miami Little Haiti/Lemon City

152 FL Ocala Ocala

156 FL Orlando Orlando
ID STATE CITYOR_CO SITE_NAME

308 FL Pensacola Pensacola

149 FL Riviera Beach Riviera Beach

377 FL Seminole County Seminole County

193 FL St. Petersburg St. Petersburg

218 FL Tallahassee Tallahassee

219 FL Tampa Tampa

235 FL Volusia County Volusia County

241 FL West Palm Beach West Palm Beach

4 GA Albany Albany

10 GA Athens Athens (Clarke-County)

11 GA Atlanta Atlanta

13 GA Augusta Augusta

46 GA Cobb County Cobb County

63 GA East Point East Point

120 GA Macon Macon

204 GA Savannah Savannah

230 GA Valdosta Valdosta

309 GA Waycross Waycross

379 HI Honolulu EWA

93 HI Honolulu Kalihi/Palama/Chinatown

236 HI Honolulu Waipahu

57 IA Des Moines Des Moines

334 IL Alton Alton

380 IL Chicago Bethel New Life-NAC

381 IL Chicago East Aurora (Kane)

42 IL Chicago Northwest Austin

64 IL East St. Louis East St. Louis

73 IL Freeport Freeport

123 IL Maywood/Bellwood Maywood/Bellwood

313 IL Peoria Peoria

213 IL Springfield Springfield

233 IL Village of Washington Park Village of Washington Park

296 IN Evansville Evansville

382 IN Fort Wayne Fort Wayne

80 IN Gary Horace Mann Ambridge Neighborhood

Improvement Organization

315 IN Indianapolis Coalition of Northeast Neighborhoods

99 IN Indianapolis Indianapolis --SUMO Area

429 IN Indianapolis Indianapolis–NESCO
ID STATE CITYOR_CO SITE_NAME

326 IN Indianapolis Mid-North

310 IN Indianapolis UNWA - United Northwest Area

423 IN Indianapolis Westside (Formerly WESCO)

383 IN South Bend South Bend

224 KS Topeka Topeka

245 KS Wichita Wichita

117 KY Louisville Louisville

104 LA Jefferson Parish Jefferson Parish

107 LA LaFourche Parish LaFourche Parish

143 LA New Orleans Algiers/Bywater

316 LA New Orleans Central City

142 LA New Orleans Treme

304 LA Shreveport Highland/Stoner Area

210 LA Shreveport Queensborough/Ingleside

317 LA Terrebonne Parish Terrebonne Parish

23 MA Boston Grove Hall

26 MA Brockton Brockton

41 MA Chelsea Chelsea

293 MA Lawrence Lawrence

118 MA Lowell Lowell

294 MA Methuen Methuen

16 MD Baltimore Historic East Baltimore Action Coalition,

Inc

17 MD Baltimore Northwest--Project Garrison Area

18 MD Baltimore Washington Village/Pigtown

19 MD Baltimore West Area

322 MD Landover Landover(LARC)

195 MD Salisbury Salisbury

114 MD Silver Spring Long Branch

240 MD Washington Heights John Carroll Community

9 ME Androscoggin Androscoggin

384 ME Lincoln Lincoln

127 ME Sagadahoc (formerly Midcoast) Sagadahoc

298 MI Battle Creek Battle Creek

21 MI Benton Harbor Benton Township

300 MI Detroit 11th Precinct

299 MI Detroit 9th Precinct

58 MI Detroit NW Area Business Assoc.

385 MI Flint Eastside
ID STATE CITYOR_CO SITE_NAME

71 MI Flint Flint

81 MI Grand Rapids Grand Rapids

89 MI Highland Park Highland Park

100 MI Inkster Inkster

105 MI Kalamazoo Kalamazoo

137 MI Muskegon/Muskegon Heights Muskegon/Muskegon Heights

32 MN Burnsville Burnsville

386 MN Cass Lake Cass Lake

376 MN Cottage Grove Cottage Grove

136 MN Mahnomen County Mahnomen County

131 MN Minneapolis Central

132 MN Minneapolis Northside

133 MN Minneapolis Phillips

190 MN St. Paul ECON

191 MN St. Paul Frogtown

192 MN St. Paul Summit University

328 MO Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau (SEMO)

329 MO Caruthersville Caruthersville (SEMO)

330 MO Charleston Charleston (SEMO)

98 MO Independence Independence

106 MO Kansas City Kansas City

331 MO Poplar Bluff Poplar Bluff (SEMO)

332 MO Sikeston Sikeston (SEMO)

189 MO St. Louis St. Louis

83 MS Greenville Advent Heights

84 MS Greenville Amy Covington/Metcalfe

101 MS Jackson Jackson

229 MS Tupelo Tupelo

425 MT Great Falls Great Falls

148 MT Northern Cheyenne Northern Cheyenne

38 NC Charlotte Charlotte

60 NC Durham Durham

388 NC Fuquay-Varina Fuquay-Varina

389 NC Gastonia Gastonia

82 NC Greensboro Greensboro

85 NC Greenville Greenville

88 NC High Point High Point

119 NC Lumberton Lumberton
ID STATE CITYOR_CO SITE_NAME

140 NC New Bern Community Resource & Development

Center of Eastern NC

179 NC Raleigh Southeast Raleigh

185 NC Rockingham Rockingham

248 NC Winston-Salem Winston-Salem

390 NE Omaha South Side

154 NE Omaha North Side

268 NH Manchester Manchester

12 NJ Atlantic City Atlantic City

33 NJ Camden Camden Site I

392 NJ Camden Camden Site II

393 NJ Newark Clinton-Hill

144 NJ Newark Newark

155 NJ Orange Orange

318 NJ Pleasantville Pleasantville

226 NJ Trenton Trenton Northwest

303 NJ Trenton Trenton Southeast

234 NJ Vineland Vineland

6 NM Albuquerque Albuquerque

108 NM Laguna Pueblo Laguna Pueblo

110 NM Las Cruces Las Cruces

126 NV Las Vegas Las Vegas

305 NV Reno Extended Northeast Reno

181 NV Reno Northeast Reno

5 NY Albany Albany

398 NY Binghamton Binghamton

28 NY Bronx Castle Hill

27 NY Bronx Mott Haven

29 NY Brooklyn East New York

31 NY Buffalo Eastside

399 NY Buffalo Westside

96 NY Huntington Station Huntington Station

103 NY Jamestown Jamestown

139 NY New Cassel New Cassel: Westbury Neighborhood

Advisory Council

145 NY North Amityville North Amityville

146 NY North Bellport North Bellport

173 NY Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie

176 NY Queens Far Rockaway
ID STATE CITYOR_CO SITE_NAME

184 NY Rochester Northeast

319 NY Rochester Southwest

186 NY Roosevelt Roosevelt

216 NY Syracuse Home Headquarters: Westside Area

215 NY Syracuse Northside

227 NY Troy Troy/Rensselaer Co

419 NY Utica Utica

232 NY Village of Hempstead Village of Hempstead

2 OH Akron Akron

43 OH Cincinnati Cincinnati - Coalition of Neighborhoods

400 OH Cincinnati Lincoln Hgts/Lockland

401 OH Cincinnati 2 Madisonville

47 OH Columbus Columbus

402 OH Dayton Dayton

68 OH Euclid Euclid

86 OH Hamilton Hamilton

403 OH Hamilton North End

366 OH Lima Lima Site #1

113 OH Lima Lima Site #2

222 OH Toledo Toledo (ONYX)

223 OH Toledo-Lagrange Toledo-Lagrange

249 OH Youngstown Youngstown

112 OK Lawton Lawton Outreach Center

153 OK Oklahoma City Oklahoma City

320 OR Burns-Paiute Burns-Paiute Tribe

69 OR Eugene Eugene

407 OR Gresham Rockwood

171 OR Portland Albina

172 OR Portland Area #2 (Southeast)

406 OR Portland Peninsula Site

160 PA Philadelphia 26th District

161 PA Philadelphia North Philadelphia (24/25th Dist)

162 PA Philadelphia West Philadelphia (16/19th Dist)

167 PA Pittsburgh East Liberty

166 PA Pittsburgh Hazelwood

168 PA Pittsburgh Homewood

420 PA Reading Reading

291 PR Aguadilla Aguadilla

396 PR Caguas Caguas
ID STATE CITYOR_CO SITE_NAME

292 RI Pawtucket Pawtucket

175 RI Providence Providence

37 SC Charleston Charleston

72 SC Florence Florence

147 SC North Charleston North Charleston

408 SC Spartanburg Spartanburg

302 SD Brown County Brown County

66 SD Enemy Swim/Waubay Enemy Swim/Waubay

301 SD Martin La Creek/Martin

180 SD Rapid City Rapid City

321 TN Bristol Bristol

409 TN Chattanooga Martin Luther King Neighborhood

40 TN Chattanooga Westside Community Development Corp.

45 TN Cleveland Cleveland

61 TN Dyersburg Dyersburg

95 TN Humboldt Humboldt

323 TN Jackson Jackson

125 TN Memphis Memphis

426 TN Trenton Trenton

7 TX Aldine (Harris County) Aldine (Harris County)

15 TX Austin Austin

20 TX Beaumont Beaumont

30 TX Brownsville Brownsville

411 TX Brownsville Brownsville Site #2

50 TX Corpus Christi Corpus Christi: Area #1 Northside Area

51 TX Corpus Christi Corpus Christi: Area #2 West Area

53 TX Dallas Ferguson Road Initiative

52 TX Dallas Old East Dallas

54 TX Dallas South Dallas

413 TX Fort Worth Near SE Comm.

77 TX Ft. Worth Ft. Worth

79 TX Galveston Galveston

427 TX Grand Prairie Grand Prairie

289 TX Houston Greater Fifth Area

94 TX Houston Gulfton

290 TX Houston Near Northside

414 TX Laredo Laredo

124 TX McAllen McAllen

428 TX Port Arthur Port Arthur
ID STATE CITYOR_CO SITE_NAME

182 TX Richmond Richmond

197 TX San Antonio San Antonio

415 TX San Antonio West

221 TX Texarkana Texarkana

231 TX Vernon Vernon: Visions Econ Dev Corp

244 TX Wichita Falls Wichita Falls

196 UT Ogden City Ogden City

324 UT Salt Lake City Salt Lake City

242 UT West Valley City West Valley City

39 VA Charlottesville Charlottesville

325 VA Harrisonburg Harrisonburg

183 VA Richmond Richmond

188 VI St. Croix Estate Grove Place

67 VI St. Thomas Estate Bovoni

109 WA Lakewood Lakewood

417 WA Rochester Rochester

273 WA Seattle Central Seattle

206 WA Seattle Southeast Seattle

418 WA Spokane Edgecliff

217 WA Tacoma Tacoma

225 WA Toppenish Toppenish

121 WI Madison Madison

128 WI Milwaukee Northside/CSP Area #1

129 WI Milwaukee Southside Area #2

130 WI Milwaukee United South Area #3

177 WI Racine Racine

327 WV Wheeling Wheeling