MEMPHIS YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION  

Intervention Strategies 

Memphis Team
        - Mayor, City of Memphis, A C Wharton, Jr.
        - Commissioner, Department of Safety and Homeland Security, William Gibbons
        - United States Attorney, Western District of Tennessee, Edward L. Stanton, III
        - Shelby County District Attorney General, Amy Weirich
        - Director, Memphis Police Department, Toney Armstrong
        - Chief of Staff, City of Memphis, Robert White
        - Chief, School Safety Security & Emergency Management (MCS), Gerald Darling
        - Executive Director, Memphis Shelby Crime Commission, Michelle Fowlkes
        - Major, Memphis Police Department, Charles Newell
        - Pastor, First Baptist- Broad, Keith Norman
        - Director, Youth Services, City of Memphis, James Nelson

YOUTH
        - Kenneth Douglass, Frayser Youth Council
        - Jhukuruin Corley, Juvenile Intervention & Faith-Based Follow-Up Participant 

Memphis Team

Mayor, City of Memphis, A C Wharton, Jr.

Commissioner, Department of Safety and Homeland Security, William Gibbons

United States Attorney, Western District of Tennessee, Edward L. Stanton, III

Shelby County District Attorney General, Amy Weirich

Director, Memphis Police Department, Toney Armstrong

Chief of Staff, City of Memphis, Robert White

Chief, School Safety Security & Emergency Management (MCS), Gerald Darling

Executive Director, Memphis Shelby Crime Commission, Michelle Fowlkes

Major, Memphis Police Department, Charles Newell

Pastor, First Baptist- Broad, Keith Norman

Director, Youth Services, City of Memphis, James Nelson

YOUTH

Kenneth Douglass, Frayser Youth Council

Jhukuruin Corley, Juvenile Intervention & Faith-Based Follow-Up Participant 

25%

OUR VISION

The goal of the plan for Memphis is to reduce youth violence by 25th%. There is a red arrow on the screen pointing down to indicate the goal. 

Alt-Text: Red arrow pointing down

RISK FACTORS
        - Employment
        - Unemployment rate is exacerbated by significant percentage of young, unskilled workers.   
        - Poverty 
        - Memphis Metropolitan Area is the most impoverished large metro in the nation
        - Gun Violence
        - 50% of crimes involve youth. Most are gun-related.

RISK FACTORS

Employment

Unemployment rate is exacerbated by significant percentage of young, unskilled workers.   

Poverty 

Memphis Metropolitan Area is the most impoverished large metro in the nation

Gun Violence

50% of crimes involve youth. Most are gun-related.

STRATEGIES

YELLOW circles represent multi-agency collaborations

Early

Success

Coalition

Workforce

Investment

Network

Memphis

Ambassadors 

Program

Hope

Academy

People First

Coalition

JIFF

Urban Youth 

Initiative

PRE-NATAL

to

24 YEARS

Strategies

Illustration showing a central circle labeled “Pre-Natal to 24 Years.” Arranged in a ring around the central circle are six more circles. Each is connected to the central circle by a line. Three of the circles are yellow indicating multi-agency collaborations. Those are Urban Youth Initiative, Early Success Coalition, and People First Coalition. The other circles are white. They are Workforce Investment Network, Memphis Ambassadors Program, Hope Academy, and JIFF.

Operation Safe Community: A Memphis Fast Forward Initiative

Operation Safe Community: A Memphis Fast Forward Initiative

S.H.A.P.E.

Number of Transfers to Juvenile Court from SHAPE Schools by School Year

Shelby 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 
        -  July 2011- September 2011 
        -  377 children served
        -  100% of program minority youth diverted  

    from detention

District Attorney’s Mentoring and Truancy Program 

 July 2011- September 2011 

 377 children served

 100% of program minority youth diverted  

    from detention

Place-based Strategies
        -  Frayser Youth Council
        -  Defending Childhood Initiative (DCI)
        -  Gang Reduction Assistance and Saving Society’s 

    Youth (G.R.A.S.S.Y.)
        -  Gang, Inc.
        -  MPD’s Community Outreach Program (COP)

Challenges
        -  School Consolidation
        -  State Takeover of Selected Schools within   

    Target Area of Frayser
        -  Reallocation of Resources

Place-based Strategies

 Frayser Youth Council

 Defending Childhood Initiative (DCI)

 Gang Reduction Assistance and Saving Society’s 

    Youth (G.R.A.S.S.Y.)

 Gang, Inc.

 MPD’s Community Outreach Program (COP)

Challenges

 School Consolidation

 State Takeover of Selected Schools within   

    Target Area of Frayser

 Reallocation of Resources

NEXT STEPS

Next steps.