PREVENTING YOUTH VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO

DOJ National Youth

Violence Prevention

Forum

April 2, 2012

Mayor Rahm Emanuel

PREVENTING YOUTH VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO

DOJ National Youth

Violence Prevention

Forum

April 2, 2012

Mayor Rahm Emanuel

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1. Overview and Updates2. Multidisciplinary Partnerships3. Looking Ahead

1. Overview and Updates2. Multidisciplinary Partnerships3. Looking Ahead

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Chicago’s Vision andGuiding Principles

We will create a Chicago where all youth are safe, healthy and educated. Our efforts integrate public health and public safety. 

Together we strive for
        - Access to strong protective factors
        - Focus on positive youth development
        - Multi-disciplinary partnerships
        - Coordinated and balanced approaches
        - Data driven and evidence based strategies
        - Ongoing review and improvement
        - Increased stakeholder collaboration

Protective Factors – asset, resiliency based

PYD – youth voice

Multi-disciplinary – inclusive (trauma informed)

These things trigger quality programming

Chicago's violent crime rate is double that of Los Angeles and New York City

VIOLENT CRIME PER 100,000 PEOPLE

The chart shows violent crime rates per 100,000 people for Chicago, LA, and NYC between 2001 and 2010. Violent crime rates for all three cities have fallen between 2001 and 2010, but they have fallen less rapidly in Chicago. Chicago’s violent crime rate is approximately double that of LA and NYC.

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Violence disproportionately affects Chicago’s youth
        - 1,109 school-aged youth were shot in 2010; 216 were killed
        - Nearly half of Chicago’s homicide victims are young people between the ages of 10 and 25 
        - 65% of all violent crime arrests are of youth 25 or younger 
        - Many Chicago youth have suffered trauma, including more than 90% of youth at the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center

Trauma study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2861915/

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Chicago is committed to ending youth violence
        - Multidisciplinary, cross-sector leadership
        - Prevention, Intervention, Response (Re-entry + Enforcement)

Two charts show that Prevention targets people at a low risk of violence, Intervention targets those at an intermediate risk of violence, and Response targets those with a high risk of violence. The chart on the left shows that as risk of violence increases, the percent of the total population targeted decreases. The chart on the right shows that as risk of violence increases, the cost per person served increases.

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Major Outcomes Since April 2011
        - One Summer Chicago youth program pilot served 2,800 kids in 4 neighborhoods. 2012 focus will be jobs for high-risk youth
        - Safe Passage (Chicago Public Schools) reduced violent incidents on safe routes by 24%
        - Gang Intervention (Chicago Police Department) reduced homicides in West Side target area by 30% over 18 months
        - With Cook County, convened cross-sector Anti-Violence and Community Stabilization leadership group

Major Outcomes Since April 2011
          - One Summer Chicago youth program pilot served 2,800 kids in 4 neighborhoods. 2012 focus will be jobs for high-risk youth
          - Safe Passage (Chicago Public Schools) reduced violent incidents on safe routes by 24%
          - Gang Intervention (Chicago Police Department) reduced homicides in West Side target area by 30% over 18 months
          - With Cook County, convened cross-sector Anti-Violence and Community Stabilization leadership group

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1. Overview and Updates2. Multidisciplinary Partnerships3. Looking Ahead

1. Overview and Updates2. Multidisciplinary Partnerships3. Looking Ahead

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Chicago’s Multidisciplinary Approach
        - Cross-agency initiatives
        - Business community involvement
        - City/County leadership group

Chicago’s Multidisciplinary Approach
          - Cross-agency initiatives
          - Business community involvement
          - City/County leadership group

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Cross-Agency Initiatives

Ending youth violence is a priority across government agencies in the Chicago region.

The graphic shows that CPD, CPS, CDPH, DFSS, Cook County, and other agencies in the Chicago area all have the overlapping priority of ending youth violence.

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Cross-Agency Initiatives

Many youth anti-violence initiatives are shared by multiple agencies.

The graphic shows that CPD, CPS, CDPH, DFSS, Cook County, and other agencies in the Chicago area all have the overlapping priority of ending youth violence. Some examples: CPD and CDPH collaborate on Chicago Safe Start; CDPH and DFSS collaborate on Evidence-based home visiting; CPS and CPD collaborate on re-engagement centers.

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Cross-Agency Initiatives

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The graphic shows that cross-agencies from the City, State, Federal Partners, Community, Media & Business, Non-Profit, Foundation, Faith-Based, and County areas in Chicago all have an overlapping priority of working with youth.

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Business Community Involvement
        - Chicago has a unique business community
        - Since 2010, more than a dozen firms and organizations have contributed pro bono to the anti-violence effort

Pictures show company logos:

Bain & Company

Allstate

IBM

Burrell Communications

Walmart

Mayer Brown

DLA Piper

Target

Ernst & Young

Trotter Consulting Group, LLC

N’DIGO

Sidley Austin LLP

Perkins Coie LLP

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1. Overview and Updates2. Multidisciplinary Partnerships3. Looking Ahead

3. Looking Ahead

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Cross-Agency Initiatives - Sustainability

Multi-disciplinary, multi-agency, multi-sector collaboration, directed by the Mayor’s Office

Foundations, federal government, city, county and state agencies, outside partners, community

Embed prevention in everything we do

Begin with a laser-like focus on target areas

Learn from pilot and scale what works

The slide shows a graphic with stair steps. Descending from left to right are Leadership, Shared Agenda, Data Sharing, Dashboard, and Organization. 

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SUCCESS = OUTCOMES

Reduction of youth-involved shootings by 10%

Reduction of youth-involved violent incidents by 10%

Increase in desistance from offending by 20% 

Increase in high school graduation rate by 15%

Increase in school attendance rate by 15%

Increase in feeling safe in school by 20% and reduction in bullying on school grounds by 20%

Increase in attendance & retention rates for out of school programs by 15%

WHY THESE 7 METRICS: 

	initial start for targets

	task force to help gauge and refine targets

	recent school success tells us these are feasible

	focus upon risk AND protective factors

Vision for Chicago Children and Youth

SAFE.

HEALTHY.

EDUCATED.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

Frederick Douglass

VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE - We can and will reduce violence among our youth.

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