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early intervention; and an early childhood<br />

strategy for prevention. It has established specific,<br />

quantifiable outcomes to produce positive<br />

results for each:<br />

• Repeat Offender Strategy: Reduce youth<br />

arrests for violent <strong>of</strong>fenses by 35 percent by<br />

2005. To achieve this goal, Safe Passages is<br />

ramping up its service delivery capabilities<br />

to provide graduated support to youth<br />

repeat <strong>of</strong>fenders whose pattern <strong>of</strong> frequent<br />

arrests (<strong>of</strong>ten five or more) is shown to<br />

have a direct link to violence. In 2001, the<br />

partnership served 87 youths who produced<br />

a 15 percent recidivism rate, far<br />

below the county average <strong>of</strong> 72 percent.<br />

This service is projected to expand to 350<br />

youths in 2003 and 600 youths in 2004 and<br />

beyond. Currently, six community-based<br />

organizations throughout Oakland serve<br />

youth who have been released to their<br />

supervision.<br />

• Middle School Strategy: Reduce suspensions<br />

for violence by 30 percent at 10 middle<br />

schools by 2005. Five hundred Oakland<br />

youths age 12-14 are arrested annually. The<br />

average age <strong>of</strong> a juvenile in the probation<br />

system is 14.5 years. Critical to this strategy<br />

is surrounding middle school youth with<br />

support services that mitigate risk factors to<br />

criminal behavior and encourage positive<br />

alternatives (See Figure 3-10). Safe<br />

Passages plans to provide these services in<br />

10 middle schools serving more than 7,600<br />

students. This strategy will grow to scale by<br />

serving four schools in 2000-2001, expanding<br />

to seven in 2001-2002, and the full ten<br />

in 2003-2004.<br />

• Prevention Strategy: Reduce the exposure<br />

<strong>of</strong> children age 0-5 to the risk factors that<br />

contribute to violence. Safe Passages’ early<br />

childhood strategy involves identifying children<br />

exposed to violence and delivering<br />

services to them and their families.<br />

Components include the Oakland Police<br />

Department’s Family Violence Intervention<br />

Unit, implementing a violence prevention<br />

curriculum at child care sites, and increased<br />

mental health services, which include<br />

assessment, mental health consultations,<br />

and infant/child-parent psychotherapy.<br />

To ensure appropriate program evaluation, the<br />

Safe Passages board has sought data-driven<br />

strategies to measure results. The partnership<br />

has worked with a consultant to develop a formal<br />

evaluation system. Also, the Robert Wood<br />

Johnson Foundation has contracted for a<br />

FIGURE 3-10<br />

SAFE PASSAGES MIDDLE SCHOOL STRATEGY<br />

VIOLENCE<br />

PREVENTION<br />

CURRICULUM<br />

ALTERNATIVES<br />

TO SUSPENSION<br />

CASE MANAGEMENT<br />

MENTAL HEALTH<br />

SERVICES<br />

PARENT ENGAGEMENT/<br />

FAMILY SUPPORT<br />

AFTER-SCHOOL<br />

ACTIVITIES<br />

57 Powering the Future: <strong>High</strong>-<strong>Performance</strong> <strong>Partnerships</strong>

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