Implementing Comprehensive Strategies to Prevent Violence in Oakland, CA

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

To address high levels of violence, the City of Oakland has implemented multiple strategies to prevent violence among those at the highest risk, provide services to survivors and their families, and promote community healing and restoration. The Urban Institute is conducting process and outcome evaluations of multiple strategies led by the Oakland Department of Violence Prevention. This panel will describe findings related to the impact of community-building events, the process of serving survivors of gender-based violence, and a new family coaching model.

Sub Unit

• Area VII. Non-Criminal Justice Responses to Crime & Delinquency / 58. Community Responses

Individual Presentations

• Implementation and Impact of Summer Community-Building Events - Ashlin Oglesby-Neal, Urban Institute; KiDeuk Kim, Urban Institute

• Developing an Inclusive Response to Gender-Based Violence - Jesse Jannetta, Urban Institute; Sam Tecotzky, Urban Institute

• Preliminary Findings from Family & Life Coaching Program Evaluation - Lyndsey Paige Delouya, Urban Institute; Paige Thompson, Urban Institute; Lily Robin, The Urban Institute

Chair

• KiDeuk Kim, Urban Institute