Provide informational update about Jan' 17th Planning Workgroup Meeting

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Todays Objective

• Provide informational update about Jan. 17th
  Planning Workgroup Meeting
• Receive feedback on content
• Affirm direction of process
• Present revised meeting schedule

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Jan. 17th Workgroup Meeting - Discussion Topics

• Definitions of Violence and Violence Prevention
• Vision Statement and Guiding Principles
• Prioritize Risk and Resilience Factors
• Preliminary Objectives

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Proposed Definition of Violence
Violence is the intentional use of physical force
or power, threatened or actual, against oneself,
another person, or against a group or community
that either results in or has a high likelihood
of resulting in injury, death, or psychological
harm. adapted from World Health Organization (WHO
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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Forms of Violence

• Intimate partner and domestic violence
• Dating violence
• Sexual assault
• Child abuse
• Elder abuse
• Youth violence

• Community violence
• Homicide
• Suicide
• Hate violence
• Institutional violence

www.preventioninstitute.org
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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Key Discussion Points Definition

• The goal is to create a comprehensive definition.
• The WHO definition is too focused on individual
  violent acts and not on the underlying
  environmental context.
• Not all violence is intentional. Some violent
  behavior results from conditioned responses or
  reckless actions that are not premeditated.

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Definition of ViolenceRevision
Violence is the use of physical force or power,
threatened or actual, by an individual, group, or
institution that either results in or has a high
likelihood of resulting in injury, death, or
psychological harm. The threat or act can be
against oneself, another person, or against a
group or community. A variety of factors at the
family, community, and societal level, including
oppression, combine to create an environment that
contributes to violence and violent behavior.
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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Proposed Violence Prevention Concepts

• Comprehensive multifaceted addresses multiple
  risk factors associated with violence.
• Builds on individual, family, and community
  resilience.
• Considers and addresses root causes of violence
• Contributes to empowerment, educational and
  economic progress
• Fosters healthy communities where people can grow
  in dignity and safety
• Coordinates institutions to respond to community
  needs

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Key Discussion Points Violence Prevention

• Need to include statement about searching for and
  understanding root causes.
• Need to be more specific about meaning of word
  resilience.
• Need to emphasize importance of using a strategic
  approach that is organized and systematic.
• Should include words that are proactive and not
  passive.

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Key Discussion Points Violence Prevention
(contd)

• Should incorporate a community ownership and
  grassroots component.
• Important to highlight need for information
  sharing and institutional coordination.
• Acknowledge the continuum of prevention and the
  different points of intervention that exist along
  it.

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Violence PreventionRevision

• Requires a comprehensive, multi-faceted, and
  strategic approach that examines multiple risk
  factors and considers the root causes of the
  problem when developing solutions.
• Supports the healthy development of individuals,
  families, schools, and communities builds
  capacity for positive relationships and
  interactions and helps protect individuals
  against violence despite harmful environments and
  experiences.

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Violence PreventionRevision(contd)

• Fosters empowerment, educational opportunity and
  economic progress.
• Helps create healthy communities where people can
  grow in dignity and safety.
• Includes community input and voice and grassroots
  involvement, while fostering community ownership
  of violence prevention approaches.

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Violence PreventionRevision(contd)

• Ensures institutional coordination and
  information sharing.
• Recognizes that effective approaches must take
  place at multiple levels along a prevention
  continuum.
• Integrates evaluation into all efforts and
  strives to continually integrate the most
  promising approaches and strategies

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Proposed Vision Statement
To become the safest city in the US with
long-term, sustainable outcomes for people and
place by building the capacity of individuals,
families, neighborhoods, and institutions
working in multi-sectoral and city-community
partnership providing constructive alternatives
focusing on the greatest need and ensuring
accountability throughout.
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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Key Discussion Points Vision

• Statement should be bold with goal of making San
  Franciscans safer from violence.
• Include reference to reducing violence and
  accountability measures (who is responsible, how
  this will occur, and how we will know when we
  have been successful).
• Instead of using deficit language, emphasize
  strengths and assets.
• Should reflect desire for sustainable outcomes.

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Vision StatementRevision
To ensure violence free environments for all San
Franciscans and sustain long-term reductions in
the incidence and prevalence of violence through
integrated strategies that foster outcomes for
people and communities builds the capacity of
individuals, families, neighborhoods, and
institutions to prevent violence advances
multi-sectoral and city-community partnership
provides constructive alternatives focuses on
the greatest need and ensures accountability
throughout.
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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Proposed Principles

• All San Francisco neighborhoods deserve to be
  safe from violence
• Violence is preventable
• Community voice is vital to prevention
  communities know how to define and solve their
  own problems
• Honor what is working in San Francisco

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Proposed Principles(contd)

• Value and respect San Franciscos diversity
• Prevention is not the same as containment,
  suppression, intervention and treatment
• City-community partnership is essential to
  positive outcomes for individuals and communities
• Violence prevention is a long-term effort

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Key Discussion Points Principles

• Include need for data driven decision-making and
  accountability.
• Should reflect understanding that different types
  of violence are inter-related.
• Should reflect understanding that violence is a
  symptom of larger social problems.

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Key Discussion Points Principles(contd)

• Use violence-free instead of safe from
  violence.
• Statement on behavioral norms should be included
  along with mention of factors that encourage,
  support or instigate violence.
• Need to recognize what is working and build on
  existing efforts. Need to connect these efforts
  and institute mechanisms to support and sustain
  them.

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Key Discussion Points Principles(contd)

• Community participation, leadership, action, and
  ownership are vital and should influence process,
  decisions, and recommendations.
• Move beyond valuing and respecting diversity to
  identifying and recommending culturally competent
  strategies.
• Prevention must be addressed at each stage of the
  continuum.

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Principles Revision
1. All San Francisco neighborhoods deserve to be
violence free. 2. Violent behavior is
preventable. The behavior is often learned and
strongly influenced and reinforced by
circumstantial and environmental factors which
can be altered. 3. Violence is a symptom of
other social problems. 4. Different forms of
violence are interrelated. 5. Community input,
participation and leadership are vital to
prioritizing and implementing violence
preventions strategies.
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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Principles Revision (contd)
6. Indigenous knowledge and lived experiences
must influence and inform the process,
recommendations, and decisions. People who are
directly impacted by violence have expertise that
must be incorporated into the solution. 7.
Vital to honor what is working in San Francisco
by building on coordinating, and supporting
existing efforts. 8. Must identify and
implement culturally competent strategies.
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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Principles Revision (contd)
9. The continuum of prevention recognizes that
intervention, suppression, and treatment can also
serve as preventative strategies. 10.
City-community partnership is essential to
positive outcomes for individuals and
communities. 11. Decisions about violence
prevention for San Francisco should be
data-driven and efforts should be evaluated. 12.
Violence prevention is a long-term effort.
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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Risk FactorsTop 5 Prioritized

• Poverty and economic disparity
• Negative Family Dynamics
• Illiteracy/Truancy (educational disparities and
  lack of school-based social programs)
• Community Deterioration
• (Lack of Trust in system)
• Discrimination and Oppression

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Resilience Factors-Top 5 Prioritized

• Educational opportunities (functional schools and
  available school-based social supports)
• Workforce development and training
• (Positive and healthy) community-based social
  networks, leaders, and resources
• Safe, affordable housing
• Positive attachments and relationships (family
  and peers)

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Current S.F. Violence Prevention Objectives

• Strengthen primary prevention
• Serve all neighborhoods
• Focus on people and places in greatest need
• Foster inter-departmental partnerships.
• Improve service quality and organizational
  capacity
• Increase access
• Engage families
• Build community

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Violence Prevention Objectives - Workgroup

• Foster interdepartmental and community linkages
  and partnerships that include a common set of
  objectives and accountability measures.
• Use primary prevention resources more
  strategically across departments identify gaps
  in service reduce duplication and allocate
  resources accordingly.
• Create engaging educational opportunities
  develop more comprehensive school programs.

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Violence Prevention Objectives - Workgroup

• Get citywide buy-in from electeds, department
  heads and constituents.
• Serve all neighborhoods, but focus on greatest
  need.
• Share information.
• Integrate strategies.
• Teach alternatives to violence.
• Meaningful community engagement.

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Violence Prevention Objectives - Workgroup

• Promote community-based alternatives to
  incarceration.
• Find ways to address the gun problem.
• Build and sustain trusting relationships between
  city agencies (criminal justice in particular)
  and the community.
• Increase economic capital through meaningful
  career opportunities and pathways to economic
  growth.

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Next Steps

• Feb. 7th Planning Work Group Meeting
• Approve revised language and concepts
• Review and finalize the prioritized risk and
  resilience factors
• Concretize process and outcome objectives
• Feb. 14th Debrief with Department Heads

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S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention
Revised Meeting Schedule
Violence Prevention Content
Structural Changes

• Planning Workgroup
• 830 1130 AM
• February 7
• February 28

• Leadership Council
• (All Planning Workgroup and
• Department Heads)
• 830 1130 AM
• March 28
• April 18
• May 9
• May 30

• Department Head Debrief
• 830 930 AM
• February 14
• March 7