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YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
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ITEM TITLE: Discussion regarding Gang Free Initiative
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Table of Contents
This section of the strategic plan contains the strategies, performance measures, and expected outcomes of the Gang
Free Initiative through 2013 and is consistent with the Yakima Gang Free Initiative Community Action Plan: A
Comprehensive Approach to the Prevention, Intervention, & Suppression of Youth Gangs adopted by City Council on
February 21, 2012.
Introduction 2
Community Mobilization 4
Opportunities Provision 6
Social Interventions 7
The Youth Development Team 7
Outreach 8
Screening & Referral 9
Individual Needs Assessment 10
Behavioral Interventions 11 '
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City of Yakima GFI Implementation Plan 2013 Page 1
Introduction
Honorable Mayor and City Council Members:
The activities described herein follow the strategic actions recommended by the GFI
Steering Committee included in the GFI Community Action Plan: A Comprehensive
Approach to the Prevention, Intervention and Suppression of Youth Gangs,
developed under the guidance of the GFI Steering Committee and adopted by City
Council on February 21, 2012. Unlike other plans, it emphasizes prevention and
intervention strategies at the neighborhood level and positions the City of Yakima
together with community partners in a researched based, data driven, and outcome
focused effort over the next 3 to 5 years.
This action plan targets the greater City of Yakima with special emphasis on "hubs" of
gang activity in three neighborhoods — Northeast, North Central, and Southeast. The
implementation activities herein were developed in support of five core strategies and
corresponding objectives:
1: Establish a coordinated collaboration process to impact gang activity citywide.
Objective: Implement OJJDP Gang Model.
2: Establish a GFI Prevention & Intervention Service Network.
Objective: Develop service partnerships to directly address the gang issues
within the City of Yakima.
3: Establish a data and research analysis process to keep the City Council, City
Manager and GFI Committee aware of gang trends and GFI impact on an on-
going basis.
Objective: GFI Coordination & Evaluation Services.
4: Build capacity in gang prevention and intervention programs /strategies.
Objective: Youth & Family Development Centers.
5: Develop a sustainable funding strategy to support implementation efforts.
Objective: Youth & Family Development Fund.
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GFI Vision Statement:
The vision of the GFI is to create a safe, peaceful, gang free community resulting in a high quality of
life for our families.
City of Yakima GFI Implementation Plan 2013 Page 2
Introduction
The OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model The GFI Advisory Group recommends that City- endorsed programming be
coordinated and implemented within each of the OJJDP five core strategies.
Community Mobilization. Activities should be closely coordinated and integrated to ensure that the
Involvement of local residents, including former work of collaborating agencies is in line with the comprehensive anti -gang
gang youth, community groups, and agencies; and plan and based on the following guiding principles:
coordination of programs and staff functions within
and across agencies
• No single program will fix the gang problems in our community.
Opportunities Provision: • Strong public leadership by the City Council, City Manager and Chief of
Development of a variety of specific education, Police is essential.
training, and employment programs targeting gang -
involved youth. • A coordinated and organized effort among all City departments, other
government and community agencies is required to see results that
integrate prevention, intervention, and suppression.
Social Intervention:
Youth serving agencies, schools, grassroots groups, • A multidimensional anti -gang strategy should target youth between the
faith -based organizations, law enforcement ages 11 -20 who exhibit high -risk behaviors and gang involvement.
agencies, and other criminal justice organizations • Young people who would move up the ladder of gang membership and
reaching out and acting as links to gang - involved
youth, their families, and the conventional world and activity are those who commit intentional acts of violence or are
needed services. arrested for gang related incidents.
• The impact of gang members' actions not only adversely affects their
Suppression: parents, siblings, and other family members but the whole community —
including the victims of gang violence who must deal with the horror of
Formal and informal social control procedures, losing a loved one and the agony of having to deal with a variety of
including close supervision or monitoring of gang
youth by agencies of the criminal justice system and agencies to get restitution and support.
also by community -based agencies, schools, and • To be effective, all programs and services focused on gang prevention
grassroots groups. and intervention must be culturally competent, linguistically sensitive,
and accessible to the entire community.
Organizational Change and Development:
Development and implementation of policies and
procedures that result in the most effective use of These principles will be inculcated within each service agreement entered
available and potential resources, within and across into between collaborating partner and the City of Yakima.
agencies, to better address the gang problem.
Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, 2009 Respectfully Submitted by
The City of Yakima Gang Free Initiative Steering Committee
GFI Mission Statement:
The City of Yakima Gang Free Initiative will engage the community in developing suppression, prevention
and intervention strategies that support and promote positive youth development strategies targeting our
highest risk citizens.
City of Yakima GFI Implementation Plan 2013 Page 3
Community Mobilization
Strategy: The Gang Free Initiative Advisory Group
The work of the collaborating partners, as set forth in this Plan, will be overseen by the City of Yakima GFI Advisory
Group. The GFI Advisory Group is comprised of local stakeholders who focus their efforts on furthering the GFI objectives
via various tasks as they relate to the reduction of gang related crimes and activity within the City. Advisory Group over-
sight will be provided by the Chief of Police. Current Advisory Group committees are:
1. Executive Committee. The Executive Committee provides leadership to the Advisory Group by ensuring the vision,
mission, and activities of the GFI are fulfilled. The Executive Committee will include a minimum of two City Council
Members, the Chief of Police, and GFI Consultant.
2. Marketing and Community Education Committee. This committee develops
and recommends all policies pertaining to the marketing of the Gang Free GFI Advisory Group Role:
Initiative, including development and assessment of a comprehensive
marketing strategy for the recruitment of partners and donors; formulation of a ▪ Set policy & promote policies
marketing schedule, and development of all marketing materials. Priorities for that will further the goals of the
the first year of implementation include website development, marketing gang strategy
campaign, and cultivating media partners.
• Oversee direction
3. Planning and Development Committee. The aim of this committee is to
secure organizational and financial stability for the Gang Free Initiative, • Remove barriers to service
promote the mission of the GFI and ensure the representation of community Increase social and economic
• needs and interests in routine plan updates. Also within the purview of this
committee are the priorities described in the Organizational Change and opportunities
Development strategy. Priorities for year one include facilities acquisition and • Develop effective procedures
coordination of fundraising activities.
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4. Implementation Committee. The purpose of this committee is to ensure the Determine priorities
effective and efficient implementation of the Community Action Plan. Priorities . Monitor progress
for the first year include identification of potential service providers and,
working in tandem with the GFI Coordinator, negotiate partner agreements
(MOU's, MOA's & Contracts) that will govern the delivery of services, and oversee the activities of the Youth
Development Team and outreach workers.
The Advisory Group may also establish Ad Hoc committees or temporary workgroups to address specific issues. These
committees will have a limited duration and may involve non - Advisory Group members or Subject Matter Experts.
PERFORMANCE MEASURES Current 2013
Advisory Group Meetings 12 (monthly) 4 (quarterly)
Advisory Group Membership Retention 13 15
Advisory Group Participation Rate (includes committees) 77% 80%
Advisory Group Attendance (includes committees) 60% 90%
Advisory Group Member Satisfaction No Data 90%
City of Yakima GFI Implementation Plan 2013 Page 4
Communit y Mobilization cont.
Strategy: The Gang Free Initiative Advisory Group
The Advisory Group involves representatives of key organizations and other community leaders within the City of Yakima.
It guides implementation of the Plan by responding to barriers to implementation, developing sound policy, lending support
to the project where and when appropriate, and taking general ownership of the communitywide response.
The Advisory Group must also create and maintain interagency and community relationships that facilitate project
development. Advisory Group members will work with residents in the target neighborhoods and community leaders to
elicit their ideas and afford them a voice in identifying services and activities in the community. The committee will facilitate
the development of community groups including, but not limited to, block watches, parent support groups, or other
community alliances and coalitions.
Advisory Group Sector Representatives:
• Behavioral Health • Schools
• Business • Police
• City Government • Primary Health
• Civic & Volunteer Organizations • Parents
• Faith -based Organizations • Youth
• Juvenile Court • Youth Serving Organizations
Community residents in the target area will be offered programs and training to educate parents, business owners, and
neighborhood groups about gangs. In the first 3 years of implementation, Community Mobilization efforts will focus on
accomplishing the following performance measures:
PERFORMANCE MEASURES Current 2015
Community Partnerships supporting GFI priorities 0 12
Increased Student reporting [of gang related activity] 2% 20%
Increase number of gang -free locations [safe zones] for youth 1 4
Increase interagency cooperation supporting GFI priorities 0 4
Increase graffiti abatement capacity through community partnerships 0 3
Increase community reporting [of gang related activity] No Data +20%
Increase Block Watch participation 20 +30%
Increase Block Watch utilization No Data +20%
Increase volunteerism supporting GFI priorities & services 0 10% annually
Increase community awareness of crime reporting procedures No Data 10% annually
City of Yakima GFI Implementation Plan 2013 Page 5
Opportunities P
Strategy: Partner - Driven positive youth development programs and activities.
Opportunities Provision refers to the development of a The City Administration and the City Council should
variety of specific education, training, and employment prioritize funding of existing, effective, promising
programs targeting at -risk and low level gang - involved programs that establish targets for outcomes and
youth. Special access to economic outputs in a coordinated and
opportunities in the local and wider POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT collaborative manner with the City's
community must be provided for Life Skills Training funding source, i.e. Parks and
targeted youth including job - related Recreation, Police Department or private
education opportunities such as Academic Support foundations. In addition, the City should
special educational and vocational enter into collaborative funding ventures
skills and readiness training structured Mentoring only in instances where the partner has
within regular schools, training Career Exploration provided assurances regarding the use
programs, and mainstream job of evidence based programs and
opportunities. Health & Wellness adherence with the core operating
Education, training, and job principles adopted by the GFI Advisory
opportunity strategies will be Recreation Group. The GFI Prevention &
integrated with those of positive youth Arts & Culture Intervention Service Network is intended
development, along with close to create a neighborhood -based
supervision and social control, as inventory of gang prevention and
necessary. Grassroots, faith - based, and community youth intervention programs and activities closely aligned
agencies can be involved through the sponsorship of life with GFI's core principles and utilization of
skills training, tutoring, vocational, and job development) evidence -based programs.
placement programs for targeted youth.
FY13 GFI Proposed PYD Service Partnerships
Madison House Tutoring Incentive Program: Provides opportunities for youth to receive after - school homework help,
tutoring, and other education based programs to see the world beyond their circumstances.
Program Outputs: 50 youth, 120 tutoring sessions, 3,600 tutoring hours through December 31, 2013.
Outcome: Improved academic performance among program participants.
YMCA ASPIRE Mentoring Program: Site -based mentoring for youth in the Northeast Yakima target area.
Program Outputs: 60 Mentees, 60 Mentors, 60 mentoring matches by June 30, 2013, 540 mentoring hours through
December 31, 2013.
Outcome: Decreased risk of gang involvement among program participants.
YPAL Life Skills Program: Provides targeted youth with immediate help in the areas of health and wellness; anger, time,
and money management; and educational tutoring for the express purpose of mentoring the youth into responsible,
positive citizens.
Program Outputs: 120 youth, 1,440 life skills hours through December 31, 2013.
Outcomes: Decrease in attitudes favorable to gangs and violence among program participants.
City of Yakima GFI Implementation Plan 2013 Page 6
Social Interventions
Strategy: Youth Development [Multidisciplinary] Team
The Youth Development Team is at the core of the OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model [Intervention] and plays a key
role in identifying and delivering intervention and prevention services. This team is composed of a multidisciplinary group
of professionals from the fields of law enforcement, probation, outreach, education, and social services, who work together
to case manage the intervention targets of the action plan and to identify additional prevention, intervention, and
suppression activities needed in the target communities. Participation on the Youth Development Team can increase the
effectiveness of each agency's efforts, reduce duplication of services, increase access to needed services, and ensure
that gang members are held accountable for their actions.
By identifying and providing concentrated services to those within the gang culture, the team's activities will also serve to
improve the quality of life for all residents of Yakima by reducing gang crime and improving community safety.
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• Creating individualized case management plans for gang members participating in the project.
• Engaging gang members in direct services to address their specific needs.
• Working together to dismantle or surmount barriers to accessing services.
• Holding gang members accountable for negative behaviors.
• Assisting gang members in transitioning out of the gang lifestyle.
• Improving the effectiveness of agencies serving gang - involved clients.
• Reducing overall gang - related crime in the community.
City of Yakima GFI Implementation Plan 2013 Page 7
Social Interventions
Strategy: Outreach
Outreach activities within the OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model play a critical role. The primary focus of the outreach
services is to build an ongoing and pro - social relationship with youth and families while linking them to appropriate
services. Targeted outreach will be established to focus on core gang involved youth, with special capacity to connect
pre - adjudication and in the local community setting. General outreach activities such as recreation and arts, will be
carefully integrated with existing and new prevention services not to become a primary focus, but rather a means to build
relationships with clients and provide access to essential resources and services.
FY13 GFI Proposed Outreach Service Partnership
Yakima Juvenile Court: Provides targeted outreach to high risk youth and their families
Program Outputs: 30 youth through December 31, 2013.
Outcome: Lowered risk of gang involvement among participating youth.
Outreach Specialist Role:
• Identify youths' needs and goals to help the team develop a more comprehensive intervention plan.
• Coach and provide role models for each youth.
• Coordinate appropriate crisis responses to project clients following episodes of violence in the community.
• Provide assistance to families in distress, ranging from accessing basic services to helping resolve family conflict.
• Visit clients who are incarcerated and helping to reconnect them to services when they are released from custody,
• Resolve conflicts and /or mediating between clients, their families, other youth, and /or agencies.
• Act as a liaison between project clients and service providers /schools to facilitate client access to services.
• Work with clients who are seeking employment, from helping these youth develop resumes, to identifying their
skills and qualifications, to helping them apply for jobs or work with workforce services programs.
• Conduct gang awareness presentations in schools.
Yakima Police Activities League: YPAL outreach services will build ongoing and pro - social relationships with youth and
families while linking them to appropriate services. Outreach activities, such as recreation and arts, will be carefully
integrated with existing and new prevention services not to become a primary focus, but rather a means to build
relationships with clients and provide access to essential resources and services.
Program Outputs: 4 Gang Awareness Seminars, 250 youth through December 31, 2013.
Outcome: Lowered risk of gang involvement among participating youth.
PERFORMANCE MEASURES 2012 2013
General outreach (gang awareness seminars) 0 4
General outreach targeting low to moderate risk youth 0 250
Targeted outreach to high risk youth 0 30
City of Yakima GFI Implementation Plan 2013 Page 8
Social Interventions
Strategy: Screening & Referral
Screening or "Triage" is a brief assessment of the youth's current status to determine individual and family priorities. It is
important that team members create a protocol for screening and assessing new clients. Outreach workers present
information about prospective youth to the team, outlining how each youth meets the screening criteria. The team
members can then come to consensus about whether a youth is suitable for case management.
A screening team, including outreach workers and members of the Youth Development Team, should meet regularly to
review the referral materials that have come in. The screening process may indicate the need to refer the youth to crisis
services. Upon gathering all information and determining eligibility based on the established criteria, the screening team
will make a determination. They will also take into consideration the ability of the program to serve the family based on
current caseloads. A waiting list could be created in the future if we reach capacity.
Referral is an informal, ongoing process for reviewing information related to youth who show signs of being at risk of gang
involvement or have been determined to be gang involved. The referral process includes Youth Development Team
review of screening and other information on referred youth, and the Teams decision about whether to add the youth to the
caseload.
FY13 GFI Proposed Screening & Referral Service Partnership
Yakima Police Activities League: Utilization of the Washington Assessment of Risk and Needs of Students to
determine placement within the GRIP framework.
Program Output: 50 youth screened with WARNS by December 31, 2013, Refer 50 youth by December 31, 2013.
Outcome: Lowered risk of gang involvement among participating youth.
Yakima County Juvenile Court: Utilization of the Washington Assessment of Risk and Needs of Students to determine
placement within the GRIP framework.
Program Output: 30 youth screened with WARNS by December 31, 2013, Refer 30 youth by December 31, 2013.
Outcome: Lowered risk of gang involvement among participating youth.
PERFORMANCE MEASURES 2012 2013
Complete WARNS screening 0 80
Complete referrals to GFI partner services 0 80
City of Yakima GFI Implementation Plan 2013 Page 9
Social Interventions
Strategy: Individual Needs Assessment
An individual needs assessment instrument should be developed to ascertain the status of each client when he is
accepted into the project. The assessment instrument should be used for diagnosis, placement, and treatment planning
and applicable in a variety of settings (i.e., school, jail, social service).
Individual Needs Assessment targets:
• Client goals, abilities, talents, and desires.
• Family situation and structure.
• Gang involvement of family members.
• Other family issues.
• Criminal history.
• Gang history (and gang affiliation).
• School history.
• Gang climate in the client's neighborhood.
• Substance abuse or mental health issues.
• History of abuse or neglect.
• Client's employment history and skill levels.
• Special circumstances.
• Agencies that are currently serving the client.
• Possible safety issues involving the client.
• Court requirements.
FY13 GFI Proposed Screening & Referral Service Partnership
Yakima Police Activities League: Use INA to diagnose, place, and plan treatment for high risk youth.
Program Output: 30 youth INA's by December 31, 2013, 30 behavior modification plans by December 31, 2013.
Outcome: Lowered risk of gang involvement among participating youth.
PERFORMANCE MEASURES 2012 2013
Complete 30 INA's 0 30
Complete 30 Behavior Modification Plans 0 30
City of Yakima GFI Implementation Plan 2013 Page 10
Social Interventions
Strategy: Behavioral & Family Interventions
Behavioral interventions target individual gang members and youth at high risk of being involved with gangs. GFI Partners
will apply evidence -based interventions to help youth learn and experience positive alternatives. Services provided include
case management and individual /family counseling with a licensed /registered therapist.
One of the "Evidence Based Practices" recommended by the OJJDP is Multi- Systemic Therapy (MST) which is considered
the cornerstone of behavioral interventions for gang involved youth. The goal of MST is to reduce youth criminal activity
and antisocial behaviors and to achieve these outcomes at a cost savings by decreasing rates of (re)incarceration and out
-of -home placement. MST aims to achieve these goals by empowering youth and parents with the skills and resources
needed to independently address these difficulties and cope with their complex environmental and social problems.
Services engage the full system of the adolescents life starting with the parents (caregivers). Parents and caregivers are
brought into the process and family members collaborate with MST therapists in designing a treatment plan.
What makes MST unique is the 'high intensity' treatment. Unlike many other treatment models where the troubled youth
sees a therapist at a clinic once a week, MST therapists go to the youth's home, school and community. MST has high
rates of treatment completion because therapists provide treatment in the families' homes and other community settings.
Going to the home overcomes the high dropout rates of other treatments because caregivers often have trouble
getting families to appointments.
FY13 GFI Proposed Behavioral & Family Support Service Partnership
TBD: Engaging 10 high risk youth in evidence -based behavioral intervention and family support services.
Program Output: 10 youth by December 31, 2013.
Outcome: TBD
PERFORMANCE MEASURES 2012 2013
Number of youth completing behavioral intervention 0 10
Number of families completing family support services 0 10
City of Yakima GFI Implementation Plan 2013 Page 11
Suppression
Strategy: Targeted Emphasis Patrols
The Steering Committee recommends the City of Yakima expand the Targeted Emphasis Patrols as they serve to increase
visibility and awareness that the police are in the area and prepared to act. Targeted Emphasis Patrols can be character-
ized as an increase in either the certainty or severity of official police reaction to gang activity in a specific area. Targeted
Emphasis Patrols are proactive and have been effective in addressing general crime problems in addition to the gang
targets in and around Yakima.
With the recently established Yakima County Gang Court, a multiagency approach to targeting current gang members with
suppression measures while also targeting entire gangs with police suppression is now possible. Enhanced coordination
can be achieved through Targeted Enforcement Teams consisting of gang unit investigators, a probation officer, a
deputy district attorney, and a district attorney investigator. The teams will work together to selectively incarcerate the
most violent and repeat older gang offenders in the most violent gangs, enforce probation controls on younger, less violent
gang offenders, and arrest gang leaders in "hot spots" of gang activity. Once offenders are identified, they are monitored
closely for new offenses and undergo intensive supervision when on probation for violation of probation terms and
conditions.
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PERFORMANCE MEASURES 2012 2013
Increase parental notification and response. No Data +10%
Decrease incidence of graffiti violations. 2507 (2011) -20%
Increase citations for weapons violations. 1089 (2010) +10%
Increase number of Gang Units 1 2
City of Yakima GFI Implementation Plan 2013 Page 12
Organizational Change & Development
Strategy: Coordination & Resource Development
GFI Coordination is instrumental to ensuring a successful implementation of the strategic actions included in the plan.
Coordination services work to establish and maintain linkages between public and private partnerships ensuring effective
utilization of resources directed toward the suppression, intervention and prevention objectives. The coordination services
with significant involvement from the GFI Advisory Group lead the partnership development activities over the past five
months including identifying and recruiting service providers, facilitating the GFI Provider Orientation event held on August
1, 2012, and guiding the procurement process which resulted in four GFI services expansions and enhancements and four
partnership agreement recommendations for City Council consideration. The proposed agreements will be discussed in
detail at the November 27th Study Session.
Services provided under the coordination agreement also include meeting facilitation, website development and
maintenance, and partner management. Coordination services not only coordinate current resources to better align them
with the GFI anti -gang mission but also provide technical support aimed at enhancing service delivery through the
application of evidence based programs and activities. These activities are ongoing.
In addition, development services (identifying and securing the necessary resources in support of plan implementation) are
being conducted. Development is critical to the long term sustainability of the GFI initiative.
Current GFI Development Activities
Anti -Gang Strategies Program — DISCONTINUED
Community Based Violence Prevention — UNSUCCESSFUL
Title V Disproportionate Minority Contact — FUNDED
$70,000 in partnership with Yakima County Juvenile Court
$10,500 to City of Yakima
Criminal Street Gangs — FUNDED
$105,000 in partnership with Yakima County Juvenile Court
$55,128 to City of Yakima GFI
Gang Intervention Specialist
PERFORMANCE MEASURES 2012 2013
Identify existing sustained resources that can be redirected toward the initiative. 0 $280,000
Leverage the development activities of the partner network to better target the 0 4
service objectives of the initiative.
Participate in independent and collaborative grant and contract competitions. 3 3
City of Yakima GFI Implementation Plan 2013 Page 13
Organizational Chan. e & Development
Strategy: Youth & Family Development Center
The purpose of the Youth & Family
Development Center (YFDC) is to establish a
physical location from which centralized
management and coordination functions
supporting the implementation of the Youth & Family Development Center Activities
Community Action Plan would originate. In
addition, the YFDC would function as the • Positive Youth Development Programming (e.g., Life Skills,
community's anti -gang "forum" or single point Academic Enrichment, Career /Employment, Recreation)
of access for information and services related Information Dissemination
to gang suppression, intervention and
prevention. The core function of the YFDC is • Outreach
to serve as the nucleus of the strategic
actions described throughout this • Referrals & Screening
comprehensive anti -gang strategy. Individual Needs Assessments
• • Family Resource Services
In addition, the YFDC would be home to the
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Youth Development Team, Yakima Truancy Parent Development
Project, and GFI Advisory Group whose • Professional Development & Training
functions are described in detail throughout
this plan. It is the recommendation of the
Advisory Group that the City of Yakima
prioritizes the formation of a Youth & Family
Development Center at one or more of the
existing community centers and continues its
support as a critical infrastructure item.
FY13 GFI Proposed Screening & Referral Service Partnership
People for People: Gang Free Yakima Connections —Call in Resource and Referral Service.
Program Output: Peak and Off Peak (TBD) telephone operators.
Outcome: Improved access to information and services.
PERFORMANCE MEASURES 2012 2013 2014
Northeast YFDC 1 Ongoing Ongoing
Southeast YFDC 0 1 Ongoing
Northwest YFDC 0 0 1
Southwest YFDC 0 0 1
City of Yakima GFI Implementation Plan 2013 Page 14
Organizational Change & Development
Strategy: Youth & Family Development Fund
The Yakima City Council authorized the Yakima Gang Free Initiative Youth & Family Development Fund to support the
implementation of the GFI Community Action Plan.
The Fund, totaling $140,000, represents 7% of the Council authorized utility tax increase approved on December 6, 2011.
The Council's action supports the addition of 12 police officers along with the YFD Fund from the estimated $2,000,000 in
new revenue generated from the tax.
The purpose of the Fund is to address criminal street gangs by helping to ensure that our youth avoid gang membership
and activities, as well as other future criminal behavior by expanding critical intervention and prevention services into our
areas of greatest need. It is the intent to leverage local resources to support programs and activities that provide youth and
families with the effective tools they need to resist criminal street gangs.
2013 Youth & Family Development Fund Leverage
City Investment — $140,000
Projected Partner Investments— $479,500
State & Federal Support— $65,628
ROI = 3.8:1
PERFORMANCE MEASURES 2012 2013 2014
[Partner Investment - I $280,000 $560,000
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City of Yakima GFI Implementation Plan 2013
Organizational Change & Development
Strategy: Gang Resistance & Intervention Framework
A fully integrated behavioral health model is required in order to effectively intervene in the gang problem. This would
include a partnership among schools, law enforcement, social and behavioral health services and outreach agencies. It is
especially critical that outreach agencies work collaboratively with referral based agencies. Collaboration, rather than
coordination, raises the partnership to a level of equal responsibility and advisement of recommended programs.
Coordination alone often results in compartmentalizing each agency's role and leaves no one with a global understanding
of the problem.
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Organizational Change & Development
Strategy: Yakima Truancy Project
The GFI Advisory Group established a Truancy Workgroup tasked with developing a collaborative truancy services model
that incorporates the Youth and Family Development Center as a central location for service coordination. The project has
identified four key partners: City of Yakima, Yakima School District, ESD105, and Yakima County Juvenile Court. The
project is designed to expand and enhance existing truancy support mechanisms such as Education Advocates (ESD105),
Family Support Specialists (YSD), Case Trackers (Juvenile Court) and Case Managers (Juvenile Court). The workgroup
has been using the Family Truancy Intervention Program as the evidence -based model with one modification. The
modification is the addition of Cultural Advocates to address family readiness factors and bridge the cultural gap between
the school and family. The workgroup is finalizing the program design and will be conducting vigorous development (fund
raising) activities in 2013. The workgroup met on June 5, June 26, July 10, July 31, and August 21.
*The Yakima Truancy Project is not a truancy center concept but rather a Truancy services cooperative effort between key
resources.
Yakima Truancy Project Key Components
Service Component Partner
Family Advocates TBD
Student Support Specialists Yakima School District
Education Advocates ESD 105
Case Trackers Juvenile Court
Case Manager Juvenile Court
PERFORMANCE MEASURES 2010 2015
Reduce Truancy Rate (Grades 1-8) 674/1,000 500/1,000
Reduce Truancy Rate (Grades 9 -12) 1,011/1,000 500/1,000
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Fundin g the Initiative
Costs for the services described in this document have been negotiated with each of the GFI partners. The table below
provides a total cost projection based on the negotiated amounts for each service including source of funding. It is
important to note that two critical components of the GFI strategy have not been developed. They include behavioral
interventions and family support services. An estimated amount based on local averages for like services has been
inserted for budget planning purposes.
The total projected cost to implement the GFI services through December 31, 2013 is $685,128. Administrative costs are
projected at $116,549 ($86,354 for Project Coordination and $30,240 for
Development) for a grand total of $801,677. 100% of the funds have GFI Funding Distribution
been secured for FY2013. Partner Agencies: $479,500 (60 %)
Development activities would need to secure an additional $108,000 to City YFDF: $140,000 (17 %)
fund the required Behavioral Interventions and Family Support services. City GFI Administration: $116,549 (15 %)
Development activities are underway to secure this additional funding.
State of Washington: $65,628 (8 %)
Yakima
Partner Evidence Based Program/ # City Partner County Gang Total Project
Activity Served Investment Investment Commission Cost
Investment
Juvenile Court Targeted Outreach 30 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 38,628.00 $ 38,628.00
YPAL General Outreach 240 $ 19,375.00 $ 38,750.00 $ 0.00 $ 58,125.00
Juvenile Court Screening & Referral 30 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
YPAL Screening & Referral 60 $ 19,375.00 $ 38,750.00 $ 0 00 $ 58,125.00
People for People Screening & Referral 60 $ 9,250.00 $ 18,500.00 $ 0.00 $ 27,750.00
People for People Call Center (211) NA $ 9,250.00 $ 18,500.00 $ 0.00 $ 27,750.00
Madison House Tutoring 50 $ 11,000.00 $ 34,500.00 $ 0.00 $ 45,500.00
YPAL Life Skills 120 $ 22,000.00 $ 66,000.00 $ 11,000.00 $ 99,000.00
YMCA ASPIRE Mentoring 60 $ 0.00 $ 30,000.00 $ 15,000.00 $ 45,000.00
YPAL & YVFWC Individual Needs Assessment 50 $ 38,750.00 $ 77,500 00 $ 0.00 $ 116,250.00
TBD Behavioral Interventions 10 $ 6,000.00 $ 22,000.00 $ 1,000.00 $ 29,000.00
TBD Family Support 10 $ 5,000.00 $ 50,000.00 $ 0.00 $ 55,000.00
YPAL Facilities Management NA $ 0.00 $ 85,000.00 $ 0.00 $ 85,000.00
All Partners Multidisciplinary Team 30 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
ROl = 3.8:1 $ 140,000.00 $ 479,500.00 $ 65,628.00 $ 685,128.00
Magallan Consultancy Coordination Services $ 86,354.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 86,354.00
Magallan Consultancy Development Services $ 30,240.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 30,240.00
Total Administrative Costs $ 116,549.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 116,549.00
GRANT TOTAL $ 256,549.00 $ 479,500.00 $ 65,628.00 $ 801,677.00
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GFI Long-term Impact
OUTCOME INDICATORS Baseline 2016
Juvenile Crime Rate 580 >300
Self- reporting Gang Membership (Washington Healthy Youth Survey) 7% (2010) 3.5%
Yakima Murder Rate 12 (2010) 5
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