 Provide informational update about Jan. 17 th Planning Workgroup Meeting  Receive feedback on content  Affirm direction of process  Present revised meeting schedule S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention Today’s Objective

 Definitions of Violence and Violence Prevention  Vision Statement and Guiding Principles  Prioritize Risk and Resilience Factors  Preliminary Objectives Jan. 17 th Workgroup Meeting - Discussion Topics S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention

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 Proposed Definition of Violence S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention

 Intimate partner and domestic violence  Dating violence  Sexual assault  Child abuse  Elder abuse  Youth violence  Community violence  Homicide  Suicide  Hate violence  Institutional violence Forms of Violence S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention

 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. Key Discussion Points: Definition S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention

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. Definition of Violence—Revision S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention

Proposed Violence Prevention Concepts S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention  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

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

Key Discussion Points: Violence Prevention (cont’d) S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention  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.

Violence Prevention—Revision S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention  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 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.  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.

 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. S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention Violence Prevention—Revision (cont’d)

S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention  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

Proposed Vision Statement S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention 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.

Key Discussion Points: Vision S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention  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.

Vision Statement—Revision 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. S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention

 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 Proposed Principles S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention

 Value and respect San Francisco’s 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 Proposed Principles (cont’d) S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention

 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. Key Discussion Points: Principles S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention

 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. S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention Key Discussion Points: Principles (cont’d)

 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. Key Discussion Points: Principles (cont’d) S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention

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. Principles —Revision S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention

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. Principles —Revision (cont’d) S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention

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. Principles —Revision (cont’d) S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention

Risk Factors—Top 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

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

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

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

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

 Feb. 7 th Planning Work Group Meeting Approve revised language and concepts Approve revised language and concepts Review and finalize the prioritized risk and resilience factors Review and finalize the prioritized risk and resilience factors Concretize process and outcome objectives Concretize process and outcome objectives  Feb. 14 th Debrief with Department Heads S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention Next Steps

Planning Workgroup 8:30 – 11:30 AM  February 7  February 28 Leadership Council (All Planning Workgroup and Department Heads ) 8:30 – 11:30 AM  March 28  April 18  May 9  May 30 S.F. Citywide Violence Prevention Department Head Debrief 8:30 – 9:30 AM  February 14  March 7 Violence Prevention Content Structural Changes Revised Meeting Schedule