Agreement - Goodwill Industries of Michiana - Outreach Team to Support Group Violence Intervention

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Scott Ruszkowsld, Chief of Police, South Bend Police Department Donald Schmid, Assistant U.S. Attorney, US Attorney's Office Darren White, Associate Vice Chancellor, ZUSB South Bend Common Council Dominic Zraltanski, South Bend Group Violence Intervention Operations Manager, South Bend Police Department Evaluation The evaluation of the Violent Crime Impact Outreach Unit will involve pre- and post -implementation surveys regarding community perceptions and knowledge of streetworkers. The surveys will be administered to those in the community -at -large who reside in one of the four quadrants the streetworkers are working in. The survey will be given out at the start of the VCIOU, after 1 year of full implementation and again after year 2. It should be noted that the first year of full implementation will be from month 10 to month 22 of the 3 year (36 month) cycle and year 2 of implementation will be from month 22 to month 34. The surveys will be supplemented by interviews of community members in each of the four quadrants the streetworkers are present in. Additionally, a compilation and analysis of data collected on streetworker hospital visits, community outreach, and resolution of conflicts will be used for evaluation purposes. Finally, statistics on overall gun violence will be collected and examined to determine if rates are decreasing due to the efforts of the VCIOU in conjunction with the police department's VCIU and the overall efforts of SBGVI. The evaluation will be conducted by in-house program staff so as to avoid the cost of hiring an outside evaluator. The Strategic Objectives and Indicators for evaluation include the following: Strategic Objective 1: Gun violence rates are reduced in the communities the streetworkers work in. • Indicator: Group/Gang Member Involved (GMI) shootings axe reduced by a total of 10% by the end of the first year of implementation and a total of 25% by the end of the second year of implementation Strategic Objective 2: The community is aware of the streetworker program and understands their role. • Indicator: 50% of community members served by the streetworkers are aware and understand the role of the streetworker program by the end of the first year and 70% by the end of the second year. • Indicator: streetworkers are called by members of the community to intervene in or mediate conflicts at least 15 tunes in the first year of implementation, 25 times in the second year. Strategic Objective 3: Streetworkers are present and contributing to community cohesion. • Indicator: Streetworkers are present at 65% of the locations of reported shootings in the first year of implementation and 75% in the second year. • Indicator: Streetworkers plan one community event is planned in each of the four regions annually. • Indicator: Streetworkers visit 100% of shooting victims in the hospital. • Indicator: Resource referrals are offered to 100% of group members and their associates that the streetworkers interact with. Sustainability The creation of the Violent Crime Impact Outreach Unit will allow the Group Violence Initiative to expand its impact on addressing gun violence in the community. The VCIOU will increase outreach to youth in