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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Office of Neighborhood Safety programs and initiatives
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Commissioner Howard provides an update on the Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS) programs, which officially joined DYCD in fiscal year 2024.
- ONS includes the Mayor's Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety, the Office to Prevent Gun Violence, and ATLAS
- DYCD has implemented key metrics, a comprehensive monitoring system, and structured implementation evaluation for ONS programs
- Cure Violence providers conducted 15,000 de-escalations and mediations, supporting an average caseload of 1,600 participants
- ONS providers now have access to $6 million in capacity building and professional development services
Keith Howard
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The office of neighborhood safety officially joined DYCD in fiscal year twenty twenty four.
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This office included includes, I'm sorry, the mayor's action plan for neighborhood safety, the office to prevent gun violence, and ATLAS.
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These programs are aligned with DYCD's mission and improves community police relations and reduce crime, incarceration, and other contact with the criminal justice system.
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As promised, when I last testified, DYCD has worked hard to build support around the ONS team and CMS providers, especially around quality and oversight.
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DYCD has developed, one, key metrics for systematic reporting on program activities and outcomes.
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Two, put in place a comprehensive monitoring system and regular provider network meeting for program oversight and coordination.
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Three, launched a structure structured implementation evaluation.
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And four, continuously analyze real time data from the NYPD to inform operations on the ground.
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Over the first year under DYCD, the cure violence providers conducted 15,000 de escalations and mediations and supported an average caseload of about 1,600 participants at a time.
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Additionally, the transition to DYCD, ONS providers have access to the agency's $6,000,000 of capacity building and professional develop services for programmatic and organizational support.
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One highlight of our commitment to the professional development of frontline staff was through our family development credential, our FDC program.
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During spring twenty twenty four, '15 credible messages from ONS programs participated in the program, and all 15 pilot participant earned their credentials and received college credits.