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Preventing
Youth
Violence:
Detroiters
Working
Together
to Help
Youth
Succeed
Detroit
Youth
Violence
Prevention
Initiative
DETROIT
(Tell Us
Det) -
At the
direction
of
President
Obama,
the
National
Forum on
Youth
Violence
Prevention
(the
Forum)
was
established
to build
a
national
conversation
concerning
youth
and gang
violence
that
would
increase
awareness,
drive
action,
and
build
local
capacity
to more
effectively
address
youth
violence
through
comprehensive
planning.
In May
2010,
Mayor
Dave
Bing
joined
the
Forum
and
pledged
to
develop
a
comprehensive
plan to
prevent
youth
and gang
violence
in
Detroit,
by using
balanced
approaches
and
data-driven
strategies.
The
Forum
aims to
build a
national
conversation
about
youth
and gang
violence
to
increase
awareness,
drive
action,
and
build
local
capacity
to more
effectively
address
youth
violence.
It
models a
new kind
of
federal
and
local
collaboration,
encouraging
its
members
to
change
the way
they do
business
by
sharing
common
challenges
and
promising
strategies,
through
comprehensive
planning
and
coordinated
action.
In April
2012,
that
plan was
presented
in
Washington,
D.C.
Consistent
with
other
Forum
cities,
the
Detroit
Youth
Violence
Prevention
Strategy
includes
a
multi-disciplinary
approach
that
embraces:
prevention,
intervention,
enforcement,
and
re-entry
strategies.
Youth
violence
prevention
is a top
priority
for
Attorney
General
Eric
Holder
and
policymakers,
practitioners,
researchers,
and
community
members
across
the
nation.
In spite
of
consistent
decreases
in
juvenile
violent
crime
arrests
nationwide
since
1994,
many
localities
continue
to seek
information
and
strategies
to
better
prevent
and
respond
to youth
violence.
Download
the Full
Detroit
Youth
Violence
Prevention
Plan
.pdf
For
additional
information
on the
National
Forum on
Youth
Violence
Prevention,
visit
www.FindYouthInfo.gov
–
Preventing
Youth
Violence
or
follow
the
discussion
at #NationalForum.
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