The Trenton Street Teams will implement a proposal that was approved by the Department of Community Affairs. The Trenton Street Teams program seeks to implement the following strategies to reduce violence in Trenton: 1. Identify, train and deploy non-traditional leaders from within the community to serve as Outreach Workers. 2. Provide case management to high-risk mentees, intervene and mediate conflicts between individuals and rival groups involved in the Trenton neighborhoods via safe passage and highrisk intervention. 3. Increase access and awareness to healing and recovery services for victims/survivors of violence through direct services, advocacy and public educational forums. 4. Coordinate with citywide public safety initiatives through partnerships The Trenton Street Teams awardee will engage in comprehensive public safety initiatives that consist of the following: 1. Twelve (12) outreach workers providing safe passage to schools throughout the City of Trenton 2. Eight (8) outreach worker/case managers providing mentoring through a case management model 3. Three (3) community health workers servicing victims in a hospital-based violence intervention program 4. Host bi-monthly public safety roundtables in partnership with a higher education partner 5. Partner with City agencies to conduct weekly community walks in areas impacted by violence 6. 4 clinicians who provide services to self-identified victims through a hospital-based resource All participating staff will receive 40 hours of training via professional community interventionists that have a recognized violence intervention specialty and public safety expertise. The orientation and training will consist of community-based gang-outreach intervention strategies, violence deterrence and crisis abatement training, gang intercession, proactive scenariobased training, critical incident response reporting, scene management and supervision, retaliation protocols and crisis prevention planning & holistic response preparation for individuals, neighborhoods, business districts and government municipalities. The awardee will use the interventionists and outreach workers to intervene in historic and current conflicts, prevent retaliation, respond to loitering calls and provide victim services to survivors of violence. These interventionists will be assigned a ranking police officer to provide briefs regarding issues. All individuals assuming the aforementioned roles will be required to participate in regular meetings with the awardee, the Trenton Police Department, members of the Health and Human Services Department, and other stakeholders. They shall also participate in all training sessions or activities outlined in the proposal. The applicant must be able to provide space to run training within their facility in an efficient and private manner. The applicant must also be able to provide space for outreach worker meetings with participants during non-traditional work hours. Scope of Work: The successful application organization will be able to provide the following as a single entity or as part of collaboration: 1). High Risk Intervention - The high-risk interventionist receives e-mail notifications from TPD of street disputes that are suspected to lead to violence or violent crimes themselves. The HRI team will be required to respond to these events, once it is deemed safe within 24 hours. Team members will negotiate personal conflicts and diffuse tensions that result in violence. The high-risk interventions included relocating a domestic violence victim, negotiating the return of a carjacking victim's vehicle, supporting the families of homicide victims to complete VCCO application, resolving drug disputes, and various other issues.
