OfTheCross
Veteran
Solutions like this are only proposed and implemented by Democrats it seems. I with both sides would take it seriously and throw the kitchen sink at it. More than "hope and prayers", we need to implement every idea we have and build on the ones that work.
Miami-Dade Commission approves $8.8M partnership to curb gun violence, boost opportunity
The partnership with the nonprofit Carrie Meek Foundation earned sweeping support from Commissioners and residents who traveled to County Hall.
floridapolitics.com
Miami-Dade communities disproportionately plagued for decades by gun violence are on track to receive a combined $8.8 million through a partnership between the county, the Carrie Meek Foundation and local, to-be-chosen organizations dedicated to ending the problem.
Ninety percent of the money, roughly $7.3 million, is to be allotted through competitive solicitation to organizations and programs focused on reentry services for formerly incarcerated individuals, high-risk intervention work and support services for victims, survivors, family members and communities impacted by gun violence.
The funds will also support grassroots groups and neighborhood-based organizations with programs addressing food insecurity, youth engagement, education, capacity building and adult career training.
The Children’s Village, which serves youths in the foster care system, will receive up to $400,000. Half will be used to hire six “natural helpers” to support youth and families. The other half will aid coalition building, administration and coordination of 130 organizations that are party to the Together for Children network.
Another $375,000 will fund 150 youth scholarships over the initial two-year term of the program, which includes $65,000 earmark for the Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment.
Miami-Dade recorded 249 murders in 2021, according to figures the medical examiner’s office released in January. Of those, 202 were from guns. The number of homicides dropped by 15% last year, from 41 in 2020.
Alex Piquero, a criminology professor at the University of Miami, told NBC 6 the year-over-year decline — which countered upward trends in Chicago and Philadelphia, among other metropolitan areas — was in part due to “Operation Summer Heat,” a Miami-Dade Police program that led to more than 3,300 felony arrests and some 1,200 recovered guns.
“It starts and ends with guns,” he said. “The lethality of guns when they’re used in altercations is much higher than a fist or a knife.”
Atlanta also recently had a mention of a program for at risk youth. These are good ideas. I hope they do good work.
