Crime Prevention Ottawa

Partners for a Safer Community

March 29, 2007

• Introducing Crime Prevention Ottawa• Response to the Review of the Roots

of Youth Violence

Agenda

Ottawa is a community in which individuals, families and neighbourhoods are safe

and feel safe.

Vision

Mission

To contribute to crime reduction and enhanced community safety in Ottawa through collaborative evidence-based

crime prevention.

• Ottawa Youth Gang Prevention Initiative• Together for Vanier• Promoting Violence against women prevention

projects: The Fourth R and Neighbours, Friend and Families

• Many others

Current Projects

Response to the Review of the Roots of Youth Violence

Long term recommendations:• $200 million for child and youth mental health• Poverty reduction, inclusion and anti-racism• Focus on place-based approach to target most

in need communities and focus on creating community hubs, but stress a need for evidence-based approaches

What we support

• Supports for parents and families• Specific anti-poverty investments in the key

areas of support to school attendance and recreation

• Harness new investments in Employment Services and Immigrant Settlement

• Disappointed in the lack of focus on child protection

Also need short and medium term goals

• Agree that improved coordination is important but CPO questions whether a Cabinet Committee on Social Inclusion and Anti-Racism will be able to work for violence prevention.

• CPO seeks a clearer focus on prevention and violence• Confusion about relationship between RRVY, Poverty

reduction, urban priority schools, youth gang framework and so on.

Improve Coordination

• Make targeted investments:• in community development initiatives in high

risk neighbourhoods,• in programs to support high risk families and • in alternative programs in youth justice

• A Youth Challenge Fund for Ottawa

Targeted Investments

• How can we work with the Ontario government to prevent youth violence?

• What are your next steps?

How can we help?

Thank you.

Questions?