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Expanding grassroots community violence intervention and prevention - $36,400
Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement
Malcolm Cunningham (x1504)
Revised
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement for case management, street interventions, outreach, and wraparound support for city’s Peace in Motion Community Safety Plan; authorizing the reappropriation and expenditure of funds in an amount not to exceed $36,400 from the General Fund; waiving the competitive bidding provisions of TMC Chapter 187; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE) co-convenes a Violence Reduction Council (VRC) comprised of public safety, criminal justice, mental health, community violence intervention and prevention (CVIP) programs, public housing, and community service providers to analyze specific instances of gun violence to identify trends and develop short- and long-term solutions. MONSE also engaged with community to develop Peace in Motion (PIM), a comprehensive 5-year community safety plan adopted by City Council in April 2025. Recommendations from the VRC and PIM include: (1) intensive case management and wraparound support with high-risk young adults returning from incarceration for violent crime, (2) establishing a community-level coordinated response to violence, (3) developing hospital liaisons to engage directly with individuals experiencing violent injuries resulting in hospitalization, and (4) generally building the capacity of grassroots CVIP programs.
These recommendations will be supported by contracting with the Hoodstock Foundation to provide intensive case management, street interventions, outreach, and wraparound support. While Save Our Community has specific populations in focus neighborhoods and schools, this program will work with specific populations, regardless of location. Hoodstock participates in bi-weekly gun violence reviews with Save Our Community, engages in the Violence Reduction Council, helped develop recommendations for the Peace in Motion comprehensive plan, and is actively engaged in the community-level coordinated response to gun violence that has helped to reduce violence in Toledo over the past two years.
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NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor is authorized to enter into an agreement with Hoodstock Foundation, Inc. for a term of one year for case management, street interventions, outreach, and wraparound support for the city’s Peace in Motion Community Safety Plan, upon terms and conditions acceptable to the Director of Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement and the Director of Law.
SECTION 2. That the disappropriation of $36,400 is authorized from the General Fund Account Code 1001-10201-511100-3325001STDRGV and the reappropriation of same is authorized to the General Fund Account Code 1001-10201-537400-3325001STDRGV.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $36,400 is authorized from the General Fund Account Code 1001-10201-3325001STDRGV for the purpose authorized in Section 1.
SECTION 4. That this Council finds and determines it is in the best interest of the City to waive the competitive bidding provisions of TMC Chapter 187 for the reason that Hoodstock Foundation, Inc. is uniquely qualified as it participates in bi-weekly gun violence reviews with Save Our Community, engages in the Violence Reduction Council, helped develop recommendations for the Peace in Motion comprehensive plan, and is actively engaged in the community-level coordinated response to gun violence.
SECTION 5. That the Director of Finance is authorized to issue warrant or warrants against the above-mentioned Account Codes in an amount not to exceed that authorized above in payment of the obligations authorized above upon presentation of the proper voucher or vouchers in an amount not to exceed $36,400.
SECTION 6. That this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall be in force and effect from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property, and for the further reason that this ordinance must be immediately effective in order to continue an uninterrupted implementation of the Peace in Motion comprehensive plan.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas _____, nays _____.
Passed: _________________, as an emergency measure: yeas _____, nays _____.
Attest: ________________________ __________________________________
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: _____________________ __________________________________
Mayor
I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance passed by Council ________________________.
Attest: ________________________
Clerk of Council