DV P Measure Z Fundi ng
Fisc a l Ye a rs 20 23-2025
Department of Violence Prevention
Jenny Linchey
Acting Deputy Chief of Grants, Programs, and
Evaluation
Mailee Wang
Deputy Chief of Administration
1. Reduce gun violence
2. Reduce intimate partner violence
3. Reduce commercial sexual exploitation
4. Reduce family trauma associated with homicides
5. Reduce community trauma associated with violence
DV P Mandates
1. Award and manage grants to community-based
organizations (CBOs) that deliver services in the areas of group violence, gender-based violence, and community healing.
2. Employ staff who perform direct service work in the areas of violent incident crisis response and family coaching.
3. Coordinate violence prevention services across funded organizations and provide training to staff at funded agencies to enhance service delivery and coordination.
DVP Ac t ivit ie s
1. Reduce homicides, robberies, burglaries, rape, domestic violence, human trafficking and gun-related violence.
2. Invest in violence intervention and prevention strategies that provide support for at-risk youth and young adults that data says are at highest risk of gun violence to interrupt the cycle of violence and recidivism.
Measure Z Obj ecti ves
As of July 1, 2023, the DVP uses Measure Z exclusively to fund grants to CBOs.
On September 19, 2023, City Council approved new grant agreements with CBOs for October 1, 2023, to June 30, 2025 (Resolutions No. 89899 & 89900 C.M.S.).
The total cost of these services is $30,681,371.
Measure Z funds 78% of the total.
Measure Z Funding for DVP
Service category Funding amount
Measure Z – FY23-25 adopted budget $18,330,908
Measure Z – Carryforward $5,482,842
General Purpose Fund – FY23-25 adopted budget $4,816,480 General Purpose Fund – Anticipated carryforward $1,552,270 OJJDP grant $498,871
Total $30,681,371
Funding Sources for CBO Grants
Grou p
Vio le n c e
Service category Direct service staff funded Number of
agencies
funded
Number of
people
served
Funding
amount
Adult employment 2 case managers 2 145 $500,000
Adult life coaching 13 life coaches 5 349 $2,905,000
Emergency
relocation
1 relocation coordinator 1 129 $463,750
Family support 2 crisis responders 1 175 $481,250
Hospital-based
intervention
1 intervention specialist
1 violence interrupter
1 140 $656,250
G roup V i ol ence Servi ces: $1 3,31 2,500
Service category Direct service staff funded Number of
agencies
funded
Number of
people
served
Funding
amount
Violence
interruption
18 violence interrupters 5 1,000 $4,200,000
Youth diversion 1 OUSD enrollment coordinator
3 case managers
3 308 $848,750
Youth employment 2 work experience counselors
1 work-based coordinator
2 case managers
1 academic mentor
4 300 $1,437,500
Youth life coaching 8 life coaches 3 200 $1,820,000
Total cost 2,746 $13,312,500
G roup V i ol ence Servi ces: $1 3,31 2,500
Gender -Based
Vio le n c e (GBV)
Service category Direct service staff funded Number of
agencies
funded
Number of
people
served
Funding
amount
24-hour hotlines N/A 1 7,000 $700,000
Bedside advocacy 7 bedside advocates 2 168 $875,000
Emergency shelter 6 youth engagement specialists 3 224 $1,400,000 Employment 3 employment trainers
1 job developer
1 70 $437,500
Legal advocacy 1 legal advocate
2 staff attorneys
1 1,225 $1,137,500
G BV Servi ces: $7,525,000
Service category Direct service staff funded Number of
agencies
funded
Number of
people
served
Funding
amount
Life coaching 2 life coaches 1 50 $437,500
Safe space
alternatives
1 youth outreach specialist
1 program coordinator
2 1,920 $612,500
Therapeutic
support
2 therapists 3 1,725 $1,400,000
Transitional housing 8 housing navigators 1 35 $525,000 Total cost 12,417 $7,525,000
G BV Servi ces: $7,525,000
C o mmuni t y
He a lin g
Service category Direct service staff funded Number of
agencies
funded
Number of
people
served
Funding
amount
Healing and
restorative activities
5 community healers 4 3,775 $1,750,000
Neighborhood and
community teams
4 outreach teams 4 5,880 $2,520,000
Therapeutic
supports
1 clinical case manager 1 140 $350,000
Total cost 9,795 $4,620,000
Co m m u n it y He a lin g : $ 4 ,620 ,0 0 0
Sc h o o l Vio le n c e
I nterv enti on and
P re ve n t io n (VIP )
Program
Overview
Places three individuals – one violence interrupter, one life coach, and one gender-based violence (GBV) specialist – in 7 high schools in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD).
Responds to the need for additional in-school resources to prevent and respond to violence impacting OUSD students.
First implemented during the 2022-2023 School Year with 7 life coaches, 5 violence interrupters, and 4 GBV specialists.
Service category Direct service staff funded Number of
agencies
funded
Number of
people
served
Funding
amount
Community healing N/A 1 840 $612,500
GBV services 7 GBV specialists 1 3,155 $1,400,000
Life coaching 7 life coaches 4 150 $1,618,750
Violence
interruption
8 violence interrupters 3 540 $1,592,621
Total cost 4,685 $5,223,871
Sc h o o l VIP P ro g ra m : $ 5,223,8 7 1
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