$3.5 Million Grant from
Kaiser for Ceasefire-
Lifeline
Department of Violence Prevention (DVP)
Holly Joshi
Chief of Violence Prevention
Jenny Linchey
Deputy Chief of Grants, Programs, and Evaluation
Public Safety Committee – October 22, 2024
Grant Award
$3.5 million over 3 years
Budget
✓ 2 life coaches
✓ 2 violence interrupters
✓ 1 supervisor
✓ 1 learning manager
✓ Stipends for life coaching participants of up to $500/month ✓ Flexible funds of $500 per participant
Lifeline Service Expansion
Jan 2024 Oct 2024 With Kaiser Mid-term
goal
Long-term
goal
Life Coaches 8 10 12 20 30
Violence Interrupters 3 4 6 11 15
Supervisors 3 3 4 6 8
Annual clients served 80 100 120 160 240
20% increase in service capacity with Kaiser funds
Learning Manager Role
▪ Develop and implement a peace academy for Oakland’s ecosystem of community violence intervention professionals. The peace academy will:
▪ Provide ongoing training opportunities to lived experience workers in the DVP and CBOs to strengthen their skills and competencies related to cognitive behavioral theory, motivational interviewing, conflict mediation, safety planning, case conferencing, outreach strategies, and confidentiality.
▪ Serve as a certification center that creates a pipeline of new community violence professionals into violence intervention work in Oakland.
Deliverables
✓ The two life coaches will enroll 60 participants, and 20 will participate for at least 12 months.
✓ The two violence interrupters will participate in at least 1 conflict mediation per month, for a total of 30 conflicts mediated. ✓ The learning manager will facilitate at least 10 trainings for life coaches and violence interrupters.
Thank You