Public Safety Committee
June 9, 2026
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Elizabeth Lake FROM: Holly Joshi
Acting City Administrator Chief of Violence
Prevention
SUBJECT: Community Violence Intervention
Grants 2026-2029
DATE: May 18, 2026
City Administrator Approval
Betsy Lake (May 27, 2026 22:43:49 PDT)
Date: May 27, 2026
RECOMMENDATION
Staff Recommends That The City Council Adopt A Resolution:
1. Awarding Grants To Twenty-One Community-Based Organizations For Community Violence Intervention Services Set Forth In Tables 1 And 2 For The Period Of October 1, 2026, To September 30, 2029, In A Total Amount Not To Exceed Thirty-Eight Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($38,100,000); And
2. Authorizing The City Administrator To Negotiate And Enter Into Grant Agreements With The Named Grantees With Authority To Extend The Terms Of The Grant And Modify The Grant Amounts As Set Forth Herein
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The proposed resolution will allow the City Administrator to execute grant agreements with 21 community-based organizations to deliver community violence intervention services from October 1, 2026, to September 30, 2029, for an annual cost of $12,700,000 and total cost of $38,100,000. The grant agreements will be funded by Measure NN and are based on the -2029 Spending Plan.
BACKGROUND / LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
The DVP is charged with reducing gun violence, intimate partner violence, and commercial sexual exploitation in Oakland. To do this, the DVP invests in immediate crisis response services and near-term interventions that stabilize victims and prevent additional violence, as well as longer-term, intensive support services for individuals caught in cycles of violence.
Specifically, the DVP performs three primary functions:
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1. Supervise and deploy a team of direct service staff who perform intensive life coaching and violence interruption work with individuals at the highest risk of drawing or driving Ceasefire-Lifeline strategy.
2. Fund and coordinate community-based organizations to deliver community violence intervention services to individuals at the center of group violence, domestic violence, and commercial sexual exploitation.
3. Build capacity among community-based organizations that deliver community violence intervention services in Oakland to
prevent violence and deliver effective, coordinated services.
Measure NN
On November 5, 2024, Oakland voters passed Measure NN, the Oakland Community Violence Reduction and Emergency Response Act, which approved the collection of parking and parcel taxes for nine years to fund public safety activities that achieve the following goals:
1) Reduce homicides, robberies, carjackings and break-ins, domestic violence, and other gun-related violence.
2) Reduce response time for 911 emergency calls for service and improve the quality of response.
3) Reduce the incidence of human trafficking, including the sexual exploitation of minors.
Measure NN allocates 40% of tax revenue to violence prevention services following an initial allocation of 3% to administrative expenses and $3,000,000 to the Oakland Fire Department.
Measure NN also requires that 75% of funding for violence prevention services is allocated to grants with community-based organizations.
Department projects that Measure NN revenue earmarked for violence prevention services will total $16,925,968 in Fiscal Year 2026-2027, requiring that $12,694,476 be disbursed to community-based organizations.
The Oakland Public Safety Planning and Oversight Commission (Commission) oversees the expenditure of Measure NN funds in alignment with the stated goals. To guide the spending of Measure NN funds, the Commission is in the process of developing the first of two four-year community violence reduction plans, with the first taking effect on July 1, 2026, and the second taking effect on July 1, 2030. These plans will outline the problems to be addressed with Measure NN funding, theories of change, and outcome metrics and benchmarks related to each goal.
Each department receiving funds from Measure NN must develop a priority spending plan at least every three years four-year community
violence reduction plans. The
DVP presented its 2026-2029 Spending Plan to the Commission in June 2025.
Request for Proposals for Community Violence Intervention Services The DVP issued Request for Proposals (RFP) #407533 for community violence intervention services on March 13, 2026, with a closure date of April 1, 2026. The DVP received 40 for
further review. The DVP then conducted a structured review process that involved three
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reviewers (two internal DVP staff members and one external content expert) reading and scoring each application out of a maximum of 205 points.
ANALYSIS AND POLICY ALTERNATIVES
This resolution authorizes the City Administrator to execute grant agreements with 21 community-based organizations to deliver services related to gun violence, domestic violence, and commercial sexual exploitation from October 1, 2026, to September 30, 2029, for an annual cost of $12,700,000 and a total cost of $38,100,000.
Tables 1 and 2 present the anticipated staff funded and estimated number of people served annually for each grantee and service category related to gun violence intervention based on funding amount. Services provided and funded by the DVP are divided into core services (Table 1), which result in the identification and engagement of individuals at-risk of engaging in gun violence, and support services (Table 2), which are primarily available to individuals connected through core services based on need. Sixty percent of funding available for disbursement to community-based organizations is allocated to gun violence intervention services, totaling $7,625,000 annually and $22,875,000 over three years. These services are intended for individuals at highest risk of gun violence in Oakland, and individuals served are
Is the individual connected to a street crew or group?
Has the individual ever been intentionally shot, stabbed, or shot at? Does the individual have a history in the criminal or juvenile justice system? In the past six months, has a close friend or family member of the individual been shot or arrested for a shooting?
Table 1. Proposed grantees, staff funded, estimated people served, and funding amounts for gun violence intervention core services.
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Service
category
Agency Staff funded Annual
peo e
served
Annual
funding
Total
funding
Violence
interruption
Communities United
for Restorative Youth
Justice
2 violence
interrupters
N/A $350,000 $1,050,000
Youth Alive 4 violence
interrupters
N/A $600,000 $1,800,000
Youth
diversion
Bay Area Community
Resources, Inc.
1 case manager 12 $200,000 $600,000
The National Institute
for Criminal Justice
Reform
1 case manager 12 $225,000 $675,000
Total 288 $4.55M $13.65M
Table 2. Grantees, staff funded, estimated people served, and funding amounts for gun violence intervention support services.
Service
category
Agency Staff funded Annual
peo e
served
Annual
funding
Total
funding
Emergency
relocation
The National
Institute for Criminal
Justice Reform
1 relocation
specialist
40 $375,000 $1,125,000
Employment
for adults
Oakland Private
Industry Council,
Inc.
2 employment
specialists
60 $475,000 $1,425,000
Employment
for youth
Lao Family
Community
Development Inc.
2 employment
specialists
30 $300,000 $900,000
Family and
victim
support
Khadafy Foundation
for Non-Violence
1.5 victim
advocates
50 $275,000 $825,000
Youth Alive 1 crisis responder,
1 therapist, 1
program manager
50 $500,000 $1,500,000
Healing Restorative Justice
for Oakland Youth
1 psychotherapist,
0.5 care
coordinator; 0.25
RJ coordinator
50 $300,000 $900,000
Safe Passages 1.5 behavioral
health clinicians
50 $275,000 $825,000
Youth Alive 1.5 behavioral
health clinicians
50 $275,000 $825,000
Housing Bay Area
Community
Resources, Inc.
1 housing
navigator; 0.5
case manager
20 $300,000 $900,000
Total 400 $3.075M $9.225M
Tables 3 and 4 present the anticipated staff funded and estimated number of people served annually for each grantee and service category related to gender-based violence intervention Elizabeth Lake, Acting City Administrator
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based on funding amount. Services provided and funded by the DVP are divided into core services (Table 3), which result in the identification and engagement of survivors of domestic violence or commercial sexual exploitation and support services (Table 4), which are primarily available to individuals connected through core services based on need. Forty percent of funding available for disbursement to community-based organizations is allocated to gender- based violence intervention services, totaling $5,075,000 annually and $15,225,000 over three years. These services are intended for survivors of domestic violence or commercial sexual exploitation in Oakland, and individuals are eligible for services if they self-identify as being survivors of either or both forms of violence. Some survivors may not identify as such, in which case organizations may use referral partners (e.g. SafetyNet) or validated screeners (e.g. CSE- IT) to determine eligibility for services.
Table 3. Proposed grantees, staff funded, estimated people served, and funding amounts for gender-based violence intervention core services.
Table 4. Grantees, staff funded, estimated people served, and funding amounts for gender-based violence intervention support services.
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Services funded through this resolution are intended for individuals at the center of gun violence, domestic violence, and commercial sexual exploitation in Oakland, and they complement services funded through the Oakland Fund for Children and Youth (OFCY). OFCY funds programs that are prevention and early-intervention oriented across eight strategies, with a primary focus on children and youth who experience the most disparate outcomes and/or reside in communities that have significant stressors and risk factors.
RELATED PLANNING EFFORTS
This agenda item is a routine item and does not relate to any Oakland strategic planning efforts.
FISCAL IMPACT
This resolution will allow the City Administrator to execute three-year grant agreements with 21 community-based organizations for an annual cost of $12,700,000 and total cost of $38,100,000. All funding will come from Measure NN, available in Fund (2255), Organization (70211), Program (PS37), and Project (1008064).
PUBLIC OUTREACH / INTEREST
The DVP developed RFP #407533, which is the basis for these funding recommendations, based on its 2026-2029 Spending Plan for Measure-NN-funded services. The 2026-2029 Spending Plan built off values and service priorities identified in the DVP 2022-2024 Spending
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Plan, which was informed by an extensive community engagement process conducted in 2021.
The 2026-2029 Spending Plan also incorporated new learnings from service providers, participants, evaluators, and the field of community violence intervention work. More information about -2029 Spending Plan is available in the plan itself, which he DVP presented the 2026-2029 Spending Plan to the
Oakland Public Safety Planning and Oversight Commission in June 2025.
COORDINATION
This report and legislation have been reviewed by the Office of the City Attorney and the Budget Bureau.
PAST PERFORMANCE, EVALUATION, AND FOLLOW-UP
The DVP will use a results-based accountability framework to assess the quantity, quality, and impact of services funded by Measure NN.
Quantity of services
The DVP will require funded agencies -based data management system, Apricot, to track the quantity of services delivered within each service category. Service data will allow the DVP to monitor service deliverables like the ones listed below to ensure services are being delivered to the expected number of people and with the expected scope. o Number of individuals served
o Number of contacts per week
o Amount of funding disbursed
o Number of therapy and support groups hosted
o Number of individuals who attended therapy and support groups o Number of violence mediation conversations conducted
Grantee contracts will identify the service deliverables that pertain to each scope of work and quarterly service benchmarks associated with each deliverable. Grantees that achieve less than 90% of their deliverable benchmarks in a given quarter will receive a payment withholding proportional to the percentage of deliverables achieved.
Quality of services
To assess the quality of services delivered, the DVP has developed an exit survey for participants to complete when they end services. The exit survey assesses participant perceptions of service quality and staff involvement by asking participants to answer the following questions on a 5-point Likert scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree:
o The service provider helped make sure my needs were met. o The person/people who supported me generally responded to me in a reasonable time. o I value the relationship(s) I developed with the person/people who supported me. o I am glad I received these services.
Respondents also respond to the open-
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Impact of services
The impact of services delivered to participants will be assessed in several ways:
For life coaching services, the exit survey will also include questions that assess the following:
o Changes in mindsets, behaviors, and access to resources. o Changes in exposure to unsafe people and contexts.
o Access to documents required for employment and government benefits. o Impact of financial incentives.
For all services other than life coaching, the exit survey will include the following questions:
o How confident are you that the next year of your life will be better because you received these services?
o How confident are you that the next three years of your life will be better because you received these services?
o Is there anything else you would like to share about how these services have made a difference in your life?
The DVP will support and participate in external evaluations of services funded by Measure NN.
RACE AND EQUITY
DVP grants are intended to fund services for residents of Oakland who are most vulnerable to group violence, intimate partner violence, and commercial sexual exploitation. Residents of color are disproportionately impacted by these forms of violence. In 2024, Black residents accounted for 33% of shooting victims and 65% of homicide victims despite representing 21% of the population. Similarly, Hispanic residents accounted for 42% of shooting victims despite representing 29% of the population. Domestic violence incidents reported to the Oakland Police Department in 2024 involved Black residents as victims in 50% of cases and Latinx individuals as victims in 32% of cases. Services funded by the DVP are intended to reduce experiences of these forms of violence and the associated trauma, thus moving Oakland closer to racial equity.
Additionally, funded agencies use a credible messenger model to hire staff members with lived experiences and racial backgrounds that mirror the population served.
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ACTION REQUESTED OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Staff Recommends That The City Council Adopt A Resolution:
1. Awarding Grants To Twenty-One Community-Based Organizations For Community Violence Intervention Services Set Forth In Tables 1 And 2 For The Period Of October 1, 2026, To September 30, 2029, In A Total Amount Not To Exceed Thirty-Eight Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($38,100,000); And
2. Authorizing The City Administrator To Negotiate And Enter Into Grant Agreements With The Named Grantees With Authority To Extend The Terms Of The Grant And Modify The Grant Amounts As Set Forth Herein
For questions regarding this report, please contact Holly Joshi, Chief of Violence Prevention, and (510) 920-6272.
Respectfully submitted,
Holly Joshi
Chief of Violence Prevention, Department of
Violence Prevention
Reviewed by:
Mailee Wang, Deputy Chief of Administration
Prepared by:
Jenny Linchey, Deputy Chief of Grants,
Programs, and Evaluation