Mayor’s Gang Prevention Task Force’s
Bringing Everyone’s Strengths Together,
Safe Summer Initiative Grant, and
Youth Intervention Services
2020-2021 Annual Report
Neighborhood Services and Education Committee
April 14, 2022
Presented by:
Petra Riguero, Program Manager
Mario Maciel, Division Manager
MGPTF
Program
Overview
2 Evaluation
Design
3 Outputs
Who was served?
What services were
provided?
How many participants
were served?
How much resources
invested?
Outcomes
Psychosocial Outcomes
Participant Satisfaction
Feeling Safe &
Connected
Task Force
Outcomes
Youth had better psychosocial outcomes
like feeling confident to handle what comes
their way and handle problems and
challenges when they arise
97% of participants stated they “always or
often" felt heard by adults
96% of participants “always or often” felt
that there was an adult who cared for them
Community Beautification Connecting with youth in priority neighborhoods
4 SSIG Survey Results
5 92%
91%
94%
91%
93%
92%
87%
89%
82%
84%
86%
88%
90%
92%
94%
96%
Felt SSIG was a safe program Felt satisfied with program Connected to a caring adult through SSIG
Learned about the other resources
through SSIG
2020 2021
Task Force
Outputs Served more youth who exhibited
highest risk behaviors – gang- impacted and gang- intentional Provided more one on one & case
management services
Addressed Socioemotional Needs Over 4,000 youth contacted through Street Outreach Intervention Services
6 Task Force
Outputs
7 Task Force
Outputs
8 Task Force
Outputs
9 Target Population Distribution by Risk Category
2019-2020 2020-2021
BEST SSIG YIS BEST SSIG YIS
At Risk 39% 91% 30% 52%
High Risk 45% 4% 45% 22%
Gang-Impacted 11% 3%
100%
20% 14%
100%
Gang- Intentional 5% 2% 4% 12%
Looking
Forward
Strategic Work Plan 2022-2023 – August
2022
YIS Evaluation 2020-2021 – February 2023
Task Force Name Change - May 2022
More support for oversight of BEST Grant
Program
BEST Partner Engagement Group
BEST Request for Qualification (RFQ) -
January 2023
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