Community Safety & Well Being Plan: Community Input Survey

The Community Workgroups have made the following recommendations
1.Thinking specifically about Education, are these recommendations responsive to the needs of the community?

  • School districts provide an avenue for the community to engage in the design of programming through a Community Council, Wisdom Council, or existing Family Youth Council
  • The county creates and expands programs to recruit, retain and advance teachers of color
  • Students have curriculum and appropriate resources to bring forth the mental, physical, and emotional wellness of Black and brown young people
2.Thinking specifically about Health and Human Services, are these recommendations responsive to the needs of the community?

  • Increase accessibility and availability of low-income and affordable housing.
  • Increase accessibility and availability of healthy and culturally relevant foods.
  • Increase accessibility, quality and availability of culturally relevant comprehensive health care.
3.Thinking specifically about Juvenile Justice, are these recommendations responsive to the needs of the community?

  • Pilot no-barrier residential community housing for young people up to age 25 years old
  • Provide transparent dashboard with contact point analysis for youth and resource mapping
  • Hire and train pipeline BIPOC mental health professionals to provide culturally responsive care to at-risk impacted youth and families
4.Thinking specifically about Workforce Development, are these recommendations responsive to the needs of the community?

  • Fund livable wage youth/young adult employment initiatives with benefits including transportation.
  • Support CBOs that build adaptive skills to gain and retain employment i.e. second chance/returning citizens opportunities.
  • Provide technology equipment and digital training for laptops, smartphones, necessary software, internet/hotspot to find and keep employment
5.Thinking specifically about Community-Led Safety, are these recommendations responsive to the needs of the community?

  • Scale up funding for data driven, culturally connected and practice informed strategies that allow for hotspot monitoring and crisis response.
  • Support the needs of Black and brown young people through programs that have been proven effective at diversion.
  • Implement intentional education about community-led safety for impacted youth and their families.
6.Do you know of any organizations or people doing good work within these five key directions? Please list below
7.Do you have suggestions about how we can accomplish these goals above, or any other general suggestions for us?