{"id":6428,"date":"2024-10-16T15:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=6428"},"modified":"2025-05-19T10:10:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T14:10:43","slug":"community-intervention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2024\/10\/16\/community-intervention\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Intervention"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column6428_0c401a-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column6428_0c401a-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column6428_0c401a-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column6428_0c401a-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column6428_0c401a-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column6428_0c401a-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column6428_0c401a-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column6428_0c401a-6a{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column6428_0c401a-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column6428_0c401a-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column6428_0c401a-6a\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p>In early 2022, Wilmington\u2019s City Council and the City of Wilmington agreed to pay $38,000 to the Community Based Public Safety Collective to perform an analysis to help the city tackle and reduce community violence. The Collective interviewed over 58 stakeholders, surveyed 20 frontline intervention workers, and examined crime and hospital data to understand local violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City Council accepted the \u201cLandscape Analysis Report for the City of Wilmington\u201d on Oct. 10, 2022. According to a City Council press release, \u201cThe report encouraged the administration to release funds to the appropriate entities for community violence intervention in a fiscally responsible and timely manner, to ensure that these entities have access to the necessary training, and to designate&nbsp;a coordinator to oversee the ongoing implementation of the City\u2019s strategy to interrupt community violence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilmington Mayor <strong>Mike Purzycki<\/strong> and City Council President <strong>Trippi Congo<\/strong> appointed Wilmington University adjunct and alumna <strong>Dr. Debra Mason<\/strong>, the deputy executive director of the HOPE Commission and a former Delaware Department of Correction probation and parole officer and training administrator, to coordinate the initiative. She will be \u201con loan\u201d from the Hope Commission.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote wu-blockquote-simple is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cMy plans are to increase public safety in the City of Wilmington by ensuring access to basic needs to those often overlooked and underserved.\u201d<br><em>\u2014 Dr. Mason<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the release, the Collective\u2019s responsibilities will include conducting organizational readiness assessments for participating community organizations, assisting&nbsp; with building organizational and programmatic readiness, and providing participating organizations with coaching on topics like financial management, operational protocols, workforce development, and \u201cfacilitating intervention peer-learning between selected intervention organizations in Wilmington and established community-based public safety organizations in other cities to share experiential knowledge and best practices.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy plans are to increase public safety in the City of Wilmington by ensuring access to basic needs to those often overlooked and underserved,\u201d says Dr. Mason. \u201cThe greatest challenge is funding and gaining support from the community. 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