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Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program  Now Accepting Applications

For Immediate Release: February 14, 2024  (Jackson, Miss.) – The Department of Human and Cultural Services Family and Youth Division has begun accepting applications for its Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program. The annual program offers Jackson youth paid opportunities to develop an array of work skills and experience and aims to foster an environment that teaches work ethics...

Message from Mayor Lumumba on Operation Unified and crime-fighting efforts in the Capital City 

For Immediate Release: February 13, 2024 (Jackson, Miss.) - The City of Jackson is proud to partner with fellow local, state and federal law enforcement agencies under the Operation Unified umbrella to combat crime in the Capital City.  This is a continuation of efforts behind the scenes to pool resources and capabilities in a united front,...

February 13, 2024: Special Council Meeting

Date and time: 2024-02-13 11:30 amLocation: Jackson City HallDepartment: Jackson City CouncilDate and time: 2024-02-13 11:30 amLocation: Jackson City HallDepartment: Jackson City CouncilDate and time: 2024-02-13 11:30 amLocation: Jackson City HallDepartment: Jackson City CouncilDate and time: 2024-02-13 11:30 amLocation: Jackson City HallDepartment: Jackson City Council

Programs & Services

The Office of Violence Prevention & Trauma Recovery (OVPTR)  works to reduce the likelihood of violence related injury and death and support trauma recovery and healing across Jackson. The OVPTR focuses on: Teaching - through violence prevention community education workshops and professional development training Strengthening Systems - working with national, state, city and community groups...

Community Rooted Safety Grants

Community Rooted Safety Grants

Trauma recovery and Wellness

Support healing in the community through engagement and support  

Violence Interruption

Violence Interruption

Arts

Youth violence reduction through the arts  

Youth Advisory Council

Youth Advisory Council click to apply   

Address your Stress

Address your Stress 

Contention Resolution

Contention Resolution   

Violence Reduction

Violence Reduction  

Evidence, Evaluate, Effectiveness

The data we receive from needs assessments, community surveys, stakeholder interviews, and focus groups helps us to identify or design prevention strategies for an evidence-based approach to program planning. Once prevention strategies are implemented, they are evaluated rigorously to determine their effectiveness. Communities are then encouraged to implement strategies based on the available resources and...

Protective Factors and Risk Factors

It is not enough to know the magnitude of a public health problem. It is important to understand what factors protect people or put them at risk for experiencing or perpetrating violence. Why are risk and protective factors useful? They help identify where prevention efforts need to be focused. (insert in note box)Risk factors do...

Opportunity to Define And Monitor The Problem

The first step in preventing violence is to understand the “who”, “what”, “when”, “where” and “how” associated with it. Data can demonstrate how frequently violence occurs, where it is occurs, trends, and who the victims and perpetrators are. This data is obtained from our partner LEO's reports, medical examiner files, vital records, hospital charts, registries,...

Health & Wellness

We believe in primary prevention: preventing violence from happening in the first place by increasing awareness, identifying alternatives, responding early, surrounding children with protection, building on strengths, supporting parents and caregivers, strengthening community connections and working towards a culture of peace and justice.

Strengthening collaborations across communities

OVPTR will serve as a resource hub for community programs, services, and resources

Assuring services and impacts

OVPTR will work with programs to ensure services adhere to current contracts utilizing evidence-based practice models, and are connected to program evaluation supports (where needed).  

Mapping service delivery

 OVPTR will work with programs to map the delivery of services from the initial point of participant engagement to service completion.  

Refining data collection

OVPTR will focus on updating and maintaining reported data using common indicators across programs, addressing gaps in reporting, clarifying duplicated and unduplicated services.  

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