Antioch Council approves $530,623 amendment to CalVIP contract to expand Uplifting Peace program

The Antioch City Council on June 10 unanimously approved an amendment to the city—s CalVIP (California Violence Intervention and Prevention) grant-funded contract with community provider 1 Day at a Time, authorizing an increase to the organization—s contract to expand the city—s Uplifting Peace fellowship.

The amendment approved by the council increases funding to support front-line staff and program activities; staff said the contract amendment adds $530,623 to the provider—s budget within a revised total award schedule, and the contractor and city representatives described the change as necessary to sustain outreach, add a full-time neighborhood change agent and finalize program staffing and training.

The vote came after staff described a correction to an earlier budgeting error and after detailed presentations by 1 Day at a Time. City staff member Moncerat Cabral told the council that a previously posted figure had been revised downward and the accurate total for the amendment package is $1,412,613. Cabral opened the presentation by saying, “I apologize for the oversight and appreciate your understanding.”

Why it matters

The Uplifting Peace fellowship, implemented locally by 1 Day at a Time under technical guidance from Advanced Peace and evaluation by Evident Change, targets people at the highest statistical risk of firearm involvement. City and provider staff told council they currently identify 19 fellows in the program and that while enrolled those individuals have not been injured or arrested on firearm charges. City staff and the provider cited studies that put the public cost of a single gun-homicide in the millions when health, justice and lost-productivity costs are added, and argued the…