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Lone Star Justice Alliance presents youth safety strategic plan and public dashboard developed with National League of Cities
Summary
Lone Star Justice Alliance described a youth safety strategic plan created as part of an NLC reimagining community safety grant cohort; the plan centers ecosystem building, leadership/mentorship, education and youth justice and is accompanied by a public data dashboard combining arrest, school discipline and 311 data.
Lone Star Justice Alliance briefed the Workforce Education and Equity Committee on May 12 on a youth safety strategic plan and public data dashboard created under a National League of Cities (NLC) municipal reimagining community safety grant.
Ulysses (Ulysse) Reeves Waters, chief innovations officer for Lone Star Justice Alliance, told the committee the organization used youth surveys, “vibe sessions” (youth focus groups) and community convenings to inform the plan and that the NLC cohort included Baltimore, Dallas, Jackson, Philadelphia and St. Louis. Waters said the Alliance centers adolescent brain development and the social determinants of health in its approach.
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