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Office of Violence Prevention and Trauma Recovery details programs, $13M in partner funding and data showing homicide drop
Summary
The Office of Violence Prevention and Trauma Recovery updated the council on activities funded since 2020, reported a $13 million investment in community partners and presented data showing a year‑to‑date 19% decline in homicides compared with the prior year.
The Office of Violence Prevention and Trauma Recovery (OVPTR) presented its mission, core services and program data to the Newark Municipal Council during the special conference portion of the Dec. 10 meeting.
Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Trisha Yuri introduced the presentation. Director Kalisha Wingfield Hill said the office was founded in 2020 and that the city reallocated 5% of the police department’s budget at that time to establish the Office of Violence Prevention as a public-health approach to reducing violence. Assistant Deputy Mayor Barry Ford said the office had invested $13,000,000 in community partner capacity to support youth mentoring, victim services, trauma…
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