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Committee forwards Richmond's juvenile services plan after gun-violence prevention briefing
Summary
The Education and Human Services Standing Committee voted to forward Resolution 2025-R041, Richmond's plan of services under the Virginia Juvenile Community Crime Control Act, to full council with a recommendation to approve after a presentation from the city's Office of Gun Violence Prevention and a question-and-answer session about program fit and measurement.
The Education and Human Services Standing Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to forward Resolution 2025-R041, Richmond's plan of services under the Virginia Juvenile Community Crime Control Act (VJCCCA), to full City Council with a recommendation to approve.
The motion to forward the plan passed on a roll call that recorded Aye votes from Mister Bridal, Vice Chair Jones and Chair Lynch. The vote followed a 40-minute briefing from Greg Hopkins, the city's interim director of Department of Justice Services and director of the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, who described a citywide, multi-partner violence-reduction strategy and a five-point presentation on the office's current work.
Why it matters: the VJCCCA plan governs local programming, contracts and how state-allocated juvenile services dollars are spent. Council members pressed staff about evidence of program effectiveness, how…
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