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Office of Violence Prevention urges $14.6 million to sustain community contracts as ARPA funding sunsets
Summary
The Office of Violence Prevention told the Budget Committee it needs roughly $14.63 million for FY27 to preserve contracts and maintain community violence-intervention gains after ARPA funds end; the office warned that the proposed $6.5 million for professional services would only sustain a portion of current contracts and could lead to cutting 14 high-performing providers.
The Office of Violence Prevention asked the Board of Aldermen's Budget and Public Employees Committee on May 6 to approve a FY27 request of about $14,628,260 to continue community violence-intervention work across St. Louis City.
Commissioner Teal, who introduced the office's three core strategies as street outreach, cognitive behavioral therapy ("rewire") and focused deterrence, said OVP now manages 87 contracts with 67 organizations and targets multiple neighborhoods with the aim of reducing shootings and homicides. "We have 11 target neighborhoods," Teal said, listing areas including Baden, College Hill, Dutchtown, Fountain Park, and Walnut Park East and West. He said OVP has recorded broad reductions in…
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