Community Crime Prevention and Juvenile Justice Initiatives

Public Safety - Human Services Initiative

In 2006, the City of Seattle launched the Public Safety – Human Services Initiative to improve public safety in Seattle’s Central and Rainier Beach neighborhoods by redirecting 125 individuals from street crime through outreach, case management, and support services.

The Initiative includes Get Off the Streets (GOTS) and Communities Uniting Rainier Beach (CURB). Both projects are partnership-based and include street outreach, case management, chemical dependency and mental health treatment, and low-barrier access to support services such as housing, food, transportation assistance, and employment preparation.

Coordinated by the Seattle Neighborhood Group, GOTS provides services to adults involved in non-violent street crime who are drug or alcohol dependent and homeless. CURB is implemented by the People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) and uses a peer outreach model to engage young adults in the Rainier Beach neighborhood who are involved in low-level criminal activity. Both projects reduce crime, disorder, and the fear of crime by moving people who are homeless, mentally ill and/or addicted to drugs/alcohol from the streets to housing, employment, and/or a clean and sober lifestyle.

The Public Safety – Human Services Initiative is funded with City of Seattle General Funds. The 2009 allocation is $494,400.

2009 Funded Agencies and Programs

• Seattle Neighborhood Group
• People of Color Against AIDS Network

Information

For more information about this program, contact the Seattle Human Services Department at 206-386-1017 or youthservices@seattle.gov.

For information about our partners and related programs, contact the agencies listed above or the 211 Community Information Line by dialing 211 or 1-800-621-4636.

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