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PHOTOCOPY PRESERVATION Violence and Children Youth Development/After School/ Violence MELANNE VERVEER Fiee your PHOTOCOPY HRC HANDWRITING violent programs can act like "gasaleve on a fire"- word itself Start me fire but consatere agent violence Thrilling fun. In teractine gives where keds encauaged to tn ture, etc. BACKGROUND ON PARTICIPANTS VDr. Reworded Mese gomes fu killing graving in t Germ media fuile internal 'l Sissela Bok, Ph.D., author of Mayhem: Violence as Public Entertainment Professor Bok's work focuses on the deleterious impact on children of exposure to violence as entertainment, associated with glamor and thrill. Bok argues that viewers who become accustomed to seeing violence as an acceptable and attractive way of addressing problems find it easier to identify with aggressors and suppress a sense of pity or respect for victims of violence. She concludes that the growing exposure to violence has contributed to a tendency for increased aggression and absence of empathy, which she argues, has played a role in the most recent spate of school shootings. Although Bok concedes that child abuse, substance abuse, and access to firearms play a larger role in determining violent behavior than media violence, she asserts that we cannot ignore the impact of exposure to violence. She argues that there are opportunities for individuals and communities to guard against the impact of excessive media violence, without resorting to censorship. Professor Bok is likely to argue for a public discussion of media violence through the use of campaigns intended to create public norms against such portrayals. Such efforts would be similar to current campaigns to de-glamorize smoking and drugs. William Finnegan, author of Cold New World: Growing Up in a Harder Country Mr. Finnegan's work depicts the lives of four American teenagers and young adults struggling to survive while confronting gangs and guns, drugs and violence, poverty and "wile west desolation. Finnegan focuses on way in which these young people are forced to raise themselves N Hover that in the absence of parental or community support and structure. As a result, they create their own support system and sources of protection -- gangs. This, he argues, leads to a greater need for of self-protection and increased youth violence. Finnegan asserts that the thriving economy has in fact increased the sense of hopelessness for those who have been left behind. your \ Mr. Finnegan is likely to encourage efforts to achieve broader inclusion in economic prosperity did for more of America's at-risk families and children. James Fox, Dean of the College of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University, Boston Mr. Fox's professional efforts have been devoted to analyzing trends in juvenile crime and exploring the causes of increased crime rates. He notes that while we are facing a declining juvenile violent crime rate, it is still double the rate of the early 1980s. Nevertheless, Mr. Fox argues, investment in programs for youth that provide alternatives to violence, drugs, and gangs has declined over the past 20 years. Mr. Fox is likely to urge greater investments in programs for youth that provide community and structure and that protect America's young people from falling into a tragic cycle of violence and drugs. drop young block males - tiee left with langterm armang issues TV, access to guns, aliena their. more as Rish kids me yrs. ahead PHOTOCOPY HRC HANDWRITING we G filed mkt calture in hancing 10ml we we see all not together in pis failure to nurture the nurturers in society Dr. Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Ph.D. & Professor Cornel West, co-authors of The War Against Parents prob on our on non formilies us. Dr. Hewlett and Professor West argue in their new book that a large scale erosion of the vidant role of parents is at the-heart-of-the-central problems facing America's children. They assert that * business, government, and today's media-driven culture are undermining the effectiveness of Parentsare natin parents, which in turn ensures that more and more children are left to raise themselves. Hewlett a propertly and West then identify steps that can be taken to revitalize the "art and practice of parenting." They argue for a "Parents Bill of Rights," fashioned after the G.I. Bill of Rights, to ameliorate the disadvant'd tight economic and social conditions facing today's parents. Hewlett and West propose such group measures as paid parental leave, tax breaks for stay-at-home parents, flexible work places, a bonding family allowance for families with children under age six, an extended school day and year, increased spending on early childhood education, and a removal of the sales tax on children's time necessities. at Dr. Hewlett and Professor West are likely to discuss the changing role of family in society and "Kennel" beging and local level, to support and strengthen parents and the family structure. its impact on youth violence, and may urge specific measures by government, both at the federal regilated + Shunderds life Dr. Steven Hyman, M.D., Director of the National Institute of Mental Health Theygine (ward to have s trues to explain every kids behavin Some reallysick] Dr. Hyman brings the medical perspective of a mental health professional to bear on the issues of youth violence and at-risk youth. He argues that children's emotional development -- pregnary healthy or impaired -- can have enormous implications for their predisposition to violent behavior candident age later in life stignatze keds managedcare: les time is families Dr. Hyman is likely to urge greater emphasis on preventive mental health services. a "disability" melanchely bids Regreen Robin Karr-Morse, co-author of Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence parents your Ms. Karr-Morse's work focuses on the connection between early brain development and wast later violent behavior. She argues that a predisposition to violent behavior can result from brain development that is impaired by abuse, neglect, and exposure to drugs and violence. Karr-Morse be gever shall suggests a critical period of 33 months -- including nine months of prenatal development and the honor first two years of life -- during which the quality of physical, emotional, and cognitive care is of tremendous significance. Infancy, she asserts, is the crucial stage at which individuals form the standy core of conscience, develop the ability to trust and relate to others, and build the capacity for focused thinking and empathy. Karr-Morse's premise is that rage-filled adolescents are formed in states the nursery, where infants develop a framework of expectations -- anticipating responsiveness or indifference, success or failure. When this is combined with early negative family circumstances, media; such as prenatal exposure to alcohol or early child abuse, there is an enormous risk for violent tendencies in later life. papers Ms. Karr-Morse is likely to discuss the importance of healthy, early brain development, and will bumbly urge greater investment in home visitation, quality child care and health care. form empathy Rr: Couse decline in emot' l regul' or 2 prob- stalls quality of h thing abusen Child Care in young kids Frosuritenance Homelisitin from culture PHOTOCOPY HRC HANDWRITING gaugs with armed kids who are afraid 9 la. other Professor David Kennedy, author of "Can We Keep Guns Away from Kids?" in The American Prospect Professor Kennedy's work focuses on youth access to guns and its impact on the rates of juvenile crime in America. He posits that fear is the central reason kids arm themselves, which often results in a cycle of increasing reliance on weapons and a localized arms race. Kennedy argues that if we work to remove guns from the streets, we can reduce this fear and reverse this trend. He advocates a strategy that would disrupt the black market in guns -- target sellers, buyers, and black marketers to raise the costs and lower the benefits of the youth gun trade. Kennedy's research serves as the theoretical underpinning of the Boston Gun Project, which traces crime guns and removes these illegal weapons from the streets. The President has expanded this approach to 27 other cities. In addition, Professor Kennedy has done much work analyzing urban juvenile crime, arguing that such crime is committed by a small number of offenders, and therefore, targeted strategies to deal with these specific offenders can reduce crime rates in general. Mr. Kennedy will likely discuss the differences between the recent shootings and general urban &: juvenile crime, arguing for specific approaches that separate these issues. In addition, he will what's argue to maintain the current level of support for and attention to gun strategies, such as the project in Boston. to hitacommenties ND to pastner. Rev. Eugene Rivers, Boston Need leadership from Bloch community so like don't play games w crime Reverend Eugene Rivers, an ex-gang member who attended Harvard University and then pros: went to work in Dorchester, the poorest section of Boston, has committed his life's work to reaching at-risk youth with a hands-on, faith-based approach. Based on conversations in 1991 notain a hop fair with Boston heroin dealers as to why they were effective in luring local children, Rivers and his colleagues established a 10-point action plan. The underlying objective is to provide a substitute or fathers family, set of values, and support structure for at-risk youth through the church. no Reverend Rivers will likely advocate for a national expansion of his Boston faith-based program me and will urge broader inclusion of civic and faith-based organizations in crime prevention socialized strategies. Stop is n mere me Professor Robert cosequences Sampson, Professor of Sociology from the University of Chicago kids looking In limits structure nd mmal Professor Sampson's work has focused on studying Chicago neighborhoods across race, class, and ethnic lines. In the course of his studies, he has found that the level of "collective efficacy," defined as the willingness to monitor children's play groups, help neighbors and intervene in preventing acts such as juvenile truancy or street-corner loitering, is the key indicator for violence in a community. In addition, Professor Sampson has examined single-parent families from the vantage point of the community, finding that large clusters of single-parent families within a small community can lead to increase rates of delinquency, because of the lack of adult no matual hun in neighborher > - Beach parents actually less taleport of crime Contract Intergenent's - shared responsib + 3 willing ress h internene critical POTERS: Amer. resistent prial organization PHOTOCOPY HRC HANDWRITING we nd in ned in leads in early child der, but also older kids supervision in the neighborhood I Professor Sampson is likely to address the role of community cohesion as a key indicator of juvenile crime and discuss steps to build such community. Dr. Howard Snyder, Ph.D., Director of the National Center for Juvenile Justice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Docs: "Do no harm"- Justice system: harming kids Dr. Snyder is the director of a U.S. Department of Justice-funded project to collect and improve the quality and availability of data on juvenile crime, victimization and the justice system. Dr. Snyder brings a vast understanding of juvenile crime statistics. He emphasizes that statistics reveal that the increase in violent juvenile crimes is not the result, as some might suggest, of a "new breed of predators," but rather, of greater numbers of juveniles committing violent crimes. Dr. Snyder is likely to avoid commenting on the policy implications of juvenile crime trends, but will offer a research-based, factual perspective. most Mere "kids are being Ron Suskind, author of A Hope in the Unseen and Wall Street Journal reporter than money as garbage Mr. Suskind describes the journey of Cedric Jennings, a talented black teenager struggling How to succeed in one of the harshest, lowest-performing public high schools in Washington, D.C. some me? Mr. Suskind follows Jennings beyond his high school graduation to Brown University, and Cadries describes his story and the struggles of inner-city youth in modern America. The President sent a note to Cedric Jennings following Mr. Suskind's first series of profile articles in the Wall Street Journal. Mr. Suskind will likely urge greater investment in intervention programs targeted at inner-city youth ages 11-13, when, he argues, peer pressure and expectation to reject education for crime is the most intense. James Tierney, former elected Democratic Attorney General of Maine Mr. Tierney advises state Attorneys General throughout the country and approaches the issue of juvenile crime from the perspective of a prosecutor. He argues that efforts to confront juvenile crime must take into account the role of punishment -- specifically, how plays an important role in alleviating community anger, as well as promoting accountability in young offenders. He has promoted blended sentencing, which tries to find a middle ground between juvenile and adult sentences. Mr. Tierney is likely to discuss the need to balance prevention and early intervention strategies with efforts to prosecute youth and hold them accountable for their crimes. Hewitt: nd AARP for Parents in 50s r60s vitel in greater #'s Ine've turned whites vs blocks, to <6m families where 2people hald 4jobs> need give primity to parents 4 whale country purpering Parents Bill 9 from attention deficit disades ROS" PHOTOCOPY PRESERVATION TABLE OF CONTENTS A. Dr. Sissela Bok, Ph.D. B. William Finnegan C. James Fox D. Dr. Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Ph.D., and Professor Cornel West E. Dr. Steven Hyman, M.D. F. Robin Karr-Morse G. David Kennedy H. Reverend Eugene Rivers I. Professor Robert Sampson J. Dr. Howard Snyder, Ph.D. K. Ron Suskind L. James Tierney PHOTOCOPY HRC HANDWRITING what cancrefdo? what Collective action to reduce crime. Integrate police to community groups. use Internet to communicate gh.idear that are waling - use term anti violence early interveation or me workplace link between family, peliod r Comm by organize prents- - powerful lobby poten that maja pal'l grandsavell on Docial policy * infants - 33 1st months 7 life critical - home visits - child care lean der lasier once crime subsides fain communities to work in low expresement "Do not let Kookoo Nh to Coopt mobilize preas kids need pride Lust self esteem> after school persons "Violems Vialence" mistend " 7 "Do trals it for in teachers to deal w disng the kid me nt way "community" centers for pinemile offender 4-29-1998 36PM FROM BOK/JONES 16175242766 P.2 HOW RESPONSIBLE ARE WE? The shameful American tragedy of children killing children. time - in Jonesboro, Arkansas - we have again witnessed As members of the motion picture and television industry, we implore our fellow professionals to join in assuming a leadership role to stop our contributions to this insanity. True, blame lies as well with the National Rifle Association, Congress, violent video games, violent music, violent homes, etc. - and with those unwilling to face the reasons for the murders of our children. But we who create entertainment must honestly acknowledge and urgently address the responsibility we all have to eliminate excessive or gratuitous or unpunished violence in films and television. Otherwise, children will continue to kill children. COMMITTEE TO END VIOLENCE Eddie Albert Jeff Corey Alana Jackson Allan Manings John Rich Leonard Stem Steve Allen Norman Conwin Michael Jackson Delbert Mann Pat Rich Gloria Stuart Paul Almond Sam Denoff Norman Jewison Larry D. Mann Rick Rosenberg Maxine Stuart Ed Asner Larry Dobkin Lamont Johnson Karl Malden Arthur Ross Beth Sullivan John Astin Richard Dysart Ike Jones Mona Malden Lynn Roth Frank Tarloff Valerie Astin Kathryn Jacobie Dysart Stanley Kallis Ann Marcus Bernard Rothman Gene Thompson Conrad Bain Charles Dubin Lucetta Kallis Ernle Meadows Kathleen Hughes-Rubin Sylvia Thompson Norma Barzman George Eckstein Hal Kanter Jayne Meadows Stanley Rubin Mr. & Mrs. Malachi Throne John Baskin Michael Elias Jimi Kaufer Wilt Melnick Eva Marie Salnt Edith Tolkin Meredith Baxter Ray Evans Dr. Edward Kaufman PHD Burt Metcalfe Linda Sandrich Mel Tolkin Alain Bernheim Irving Fein Robert King Jean Middleton Jay Sandrich Gabrielle Upton Whitney Blake Norman Felton Christopher Knopf Tom Middleton Joe Sargent Joan Van Ark True Boardman Sonny Fox Mort Lachman Donna Mills Robert Schiller Robert Van Scoyk Johanna Bochner Devery Freeman Perry Lafferty Mike Morris Mildred Schwartz Bea Wain Uoyd Bochner Arthur Gardner Anthony Lawrence Pearly Morris Sherwood Schwartz R.P. Weber Ruth Bochner Lou Garelick Barbara Lawrence Peter $. Myers Jean Schaffner Kim Weiskopf AI Brenner Mike Garelick Mancy Lawrence Patricia Neal David Shapira Robert Weiskopf Michael Brown John Gay Richard Lawrence Murray Neldorf Mel Shavelson Dan Whitmore Allan Burns Larry Gelbart Gene Levitt Barrie Nelson David Shaw James Whitmare Jean Butler Jennifer Warren Gimbel Diana Herbert-Levitt Claudette Nevins Leni Sheldon Leslie Whitmore Red Buttons Roger Gimbel Amoid Laven Sherle North Watter Shenson Stanford Whitmore Daniel Cahn Richard Goldstone Cloris Leachman Anita Nye Doris Silverton Arthur Wike Judy Cahn Sy Gomberg Felicia Lemmon Louis Nye Richard Alian Strremons Jason Wingreen Joe Campanella Walter Grauman Back Lemmon Carroll O'Connor Bernard Slade Lee Winkler Stanley Chais Everett Greenbaum Barbara Poe Levee David Percelay George Slavin Robert Wise David T. Chantler Monty Hall Jules Levy Daniel Petrie Phylis Spear Ethel Wyant Peggy Chantler-Dick Charlie Hauk Bob Lewin Dorothea Petrie Ben Starr Bud Yorkin Lee Shallat Chemel Jeff Hayden Shari Lewis Prank Pierson Warren Stevens Christa Zinner Bob Christiansen Arthur Hiller Jay Livingston Ted Post Glorla Strook-Stem Peter Zinner Hal Cooper Marsha Hunt Shirley Livingston James Ragan Maxine Cooper Peggy Irwin Jack Lloyd Carl Reiner Sponsored by THE COMMITTEE TO END VIOLENCE! We will next address the NRA and Congress. If you are Interested, send your name, plune & fax to the Committee at 42 Haldeman Rd., Santa Momica, CA 90402 or FAX (310) 476-1256 or (310)454-6153. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON July 31, 1998 DINNER AND DISCUSSION ON YOUTH VIOLENCE DATE: August 3, 1998 LOCATION: The White House Blue Room TIME: 7:30 pm FROM: Bruce Reed Melanne Verveer I. PURPOSE To discuss issues of youth violence and the factors placing children at risk with a diverse group of leading writers and thinkers. II. BACKGROUND You will hear from a broad group of authors, writers and experts on topics such as: (1) the root causes of violence among young people; (2) the recent incidents of extreme violence; and (3) next steps we can take as a nation to address these problems. The discussion is likely to focus on the broader social forces that may contribute to youth violence, such as access to guns, the pervasiveness of violence in the media, early childhood trauma, the weakening of communities, and new social and economic stresses on families. III. PARTICIPANTS Briefing Participants Rahm Emanuel Bruce Reed Melanne Verveer Dinner Guests Sissela Bok, author of Mayhem: Violence as Public Entertainment. William Finnegan, author of Cold New World: Growing Up in a Harder Country, and writer for the New Yorker. James Fox, Dean of the College of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University of Boston Massachusetts and author of Mass Murder; Overkill; and, Killer on Campus. Sylvia Ann Hewlett, co-author of The War Against Parents (with Cornel West). Dr. Steven Hyman, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health. 1 Robin Karr-Morse, author of Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence. David Kennedy, author of "Can We Keep Guns Away From Kids?" in The American Prospect and Director of the Boston Gun Project. Rev. Eugene Rivers, Director of the Ella J. Baker House in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Dr. Howard Snyder, Director of the National Center for Juvenile Justice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ron Suskind, author of A Hope in the Unseen and Wall Street Journal reporter. - Robert Sampson, Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago and Project Director for the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods. John Tierney, former Attorney General of Maine. Cornel West, co-author of The War Against Parents (with Sylvia Ann Hewlett). Administration Attorney General Janet Reno Shay Bilchik, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice Leslie Thornton, Chief of Staff, Department of Education Melanne Verveer Rahm Emanual Bruce Reed VI. PRESS PLAN Closed Press. Note: Two guests are authors who are also print reporters (Finnegan and Suskind); they understand that the dinner is entirely off-the-record. V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS Informal dinner. Bruce Reed will serve as discussion facilitator, as necessary. VI. ATTACHMENTS Background on dinner guests, including bios and excerpts of their writings. 2 Suggested Discussion Questions What are some of the root causes of violence among youth? What are the policy implications of these causes? How can we take advantage of public attention on this issue? Why are extreme incidents of violence happening now? How should we respond as a nation to these extreme outbreaks of violence? What do they say about us as a nation? Are they symptoms of larger problems? Are changes in family structure connected to increased violence? What are the connections and differences between these extreme incidents of violence and the crime that takes place at schools all the time? Where are we heading in terms of youth crime? Is there anything we can learn from our most recent declines? What do these recent incidents tell us about changing youth culture? What can we as a nation do about the rising level of disconnection between young people and their communities? How does that disconnection bear on the community's role in stopping violence? What is the connection between these incidents and increasing access to guns? Why do young people seek guns? How can we address the implications of children's increased exposure to violence? What is the connection between mental health problems and violence? How do we address the rising number of children with clinical depression? How do we address the issue of media violence within the context of a strong commitment to the First Amendment? How do we instill a sense of hope and possibility in those children whose families and communities have thus far not benefited from the improved economy? What long-term steps can we take as a nation to address these problems? Clinton Presidential Records Digital Records Marker This is not a presidential record. This is used as an administrative marker by the William J. Clinton Presidential Library Staff. This marker identifies the place of a publication. Publications have not been scanned in their entirety for the purpose of digitization. To see the full publication please search online or visit the Clinton Presidential Library's Research Room. PREVENTION OR PORK? A Hard-Headed Look at Youth-Oriented Anti-Crime Programs Richard A. Mendel American Youth Policy Forum in cooperation with Center for Youth Development, Academy for Educational Development Institute for Educational Leadership National Assembly of National Voluntary Health and Social Welfare Organizations National Crime Prevention Council National Youth Employment Coalition the white house WASHINGTON Mr. Terry Modglin National Crime Prevention Council 1700 K Street, N.W. Second Floor Washington, DC 20006-3817 file THE PRESIDENT'S CRIME PREVENTION COUNCIL Karen J. Pittman Director April 3, 1995 TO: PCPC Working Group Members FR: Karen Pittman RE: Thinking about a National Youth Violence Initiative NOTE: PLEASE BRING CALENDARS. SEVERAL TASK GROUPS WILL BE FORMED As you recall from an earlier meeting, the Department of Justice has been developing background proposals on a National Youth Violence Initiative. On March 9, the Attorney General directed a working group within DOJ to produce a draft plan to address the issue. This request has put the question of whether, when, and how the Administration should craft a coordinated initiative on youth violence squarely on the table. The DOJ proposal, however, is by no means the only effort. The Interagency Working Group on Violence a year ago. More recently, there have been several high or potentially high visibility initiatives or events planned or proposed in addition to the DOJ effort: The Crime Tour by the President and Vice President which was announced at the signing of the Crime Bill, slated to start this spring. The proposed PSA's on (Youth) violence to be done by the Vice President. Dinners at the Vice President's House on the topic (tabled) The National Summit on Violence and National Commission which are to be the culmination of the Crime Tour. (FY1995) A Camp David summit on youth violence to highlight the issue/kick-off the Crime Tour. The National Forum on Youth Violence sponsored by DOJ at which the Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders will be presented. (May 31-June 2) The roll-out of regional conferences and training from DOJ, including down-link satellite teleconferences to 50 states to share best practices across jurisdictions. The proposed "Children as Victims of Violence" campaign of the First Lady which will focus on issues of poverty, abuse, inadequate child care, etc. A CDC "first" national violence prevention conference in Des Moines, Iowa. 736 Jackson Place, NW, Washington. DC 20503 Tel. 202-395-5554 Fax 202-395-5567 The School Safety focus for Education Month (April) that will appear in the President's speeches. Ongoing ONDCP work linking Youth violence to Substance abuse (launching of the National Prevention System) Several of these events are well into the planning stage and may have limited flexibility for input (e.g. the President's April 7th speech on School Safety). The broader question, however, is whether and how these events and others should and can be used to 1) accentuate a national initiative that has White House leadership, 2) reinforce basic themes about violence and violence prevention. I have proposed that the Council take the first step by reviewing the DOJ proposal, the Interagency Working Group report, and other written documents on youth violence (CDC, ONDCP) to produce a comparison of how the issue is being presented. (Much of this work was already underway). We have put "violence prevention initiatives" on the April 4th Working Group Meeting agenda. I expect that a subgroup will need to be formed from this meeting to help with that memo which should be ready to go to the Vice President by the end of the week. Obviously, then, there is a need to bring quickly to the table, key agency and administration staff who have worked on one or more of the above proposals. There is also a need to quickly unearth any other significant initiatives, conferences, publications, or speaking/touring events planned. Tomorrow's agenda is tight. Please come having with your lists, and, more important, with your thoughts about next steps. What needs to happen to move from an analysis of the ways in which the proposed/planned events could be crafted into a coordinated initiative to discussions and decisions about how they will be linked? Attatched is a chart I have prepared to help think about the framework (broad themes) for such a broad campaign and some specific proposals. I look forward to tomorrow's discussion. Crafting a National Challenge to Reduce Youth Violence and Restore Youth Visions Challenges and Steps Lead Dept/Initiative I. Respond Appropriately to Youth Offenders Prosecute federal juvenile offenders Sanction and treat serious, violent & chronic delinquents Target youth gangs, guns, drugs Work with Juvenile Delinquents in alternatives, probation, aftercare Address non-violent court involved youth (status offenders: runaways, truants, etc.) II. Respond Forcefully to Offenses Against Children, Youth and Women Combat abuse, neglect, victimization Address violence-related traumas and victim needs Reclaim schools, housing projects [places] Address overall neighborhood/community safety III. Ensure Full-Range of Youth Opportunities Promote health among children and youth Broaden opportunities for physical, social, personal development (including alt. to violence) Ensure academic success among at-risk youth Create opportunities for service and citizenship Strengthen links between school, work, and higher education IV. Strengthen and Support Families and Communities Support families efforts to work, learn, care for and educate children Strengthen communities through investments in physical, economic, social infrastructures DRAFT LIST OF NON-FOUNDATION INVITEES (AS OF 3/24) Hon. Wilmont Sweeney Mr. Howard Davidson Alameda County Superior Court Director 400 Broadway American Bar Association Oakland, CA 94612 Center on Children & the Law 1800 M Street N.W., Suite 200 South Washington, D.C. 20036 Mr. James A. Gondles, Jr. Ms. Bobby Lee Husky Johnson Executive Director President American Correctional Association American Correctional Association 8025 Laurel Lakes Court 8025 Laurel Lakes Court Laurel, MD 20707 Laurel, MD 20707 Mr. Bernard Rapoport Mr. Stephen Ingley American Income Life Ins. Director P.O. Box 2608 American Jail Association Waco, TX 76703 2053 Day Road #300 Hagerstown, MD 21740 Ms. Frances Zemans Mr. Tim Matthews Vice President Director American Judicature Society American Probation and Parole Association 25 East Washington St., Suite 1600 P.O. Box 11910 Chicago, IL 60602 Lexington, KT 40578 Ms. Jennifer Panagopoulos Mr. John Thomas Chief Administrator Executive Director American Prosecutors Research Institute American Society for Public Administrators 99 Canal Center Plaza Suite 510 (Criminal Justice) Alexandria, VA 22314 1120 G. Street N.W., Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20005 Ms. Tessie Guillermo Mr. Bob Weaver Director President Asian and Pacific Island Health Forum Associated Marine Institutes 116 New Montgomery, Suite 531 5915 Benjamin Center Drive San Francisco, CA 94105 Tampa, FL 33634 Ms. Charlotte A. Nesbitt Ms. Cynthia Tucker President Atlanta Constitution Association on Programs for Female Offenders 72 Marietta St. N.W. 4600 Madison, Suite 400 Atlanta, GA 30303 Kansas City, MO 64112 Mr. Dennis W. Sheehan Ms. Rose Washington Axia Incorporated Executive Director 2001 Spring Road, Suite 300 Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth Oak Brook, IL 60521 13640 Route 22 Canaan, NY 12029 Mr. Ron L. Carroll Mr. Archie Aredisian Scout Executive President Boy Scouts of America Boys and Girls Club of America 9190 Wisconsin Ave 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 800 Bethesda, MD 20814 Silver Springs, MD 20910 Mr. Harold Gazan Mr. Derrick Thomas Director c/o Nancy Mitchell Bureau of Child and Family Services 500 N. Marian Court Grand Tower - Fifth Floor Barrington, IL 60010 Lansing, MI 48909 Hon. Tom Bates Hon. John T. Racanelli Assemblyman, 14th District Presiding Justice (Ret.) California Assembly California Court of Appeal Attn: James 1548 Vallejo The State Capitol San Francisco, CA 94109 Sacramento, CA 95814 Ms. Linda Tarr-Whelan Mr. Vu-Duc Vuong President Director Center for Policy Alternatives Center for Southeast Refugee Resettlement 1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 710 875 O'Farrell St. Washington, DC 20009 San Francisco, CA 94109 Dr. Marvin E. Wolfgang Mr. David Liederman Center for Studies in Criminology Executive Director 3733 Spruce St., 4th Floor Child Welfare League Philadelphia, PA 19104 440 First Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001 Ms. Shirley Marcus Ms. Bernardine Dohrn Deputy Director Director Child Welfare League of America Children and Family Justice Center 440 1st Street, NW, Suite 310 Northwestern University Washington, DC 20001 School of Law 357 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 Mr. Jim Steyer Mr. Stephen Goldsmith President Mayor Children NOW City of Indianapolis 1212 Broadway, Suite 530 2501 City/County Building Oakland, CA 94612 200 E. Washington Street Indianapolis, IN 46204 Mr. Robert J. Baughman Mr. Rod Petrey Executive Director President Coalition for Juvenile Justice Collins Center for Public Policy 1211 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 414 701 Brickell Avenue, Suite 30 Washington, D.C. 20036-2701 Miami, FL 33131 Mr. Ned Loughran Mr. Abe Frank Executive Director Director Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators Council of State Governments c/o Robert F. 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Kellogg Foundation One Michigan Avenue East One Michigan Avenue East Battle Creek, MI 49017 Battle Creek, MI 49017 Mr. David M. Nee Mr. Fasaha M. Traylor Executive Director Program Officer William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund William Penn Foundation 84 Trumbull Street 1630 Locust St New Haven, CT 06511 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Mr. Lonnie R. Sherrod Mr. Thomas W. Lambeth Executive Vice President Executive Director William T. Grant Foundation Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc. 515 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor 101 Reynolda Village New York, NY 10022-5403 Winston-Salem, NC 27106-5199 PRESIDENT CLINTON ON CRIME PREVENTION Pinellas Marine Institute, September 24, 1993 Give these kids a chance to have something to say yes to, not just telling them what they have to say no to; and a chance to order their lives and fill themselves from the inside out. Remarks to Mayors and Law Enforcement Officials, April 14, 1994 But if you talk to any veteran police officer, they tell you, spend the money on prevention; give me the tools to do alcohol and drug abuse education; give me the tools to give these kids something to do before school and after school and at night; give me the tools to give these young people something to say yes to, instead of just having them say no to something wrong. MTV's Forum on Violence, April 19, 1994 Perhaps the best thing about this crime bill has a huge amount of money allocated to crime prevention; to programs that work in the neighborhoods. For example, before and after school programs; programs to keep young people active; programs to give young people jobs in the summertime or after school Remarks at the Signing of the Crime Bill, September 13, 1994 Today I am naming Vice President Gore -- whose reinventing government report first proposed the cuts in the bureaucracy that will pay for this bill -- to head the President's Prevention Council. I want him to work with every department to make this a coherent and cost-effective effort to give communities the tools they need to prevent crime from occurring in the first place. Remarks at the Democratic Leadership Council Gala, December 6, 1994 And we believe in the prevention programs, read our record. The police are on our side. Let's fight to save those prevention programs. Remarks to the U.S. Conference of Mayors, January 27, 1995 Finally, let me say some things about the crime bill. I very much hope that we will be able to work through, in this session of Congress, a good faith carrying forward for the crime bill that was passed last year the prevention programs that were passed were programs that were recommended to us in the strongest possible terms not only by mayors, not only by community leaders but by the leaders of the law enforcement community That crime bill had a balance of police and prevention and prisons, We shouldn't take all the prevention money away through the back door and put it into prisons. And we shouldn't;t say that the prisons are more important that the police and the prevention. Remarks to Mayor's Youth Council, Boston, MA January 31, 1995 What we do is to try to provide the funds, like, for example. the funds that Congress voted for and that I supported to provide cities, for example, monies that they could use in after-school programs and other preventive programs, to try to give young people something positive to do. Statement of Administration Policy, February 13, 1995 The Administration also strongly opposes the bill's indiscriminate elimination of virtually all of the crime prevention programs enacted last year. At a time when our Nation's children are as vulnerable to gangs, guns, and drugs as ever, H.R. 728 proposes to eliminate the after school programs, safe havens, and drug prevention initiatives that offer our youth positive alternatives to crime, and that reinforce the difference between right and wrong. Radio Address to the Nation, February 11, 1995 I announce our administration's 1995 Drug Control Strategy. It involves cutting off drugs at the source, stiffer punishment for drug dealers, more education and prevention, and more treatment. But perhaps the most important part of this strategy will be to boost efforts to educate our young people about the dangers and penalties of drug use. Radio Address to the Nation, March 4, 1995 The first line of defense, of course, has to be in our communities -- with our parents and teachers and our neighbors, other role models in law enforcement and the religious community -- telling our young people in no uncertain terms that drugs and violence are wrong, and helping them to stay away or to get off. But I think we need a government that's lean and not mean, one that offers opportunity and challenges people to be more responsible; one that's a partner in increasing opportunity, empowering people to make the most of their own lives, and providing more security for our people. The fight against drugs and the fight for safe schools does all of that. CRIME BILL PREVENTION RELATED PROGRAMS WITH FY95 FUNDING The Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program - to put 100,000 police officers on the streets and otherwise promote and expand community policing. Competitive grants will allow states and communities to hire and train new police officers. Many grant awards have already been announced. 17,000 new officers have been funded since last fall. $1.3 billion appropriated. The President's Crime Prevention Council - to coordinate the administration of federal crime prevention programs, catalog prevention programs, assist communities and community- based organizations seeking information about these programs, and develop services for program integration and grant simplification. The Council has been staffed since mid- February. $1.5 million appropriated. The Violence Against Women Act - to develop and strengthen law enforcement strategies to combat violent crimes against women and to improve victims' services. Proposed regulations published in the Federal Register on December 28, 1994. Final regulations and formula grant application kit will be distributed to states in late March. $26 million appropriated. Community Schools and Family and Community Endeavor Schools (FACES) Program - to bring together community-based organizations and schools in communities with high poverty rates, violent crime, and significant juvenile delinquency to prevent the involvement of children and youth in violent crime and other negative behaviors and to support their positive and healthy development. A. joint program announcement was published in the Federal Register on March 6, 1995. $36.9 million appropriated. Drug Courts - to fund state and local drug courts that provide service, treatment and continuing judicial supervision for non-violent offenders with rehabilitation potential. Proposed regulations published in the Federal Register January 26, 1995. Application information has been approved and will be disseminated in March. $29 million appropriated. National Domestic Violence Hotline - to provide crisis counseling and assistance and referral services to victims of domestic violence and their children, families, and friends through a 24 hour National Domestic Violence Hotline. The announcement was published in the Federal Register on March 6, 1995, and will be awarded in the late Spring. $1 million appropriated. Gang Resistance and Training (GREAT) Project -- to implement school-based programs designed to resist emerging or existing gang activity. Instructed by uniformed police officers, children will learn to set goals, develop self esteem and respect, resist negative peer pressure and peacefully resolve conflict. Grants have been distributed to cities. $16 million appropriated. Boot Camps -- to construct, develop, expand or improve correctional facilities, including boot camps and other alternative correctional facilities. Funds will be provided to state and local governments for planning, development and construction costs. Interim final regulations published in the Federal Register on December 7, 1994. Guidelines/Application dissemination began March 1, 1995. $24.5 million appropriated. CRIME BILL PREVENTION RELATED PROGRAMS WITH FY96 FUNDING Battered Women's Shelters - $325 million authorized for FY 1996-2000 for battered women's shelters and other domestic violence prevention strategies. Capital Improvements to Prevent Crime in Public Parks - $15 million authorized to increase safety in urban parks and recreation areas. Education and Prevention to Reduce Sexual Assaults Against Women - $205 million authorized for FY 1996-2000 to fund efforts to increase awareness about or help prevent sexual assault. Crime Prevention Block Grants Program - $377 million authorized for FY 1996-2000 to fund units of local government for crime prevention, intervention and treatment initiatives. Delinquent and At-Risk Youth - program will provide $36 million during FY 1996-2000 to public and private non-profit organizations to support the development and operation of projects that provide residential services to at-risk youth. Model Intensive Grant Program - $625.5 million authorized for the U.S. Attorney General to establish model crime prevention programs in 15 chronic high-crime areas. Residential Substance Abuse Treatment - will provide funds to states to develop and implement residential substance abuse treatment programs in state and local correctional facilities. $270 million is authorized for FY 1996-2000. Urban Recreation for At-Risk Youth - $4.5 million is authorized for FY 1996-2000 for at- risk youth recreation grants in neighborhood and communities with a high prevalence of crime. Local Partnership Act - a revenue sharing program to support education, substance abuse treatment and job programs to prevent crime. $1.62 billion is authorized for FY 1996-2000. Education and Prevention Grants to Reduce Sexual Abuse of Runaway, Homeless, and Street Youth - will provide funds to non-profit agencies for street-based outreach and education and referral for runaway, homeless, and street youth who have been subjected to or are at risk of being subjected to sexual abuse. $30 million is authorized for FY 1996-1998. Youth Education and Domestic Violence -- to select, implement, and evaluate four model programs for the education of young people about domestic violence and violence among intimate partners. $400,000 is authorized for FY 1996. Demonstration Grants for Community Partnerships -- to fund projects in local communities that develop a coordinated community plan for intervention in and prevention of domestic violence. $10 million is authorized for FY 1996-1997. Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Title IV of Improving America's Schools Act of 1994, the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act replaces the previously authorized Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act. It authorizes ED to continue the support of school- and community-based drug education and prevention programming, and expands the scope of the program to authorize activities designed to prevent youth violence. The program will provide funds to governors, state and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and non-profit entities for a broad range of drug and violence prevention programming. SEAs and LEAs are provided a considerable amount of discretion in how the types of program and activities they can engage in. Program development is based upon their assessment of the problem and the resources available to address the problem. What's New The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA) contains the following important new elements: Adds violence prevention as a key element of the programs. The SDFSCA creates a comprehensive federal effort in support of National Education Goal Seven by expanding authorized program activities to include violence prevention. The bill responds to the crisis of violence in our schools by authorizing activities designed to combat and prevent serious school crime, violence, and discipline problems. Local educational agencies (LEAs) will have the flexibility to design their own programs, which could include comprehensive school safety strategies, coordination with community agencies, implementation of violence prevention activities, such as conflict resolution and peer mediation, and the installation of metal detectors and hiring of security guards (subject to a 20% cap). Targets resources to where they are most needed. States will receive 50% of their funds based on the Title I formula; the other 50% will be based on their school-age population. For the first time, States will determine criteria for selecting high- need LEAs and target funds to those districts. The greater of five LEAs or 10% of LEAs in the States could be designated as high-need, and States will distribute 30% of their LEA funding to those LEAs with the greatest needs. The remaining 70% will be distributed to LEAs based on enrollment. Increases accountability. States and LEAs will be required to assess needs and measure program outcomes and to use this information to formulate policies and program initiatives. They also will be required to report publicly on progress toward meeting their stated goals and objectives. A new national evaluation system will be established to assess the impact of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act on youth, schools, and communities. Links schools and communities. States, including the governors and State educational agencies, and LEAs will continue to be required to show how they plan to use funds to support comprehensive drug prevention programs;, in addition, they will also be required to show how fund will be used to implement violence prevention programs. To encourage community-wide strategies, LEAs will be required to develop their drug and violence prevention plans in cooperation with local government, businesses, parents, medical and law enforcement professionals, and community-based organizations. Broadens the range of authorized prevention activities. LEAs will be authorized to implement a broader range of prevention activities. Newly authorized activities include mentoring, comprehensive health education, community service and service learning projects, conflict resolution, peer mediation, character education, acquisition of metal detectors, and hiring of security personnel. UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS PROGRAM March 8, 1995 What is the latest action taken by Congress in regards to the Fiscal Year 1995 Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act? On March 2, the House Appropriations Committee approved the actions of the Subcommittee and voted to rescind $482 million of Safe and Drug-Free Schools funds. The action is expected to go to the full House later this week. They are expected to complete action on the rescission package no later than March 15. Does the House Appropriations Committee vote for rescission of SDFSC mean that there will not be any Fiscal Year 1995 funds available for Governors, SEAs, LEAs, or discretionary grantees? This decision is not final. Several subsequent actions are necessary before the funds are rescinded. First, the full House needs to vote on the rescission package. Second, the Senate appropriations Subcommittee and full Committee on Appropriations must review the rescissions and make recommendations. Third, the full Senate must vote on the recessions. Last, the President must sign a rescission bill. The President can veto any rescission bill presented him. If he vetoes a rescission package, Congress would need a two-thirds vote to override the veto. What effect will these actions have if they are upheld? Any funds from the FY 1995 appropriation which have not been obligated by the date of the rescission would not be available to our customers. As funds for Governors, SEAs, and LEAs are "forward funded," e.g. not available until July 1, 1995, these funds would be unavailable for obligation to States if all steps involved in the rescission process are accomplished before July 1, 1995. (See previous question.) What is needed? Any evidence that you may have that demonstrates that your drug or violence prevention program is effective; and information on the effect that a rescission, as recommended by the Appropriations Committee, would have on your school district. If you have either of the above please fax the information to the Department of Education at (202) 260-7767. EFFECT OF HOUSE-PROPOSED RESCISSIONS TO EDUCATION PROGRAMS Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities State Grants 1995 Proposed Percent Allotment Rescission Change TOTAL APPROPRIATION $456,962,000 $456,962,000 -100% ALABAMA 7,506,839 7,506,839 -100% ALASKA 2,229,544 2,229,544 -100% ARIZONA 6,487,092 6,487,092 -100% ARKANSAS 4,492,073 4,492,073 -100% CALIFORNIA 49,770,887 49,770,887 -100% COLORADO 5,182,413 5,182,413 -100% CONNECTICUT 4,128,214 4,128,214 -100% DELAWARE 2,229,544 2,229,544 -100% FLORIDA 19,007,117 19,007,117 -100% GEORGIA 11,106,766 11,106,766 -100% HAWAII 2,229,544 2,229,544 -100% IDAHO 2,229,544 2,229,544 -100% ILLINOIS 19,656,819 19,656,819 -100% INDIANA 8,156,638 8,156,638 -100% IOWA 4,067,495 4,067,495 -100% KANSAS 3,811,681 3,811,681 -100% KENTUCKY 7,172,209 7,172,209 -100% LOUISIANA 10,110,318 10,110,318 -100% MAINE 2,229,544 2,229,544 -100% MARYLAND 6,638,325 6,638,325 -100% MASSACHUSETTS 8,240,235 8,240,235 -100% MICHIGAN 17,680,559 17,680,559 -100% MINNESOTA 6,652,727 6,652,727 -100% MISSISSIPPI 6,468,360 6,468,360 -100% MISSOURI 8,166,309 8,166,309 -100% MONTANA 2,229,544 2,229,544 -100% NEBRASKA 2,427,794 2,427,794 -100% NEVADA 2,229,544 2,229,544 -100% NEW HAMPSHIRE 2,229,544 2,229,544 -100% NEW JERSEY 10,870,039 10,870,039 -100% NEW MEXICO 3,436,610 3,436,610 -100% NEW YORK 33,823,401 33,823,401 -100% NORTH CAROLINA 9,522,373 9,522,373 -100% NORTH DAKOTA 2,229,544 2,229,544 -100% OHIO 18,676,767 18,676,767 -100% OKLAHOMA 5,526,746 5,526,746 -100% OREGON 4,588,094 4,588,094 -100% PENNSYLVANIA 18,997,290 18,997,290 -100% RHODE ISLAND 2,229,544 2,229,544 -100% SOUTH CAROLINA 5,961,448 5,961,448 -100% SOUTH DAKOTA 2,229,544 2,229,544 -100% TENNESSEE 8,012,502 8,012,502 -100% TEXAS 35,376,892 35,376,892 -100% UTAH 3,201,044 3,201,044 -100% VERMONT 2,229,544 2,229,544 -100% VIRGINIA 8,335,477 8,335,477 -100% WASHINGTON 7,499,718 7,499,718 -100% WEST VIRGINIA 3,586,658 3,586,658 -100% WISCONSIN 8,240,236 8,240,236 -100% WYOMING 2,229,544 2,229,544 -100% D.C. 2,229,544 2,229,544 -100% PUERTO RICO 12,109,055 12,109,055 -100% WHAT ARE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS? The community schools concept is one that has taken many forms over the years all of which center around the idea that schools, as both educational institutions and key places, can play a broader role in the lives of children, families, and the community. In virtually every state in this country there are schools that have pushed the boundaries of 9 to 3 academic education in one or more ways: expanding hours to encompass evenings, weekends, summers; expanding classes and activities to include non-academic skill building and enrichment to promote health and social competence and community commitment; expanding the target population to a broader age range from pre-school through adults; expanding services to include physical and mental health, nutrition, social services, family counseling, crisis management, job training and placement; expanding resources by including parents, community members, community organizations; expanding commitments by allowing the school site to become a focal point for community mobilization on a range of issues. This expanded use of schools has come about in a variety of ways. In some instances the schools have taken the lead in defining the need, finding the funding, and providing the service: In others they have been partners, sharing these roles with public and private agencies. Still in others, they have been a key resource, offering space, staff and funds as needed in response to agency and community requests. In a handful of places across the country -- New York City, St. Louis, Kentucky, Florida, New Jersey, California -- the idea of community schools is being pushed to the limit with expansion moving on many if not all of these fronts. These efforts are being watched by a growing number of funders, administrators, elected and appointed officials, and business and community leaders because they hold enormous promise. Early indications are that these efforts offer efficient, cost-effective inroads to several of the major challenges facing the county -- improving academic outcomes, reducing youth and family problems, recreating community life, improving neighborhood safety. Schools are not the only places that can be retooled to respond to these concerns. But as both facilities and institutions that stand in every community, they are a logical place to begin. The President's Crime Prevention Council February 1995 "MAR-20-1995 12:57 FROM TO 93955567 P.02 THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20201 MAR 16 1995 The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Hatch: As you prepare to consider S. 3, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 1995, you may be interested in our progress in implementing the Community Schools Youth Services and Supervision (Community Schools) and Family and Community Endeavor Schools (FACES) Programs. These programs are part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (Crime Act) of 1994. A total of $37 million was appropriated to the Departments of Health and Human Services and Education to begin implementing the Community Schoole and FACES programs during the current fiscal year. We knew the importance of these programs when the Crime Act was passed and signed into law, but the enthusiasm for them has, if anything, exceeded our expectations. We have received over 4000 letters from organizations around the country, including schools, local police departments, state and local governments, community-based organizations, and both public and private youth-serving agencies, which have expressed an interest in applying for the Community Schools and FACES programs. Enclosed ic a list of the organizations in your state that have sent letters. The community schools concept is an important innovation in encouraging partnerships between communities and schools. It reinforces the fact that schools are an integral part of the community and that they are essential to the success of community efforts to support positive, healthy youth development and promote academic achievement as well as to prevent youth involvement in violence and other negative behaviors. The concept is being tested by a handful of places around the country - New York City's Beacon Schools, California's Healthy Start, St. Louis' Walbridge Caring Communities, New Jersey's and Iowa's School Based Youth Services, Florida's Full Service Schools, Delaware's School and Community Partnership Prevention Program, and Kentucky's Family Resource and Youth Service Centers, to name a few. These communities are changing the role of schools in their states and cities. Schools are becoming centers of community life - safe, visible places where children and their families come after school, in the evening, on weekends, and during the summer to participate in academic enrichment, all kinds of recreation, and mentoring and to obtain other resources and services. Although this kind of activity is beginning in a number of places, there are many more places where a little MAR-20-1995 12:58 FROM TO 93955567 P.03 Page 2 - The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch support could help get things started. The Community Schools program, through its formula, would provide at least one grant in each state, thereby serving ac a catalyst for getting states and communities to begin testing this promising approach. The FACES program complements the Community Schools program by making local education agencies eligiblc applicants and adding an in-school component designed to improve the academic and social development of at-risk children through efforts that have an impact on reducing violent behavior. To illustrate how these programs are affecting the lives of children and families, we have attached a summary of recent evaluation reports of community schools programs. Each program has witnessed very important changes in the well-being of the communities and the families who live there. Community Schools have been successful because of the flexible ways that the programs were designed - promoting principles but leaving room for multiple groupe and organizations to participate. They have been a focal point around which even competing constituencies could rally. Community Schools/FACES will preserve this flexibility. We believe that a systematic national demonstration with a comprehensive and rigorous evaluation could help us to develop a strong research base that shows which program designs in which settings can affect behaviors and improve outcomes for children and families. The two departments are currently developing such an evaluation, which is a major component of both the Community Schools and FACES programs. We are currently working to meet the overwhelming demand for assistance to prevent crime and violence in our nation's communities that has been illustrated by the thousands of letters and telephone calls we have received. The program announcement was published in the Federal Register on March 6, 1995. We look forward to working with you to implement the Community Schools program. If we can provide any further information, please lot us know. Sincerely, Drisul Donna E. Shalala Dies Richard W. Riley Secretary Secretary of Education Enclosures OF Office of the Attarney General STOUITY'S Washington, 1. C 20530 March 2, 1995 The Honorable Bob Livingston Chairman Committee on Appropriations United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Mr. Chairman: We understand that later today the Full Committee will consider a bill that among other things would rescind funding for certain programs established in the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (VCCA). We want to register our strong objections to these rescissions, which in our view eliminate funding for programs that are essential elements of a comprehensive approach to the crime problem in this country. They undermine important gains made in the VCCA. Indeed, instead of moving forward, these rescissions take us back, reversing the progress that was made in that historic legislation. If enacted, these rescissions (the savings of which can not be used for programs not authorized in the VCCA) would defund programs that: break the cycle of addiction-related crime by providing services to drug abusing offenders with rehabilitation potential; take children off the streets, and provide alternatives for at-risk youth; establish the operation of a national toll-free telephone hotline to provide information and assistance to victims of domestic violence; and coordinate the administration of crime prevention programs. Before you mark up this rescission bill, we believe that you should fully consider the merits of these VCCA programs and their utility in the fight against crime. The Honorable Bob Livingston Page 2 Drug Courts The decision of the House Appropriations Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary (CJS) Subcommittee to recommend a rescission of the Fiscal Year 1995 appropriation for the Drug Courts Grant Program represents a serious setback for communities around this country working to improve public safety by breaking the powerful connection between substance abuse and crime. We know that more than half of those arrested enter the criminal justice system with some substance abuse problem. We also know that too frequently, the current criminal justice system functions like a revolving door through which substance- abusing offenders pass without being required to deal with the drug abuse that is inextricably tied to their criminal behavior. Seeking to capitalize on that knowledge, the VCCA established the Drug Courts Grant Program. Through this initiative, the Department of Justice is poised to fund drug courts that will employ the courts' coercive power to subject non-violent offenders to the kind of intensive supervision that can break the cycle of substance abuse and crime the inflicts suffering in too many communities in this country. The CJS Subcommittee action -- the rescission of more than 95 percent of the appropriation for the current fiscal year is devastating. Since the VCCA became law, the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) in the Department of Justice has moved forward aggressively to implement this initiative. OJP had created a Drug Courts Program Office to administer the program. OJP has published proposed Drug Court Regulations and is currently responding to comments submitted in response to that publication. In addition, OJP has produced and will soon disseminate Program Guidelines and Application Information regarding the Drug Courts Program. The rescission action eviscerates the Department's ability to move forward to help make drug courts an important crime fighting tool available to our nation's states and localities. Community Schools Youth Services and Supervision Program & Family and Community Endeavors Schools Program (FACES) The Labor, HHS, and Education Subcommittee rescinded all Fiscal Year 1995 funding for the Community Schools Youth Services and Supervision Program, administered by the Department of Health and Human Services and full funding for the Family and Community Endeavors Schools Program, administered by the Department of Education. These programs were sponsored by both Democrats and Republicans such as Senators Danforth and Domenici. The Honorable Bob Livingston Page 3 A total of $37 million was appropriated to HHS and the Department of Education to begin implementing these programs during the current fiscal year. We knew the importance these programs would have in encouraging community collaborative efforts to develop and implement youth development and violence prevention programs when the Crime Act was passed and signed into law, but the enthusiasm for these programs by the public has, if anything, exceeded our expectations. The community schools concept is an important innovation based on the belief that schools are essential to effective participation and overall success of community programs and have great potential for preventing youth involvement in violence and other negative behaviors while supporting positive and healthy youth development. This concept is being tested by a handful of places around the country - New York City's Beacon Schools, California's Healthy Start, St. Louis' Walbridge Caring Communities, New Jersey's and Iowa's School Based Youth Services, Florida's Full Service Schools, Delaware's School and Community Partnership Prevention Program, and Kentucky's Family Resource and Youth Service Centers, to name a few. These communities are changing the role of schools in their states and cities. Schools are becoming centers of community life - safe, visible places where children and their families come after school, in the evening, on weekends, and during the summer to participate in academic enrichment, recreation of varying types, mentoring, and to obtain other resources and services. Although this kind of activity has begun in a number of places, there are many more communities where a little support could help to get things started. The Community Schools program, through its formula, would provide at least one grant in each state, thereby serving as a catalyst for communities across the country to begin testing this promising approach. The FACES program complements the Community School program by awarding competitive matching grants to local education agencies or community based organizations to improve academic and social achievement for at-risk children with an emphasis on reducing violent behavior. To illustrate how these programs are affecting the lives of children and families, we have attached a summary of recent evaluation reports of community school programs. Each has witnessed very important changes in the well-being of the communities and the families who live there. A systemic national demonstration with a comprehensive and rigorous evaluation could enable us to develop a strong research base that shows which program designs in which settings can affect behaviors and improve outcomes for children and families. The two departments The Honorable Bob Livingston Page 4 are currently developing such an evaluation, which is a major component of both the Community Schools and FACES programs. To date, more than 4000 potential applicants have indicated their intention to apply for these two programs, including schools, community-based organizations, local police departments, and youth service agencies, both public and private. These two departments are currently working to meet this overwhelming demand for assistance to prevent crime and violence in our nation's communities and expect to have a program announcement available within the next few weeks. National Domestic Violence Hotline By rescinding the total VCCA Trust Fund Fiscal Year 1995 appropriation for the Department of Health and Human Services, the Labor, HHS, and Education Subcommittee eliminated $1 million to fund the National Domestic Violence Hotline. We consider this rescission short-sighted and entirely ill-advised. Fully funded by your Committee for Fiscal Year 1995, the Domestic Violence Hotline is one of the initiatives created by the Violence Against Women Act in the VCCA to help combat crime against women. The National Domestic Violence Hotline provides a lifeline for victims of domestic violence and sex abuse. The Hotline will operate toll-free, 24-hours a day and will provide multilingual crisis counseling, problem-solving techniques, and referrals for battered women, their families, and advocates. The hotline will serve the entire U.S. and its territories. A bipartisan majority of Congress voted last year to create the Hotline -- a simple but necessary tool to reduce violence against women in this country. We should not be going back but forward in the fight against domestic violence. Quite frankly, the Subcommittee's actions send the message that, once again, women victims must suffer in silence. The President's Prevention Council The Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary Subcommittee recommended rescinding all unobligated Fiscal Year 1995 funds for the President's Prevention Council. Chaired by Vice President Gore, the President's Prevention Council will help coordinate and integrate the administration of crime prevention programs authorized by the Violent Crime Control Act. In addition, the Council will develop a comprehensive The Honorable Bob Livingston Page 5 catalog of prevention programs, coordinate planning, and provide training and technical assistance. The membership of the Council demonstrates that crime prevention is a top priority for the Clinton Administration. Joining the Vice President as members of the Council are: the Attorney General, the Secretaries of Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Labor, Agriculture, Treasury, and the Interior, and the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. During congressional debate last year over the VCCA, opponents often talked about the redundancy of Federal prevention programs that cut across several separate Departments and agencies. By rescinding the President's Prevention Council funding, your committee will accomplish that criticism, for it will prohibit the overall coordination amongst these programs and integration of their services. This Administration is strongly committed to streamlining government and reducing the deficit. However, it is also committed to an issue that is so important to each and every American -- the fight against crime. The proposed rescissions from the VCCA Trust Fund that you will be considering today greatly thwart our efforts to fight crime. It sends the wrong message to the American public. We should be moving forward not backward from the gains we made last year. We appreciate your consideration of our views. Sincerely, Janet Attorney Reno General Richard Secretary W. of Riley Education Rly Am Donna Secretary E. Shalala of Health and Human Services CC: The Honorable David Obey Ranking Minority Member Promising Community Schools Programs California Healthy Stan - Healthy Start began in 1991, as a state level collaboration between Governor Pete Wilson's office, state departments and agencies, and the Foundation Consortium for School-Linked Services. In 1992, they awarded 3 year grants to 40 local collaboratives to implement comprehensive, integrated, school-linked services. Each site was allowed to design the program that best fit the needs of the community; program models include school-site family resource centers, family service coordination teams, and youth service programs. Some of the early results of Healthy Start have been promising. In programs that had an employment-related goal, there was a 14 percent decrease in the number of individuals who were not employed. Student grades also improved. Based on a four point scale, grade point averages for students in grades K through 8 increased from 1.97 to 2.07. Students in grades K through 12 with the lowest gpa's had the largest increase from 1.26 to 1.47. New Jersey's School Based Youth Services Program - This program was implemented in 1988 and now operates in 30 urban, rural, and suburban school districts, with at least one site per county. Programs are offered at or near secondary, middle, and elementary schools. The program provides young people with a comprehensive set of services including health care, mental health and family counseling, jobs and employment training, substance abuse counseling, and recreation. Because the program has been in operation for six years, they have been able to collect some encouraging data. In Pinelands, the school reported 20 teenage pregnancies in the year before the program, 13 in the start-up year, and only one in the second year. Dropouts and suspensions also decreased dramatically. The number of dropouts decreased from 73 to 24 between the 1989-1990 and the 1990-1991 school years. Suspensions decreased from 322 to 78 during the same period. In Hackensack, the number of fights dropped from 123 to 73 due to an in-school suspension, counseling, and dispute resolution program. The Children's Aid Society's Community Schools, New York, NY -The Children's Aid Society (CAS) is part of the Beacons Program in New York, where 37 schools have been turned into community schools. The schools are open both before and after the traditional 9 to 3 school day. CAS has fully-equipped on-site medical and dental clinics; activities for young people; and classes and services for parents. Parents who have become involved in the program have taken their involvement out into the community; 25 small businesses have been launched, and better relations have been developed with police in a neighborhood that was marked by riots three years ago. Children's attitudes are changing. Graffiti, truancy, and destruction of property are now non-existent. Children who were considered troublemakers in other schools are now among the positive leaders. Although CAS does not have longitudinal data, student test scores and attendance rates, after one year of the program, are higher at the intermediate school than those at a demographically similar school. The mean score on the eighth grade competency test was 79.3 at the CAS school and 64.2 at the comparison school. Attendance rates at the CAS school were also higher (90 percent versus 85 percent). A COMPARISON OF SELECTED FEDERAL CRIME/PREVENTION-RELATED PROGRAMS TARGET YOUTH POPULATION FEDERAL General At-Risk due to Minor In Correctional System - -- Reintegrating PROGRAM BY Population Environment Involvement or FOCUS & or Behavior Affiliation with DEPARTMENT Delinquency/ Treatment/ Institutionalization Rehabilitation Violence INDIVIDUAL YOUTH Gang Resistance Education and Training X X X (GREAT) [TRSRY/DOI] Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) [DOJ/ X X X DOI] Extension Service -- X X X Youth At Risk [DOA] Job Corps [DOL] X X X Summer Youth Employment and Training X X X X Program - Title B [DOL] Youth Fair Chance [DOL] X X X X Year-Round Program for X X X X Youth - Title II C [DOL] High Risk Youth X X X Demonstration [HHS] Family & Community Endeavor Schools Grant X X X X X Program (FACES) [ED] PROGRAM GENERAL AT-RISK MINOR IN TREATMENT/ IN REINTEGRAT- POPULATION POPULATION INVOLVEMENT REHAB. INSTITUTIONS ING Youthbuild [HUD] X X X X X See Title V - Delinquency Prevention Program under x X X COMMUNITITES [DOJ] See AmeriCorps under X X X X COMMUNITIES [CNCS] See Healthy Start under x X X X X FAMILIES [HHS] See Violence Against Women Demonstration x X X x X X Program under FAMILIES [DOJ] FAMILIES & YOUNG CHILDREN Violence Against Women X X X X X X Demonstration Program [DOJ] Healthy Start [HHS] X X X X X Special Projects of Regional and National X X X X X Significance (SPRANS) [HHS] (Tech. Asst.) Children At-Risk (CAR) X X [DOJ] See Family & Community Endeavor Schools Grant x x x X X x Program (FACES)under INDIVIDUAL [ED] PROGRAM GENERAL AT-RISK MINOR IN TREATMENT/ IN REINTEGRAT- POPULATION POPULATION INVOLVEMENT REHAB. INSTITUTIONS ING GROUPS See High Risk Youth Demonstration under X X X INDIVIDUALS [HHS] (Adolescent Females) PROGRAM GENERAL AT-RISK MINOR TREATMENT/ INSTITUTION- REINTEGRAT- POPULATION POPULATION INVOLVEMENT REHAB. ALIZATION ING COMMUNITIES Pulling America's Communities Together X X X (PACT) [DOJ] Comprehensive Communities Program X X X X [DOJ] Operation Weed and Seed X X X X X X [DOJ] Community Policing X X X [DOJ] Title V - Delinquency X X X Prevention Program [DOJ] Community Partnership Demonstration Program X X X (for substance abuse) [HHS] AmeriCorps [CNCS] X X X X See Youth Fair Chance under INDIVIDUALS X x X X [DOL] See Violence Against Women Demonstration X X x X X X Programs under FAMILIES [DOJ] See Federal Interagency Partnership under x X x x X X INSTITUTIONS [DOJ] See Safe Futures under X X x X INSTITUTIONS [DOJ] PROGRAM GENERAL AT-RISK MINOR IN TREATMENT/ IN REINTEGRAT- POPULATION POPULATION INVOLVEMENT REHAB. INSTITUTIONS ING See Healthy Start under x X x X x FAMILIES [HHS] See Special Projects of Regional and National X X X X X Signifigance (SPRANS) under FAMILIES [HHS] See HOPE VI - Urban Revitalization Demonstration Program X X X X X under INSTITUTIONS [HUD] See Family & Community Endeavor Schools Grant X X X x X X Program (FACES) under INDIVIDUAL [ED] See Safe & Drug-Free Schools and Communities X X X X X Federal Activities under INSTITUTIONS [ED] PROGRAM GENERAL AT-RISK MINOR IN TREATMENT/ IN REINTEGRAT- POPULATION POPULATION INVOLVEMENT REHAB. INSTITUTIONS ING INSTITUTIONS Safe Havens [DOJ] X X x X X Safe Futures: Partnerships to Reduce Youth Violence X x X X and Delinquency [DOJ] Federal Interagency X X X X X X Partnership [DOJ] Public Housing Drug Elimination Program x X X X X X [HUD] HOPE VI - Urban Revitalization X X X X X Demonstration Program [HUD] Safe & Drug-Free Schools and Communities Federal X X X x X Activities [ED] Safe Schools Discretionary X X X X X X Grants to LEAs [ED] Improving Basic Programs Operated by LEAs [ED] X X X X (formula grants) State Grants for Drug & Violence Prevention X X X Programs [ED] See Violence Against Women Demonstration X X x X X x Programs under FAMILIES [DOJ] PROGRAM GENERAL AT-RISK MINOR IN TREATMENT/ IN REINTEGRAT- POPULATION POPULATION INVOLVEMENT REHAB. INSTITUTIONS ING See Youth Fair Chance under INDIVIDUAL X x X [DOL] See Family & Community Endeavor Schools Grant X x x X X x Program under INDIVIDUAL [ED] PROGRAM GENERAL AT-RISK MINOR IN TREATMENT/ IN REINTEGRAT- POPULATION POPULATION INVOLVEMENT REHAB. INSTITUTIONS ING, RESEARCH & EVALUATION See Special Projects of Regional and National X x x X x Significance (SPRANS) under FAMILIES [HHS] TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE & TRAINING Safe Schools Discretionary Grants to LEAs under X X X X X X INSTITUTIONS [ED] See Special Projects of Regional and National x x x X X Significance (SPRANS) under FAMILIES [HHS] See State Grants for Drug & Violence Prevention x X X x X X Programs under INSTITUTIONS [ED] See HOPE VI - Urban Revitalization Demonstration Program X X X X X under INSTITUTIONS [HUD] Addendum to BriefingBook THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON March 7, 1994 CRIME LEADERSHIP BRIEFING WITH CALIFORNIA, LOUISIANA, AND ARKANSAS TO: The First Lady DATE: Wednesday, March 9, 1994 LOCATION: Room 450, Old Executive Office Building TIME: 10:30 AM - - 10:40 AM FROM: Steve Hilton, Deputy Assistant to the President for Public Liaison I. PURPOSE This is a substantive briefing for approximately 150 community leaders - including police chiefs, police officers, religious leaders, school superintendents, teachers, local elected officials and other community activists - - from California, Louisiana, and Arkansas about the provisions, benefits and importance of the President's crime initiative. II. BACKGROUND Crime has been defined by the public as its #1 concern and a problem which they would like the President to take stronger action on. This briefing gives us an opportunity to present the President's stance on crime and violence to the people who fight or are impacted by crime in their local communities on a daily basis; in other words, those who are experiencing these problems on a grassroots level. This is the fifth in a series of regional crime briefings. To date, we have held briefings for New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., Illinois, Tennessee, Missouri, Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina. We will continue to hold such briefings once a week through the end of March. III. PARTICIPANTS Secretary Riley, Department of Education Secretary Cisneros, Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary Noble, Department of Treasury Steve Hilton, Deputy Assistant to the President, White House Office of Public Liaison Rick Allen, Special Advisor, Corporation for National Service NOTE: The invitation list was based on recommendations by Members of Congress. Members were invited to greet and/or sit with their constituents during the briefing. See attached list. IV. PRESS PLAN Closed. There will be a stakeout following the briefing. V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS You will enter the holding room of Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building. You will be introduced by Steve Hilton You will make remarks and take questions and answers. VII. ATTACHMENTS Agenda Sequence of Events List of Participants Other Supportive Materials THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON AGENDA CRIME LEADERSHIP BRIEFING OLD EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING ROOM 450 March 9, 1994 ********* WELCOME Steve Hilton Deputy Assistant to the President Deputy Director of Public Liaison * REMARKS Ron Noble Assistant Secretary for Enforcement Department of Treasury * REMARKS Richard Riley Secretary Department of Education *** THE FIRST LADY *** BREAK * REMARKS Henry Cisneros Secretary Department of Housing and Urban Development * SEQUENCE OF EVENTS 9:30 a.m. - - 9:35 a.m. Steve Hilton 9:35 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Ron Noble 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Richard Riley 10:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. THE FIRST LADY 10:40 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Henry Cisneros 11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Rick Allen 11:45 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. Steve Hilton TALKING POINTS Richard Riley -- discuss Safe Schools as well as school to work initiative -- take q & a Ron Noble -- discuss Gun Control, the major pieces of crime bill that we support, as well as our drug control strategy -- take q & a Henry Cisneros --discuss Operation Safe Homes as well as crime prevention in urban areas --take q & a THE FIRST LADY discuss the need for not only government involvement but personal responsibility -- discuss how the President's crime initiative fits into a larger strategy (along with our drug strategy, safe schools, EITC, empowerment zones, community development banks, etc.) to rebuild our nation's communities; i.e., we are making an investment in our communities MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ATTENDING as of 3/8/94, 9:30 AM Rep. Lynn Woolsey -- CA (at end) Rep. Nancy Pelosi -- CA Rep. Maxine Waters -- CA Rep. Bob Filner -- CA Rep. Cleo Fields -- LA March 9 Crime Leadership Briefing List in formation -- as of 2 pm 3/7/94 -- The Honorable Daniel Acuna The Reverend Dr. Emanuel Akognom Mayor Marin City Community Village Baptist City of San Fernando Church San Fernando CA Marin City CA Ms. Bobbie Jean Anderson Mr. Rogue Barros Chairman, Criminal Task Force Executive Director Public Defender's Office Los Ninos Pasadena CA San Ysidro CA Ms. Helen Bernstein Sheriff Bob Blankenship President Sheriff United Teachers of Los Angeles Falkner County Los Angeles CA Conway AR Judge Howard Broadman The Reverend Zedar Broadous Superior Court President Visalia CA San Fernando Valley NAACP Pacoima CA Mr. Dale Broussard The Reverend Amos Brown Sheriff Reverend, Chairman Louisiana Sheriff's Association National Baptist Civil Right's San Francisco CA Major Reginald Brown Mr. Ronald Brown East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Office Deputy Public Defender Baton Rouge LA Black Public Defenders Association Los Angeles CA The Honorable Jeanne M. Buckley Chief Daschel Butler Superior Court Comissioner Chief of Police Sonoma County Juvenile Court Berkeley CA Santa Rosa CA Ms. Jane Callahan Mr. Jeffrey Capaccio, Esquire Executive Director Attorney City of Vallejo "Fighting Back" Project Jackson & Wallace Vallejo CA San Francisco CA Dr. Eugene Casagrande Mr. Andrew Cazares Los Angeles CA Superintendent Hacienda La Puente Unified School District City of Industry CA Mr. Frank Chavez Chief Lou Cobarruviaz Superintendent Chief of Police Richgrove City School District San Jose Police Department Richgrove CA San Jose CA Ms. Loretta Collier Chief William Colston Senior Administrative Hearing Officer Chief of Police California State Parole Commission City of Madera Sacramento CA Madera CA Ms. Deborah Constance Mr. Tim Contillon Executive Director Napa CA A Place Called Home Los Angeles CA Ms. Toni Cook Mr. Joe Coto School Board Director Superintendent Oakland School Board East Side Union High School District Oakland CA San Jose CA The Reverend Betitia Coty Sheriff Glen Craig Shiloh Christian Fellowship Sacramento County Oakland CA Sacramento CA Father Rey Culaba The Honorable Ernest Cunningham Co-Pastor Arkansas State Representative Saint Paul of the Shipwrieck Helena AR San Francisco CA Ms. Nancy Davis Chief Lee Dean Deputy District Attorney Chief of Police Alimo CA Vacaville Police Chief Vacaville CA Jane Decker Captain Thomas Denham Director of Strategic Planning Sheriff County of Santa Clara San Bernadino County Sheriff's San Jose CA Department Grand Terrace CA The Honorable Richard Edwards The Honorable Benjamin Elias Sheriff Councilmember Jennings LA City of Union City Union City CA Mr. Al Ferris Mr. Wilson Fields Ferris, Britton Law Firm City Councilman San Diego CA LA The Honorable Dave Flemming Mr. Glen Ford Vacaville CA Assistant School Superintendent Forrest City AR Mr. James Fox Mr. MacDowell Frazier District Attorney Los Angeles Police Advisory County of San Mateo Committee Redwood City CA Los Angeles CA The Honorable Charles Fuselier Mr. Gil Garcetti Sheriff District Attorney Parish of St. Martin Los Angeles CA St. Martinville LA Mr. Robert Garner Sheriff Chuck Gillingham Director San Jose CA Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Programs San Jose CA Mr. Lawrence Gonzales Mr. Michael Gonzales Prinipal Sierra Madre CA Pacoima Elementary School Sierra Madre CA Mr. Leonard Gordon Mr. Bob Griego Executive Director Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Ella Hill Hurch Community Center County of San Diego San Francisco CA San Diego CA Mr. V.G. Guinses Chief Al Guzman Director Chief of Police Say Yes, Incorporated City of Union City Los Angeles CA Union City CA Ms. Pamela Ham Sargent Bruce Hansen San Pedro CA DARE Program Officer Ventura County Sheriff's Department Thousand Oaks CA Chief Roy Harmon Ms. Alice Harris Chief of Police Executive Director Yuba City Parents of Watts Yuba City CA Los Angeles CA Ms. Taalia Hasan The Honorable Terry Hatter Executive Director Judge West Contra Costa Youth Services U.S. District Court Bureau Los Angeles CA Richmond CA Ms. Francis Hdgjilogiou Chief Dennis Hegwood Greek American Women's Organization Chief of Police Indian Harbour Beach FL Rialto Police Department Rialto CA Ms. Barbara Heller Mr. Norman Heller San Rafael City Council San Rafael CA San Rafael CA Mr. Jim Hernandez Mr. Ron Hewett Gang Prevention Counselor New Connections Concord CA Mr. Ken Hofer The Honorable Michael Honda Community Relations Officer -- Supervisor, First District Neighborhood Policing Santa Clara County San Diego Police Department San Jose CA San Diego CA Mr. Robert Hughes Mr. Ben Jeffers Office of Congressman George Miller Louisiana Governor's Office Pleasant Hill CA Baton Rouge LA Chief Gary Johansen Mr. Clarence Jones Chief of Police Principal Palos Verdes Estates Police Department McKinley Senior High School Palos Verdes Estates CA Baton Rouge LA Sargent James Jorgenson The Honorable John Joseph President Mayor Sacramento Police Officers Association City of Opelausas Sacramento CA Opelausas LA Ms. Sandy Kievman Mrs. Joann LaMotte Director of Activity Program for At Principal Risk Youth Glen Oaks Park Elementary School K.Y.D.S. Baton Rouge LA West Hills CA Mr. David Lehman The Honorable Raywood LeMaire Chief Probation Office Sheriff Eureka CA Parish of Vermilion Abbeville LA Ms. Khristy Lundy Foletta Mr. Joe Marshall Protecting Our Children, A Forum Co-Director Napa CA Omega Boys Club San Francisco CA Sheriff Bob Martinez Mr. Daniel Mazzella Yolo County San Diego CA Woodland CA Dheodosia McKery Sheriff Leroy Meadows companion, Betitia Coty Sheriff of Mississippi County Luxcra AR Chief Ted Mertens Mr. Al Mijares Chief of Police Superintendent Manhattan Beach Police Department Bakersfield City School District Manhattan Beach CA Bakersfield CA Ms. Patricia Miljanich The Reverend Donald Miller Executive Director Allen Temple Baptist Church Legal Services for Children Oakland CA San Francisco CA Captain E.L. Montgomery Ms. Eleanor Montono Commander, Community Services Wilmington CA Bureau Vallejo Police Department Vallejo CA Sargent Michael Morris Mr. Bradley Morrison East Baton Rouge Parish Police Director Department Polly Klaas Foundation Baton Rouge LA Petaluma CA The Honorable Tim Nader Mr. Michael Nevin Mayor City of Chula Vista Chula Vista CA Ms. Eve Nichol Detective Mark Nichol Director Napa Sheriff's Office Polly Klaas Foundation Vallejo CA Napa CA Mr. Harry Pachon The Honorable Esther Padilla Thomas Rivera Center Councilwoman Claremont CA City of Fresno Fresno CA Ms. Betty Pagett Mr. Dave Paulson Director of Education District Attorney Ecumenical Association for Housing Solano County San Rafael CA Fairfield CA Chief Gail Peterson Dr. Marcia Plumleigh Chief of Police Superintendent Ceres Police Department Campbell Union School District Ceres CA Campbell CA Chief Steven Port Chief Stephen Prator Chief of Police Chief of Police Hawthorne Police Department Shreveport Police Department Hawthorne CA Shreveport LA Ms. Irene Redondo-Churchward Sheriff David Renner Executive Director Eureka CA Project Info Community Services Whittier CA Mr. Douglas Ridenour Chief Dominick Rivetti Modesto Police Officers Association Chief of Police Modesto CA City of San Fernando San Fernando CA Chief Andy Romero Captain Ron Ruitt Chief of Police Bell Gardens Police Department Bell Gardens CA Sheriff Warren Rupf Mr. Mitchell Salazar Contra Costa County Sheriff Executive Director;Co-Chair Martinez CA Real Alternatives Program; Mission Violence Project San Fransisco CA Chief Joseph Samuel, Jr. Sheriff Tom Sawyer Chief of Police Sheriff Oakland CA County of Merced Merced CA Mr. Bob Scott Sheriff Glenn Seymour President Madera County United Chambers of Commerce of the Madera CA San Fernando Valley Sherman Oaks CA Sheriff Jerald Shadinger Chief Robert A. Shadley Colusa County Chief of Police Colusa CA Willows Police Department Willows CA Ms. Marcine Shaw Mr. Timothy B. Sottile Councilperson Sherman Oaks CA Compton CA Mr. Danny Staggs Ms. Valerie Stallings President Councilmember Los Angeles Police Protective League San Diego City Council Los Angeles CA San Diego CA Mr. Jeffery Peter Stark Ms. Lavoneia Steele, ED.D. Deputy District Attorney Superintendent Oakland CA Berkeley Unified School District Berkeley CA Mr. Jack Stephens Reverend Hezekiah Stewart Sheriff and Ex-Officio Tax Collector Executive Director Saint Bernard Parish The Watershed Chalmetta LA College Station AR Mr. Mark Stodola Mr. James Summerhouse Prosecuting Attorney International Federation of Professional State of Arkansas, 6th District and Technical Engineers Little Rock AR Mr. Michael Thompson Chief Oliver Thompson Deputy Director, Criminal Justice Police Chief Office City of Inglewood City of Los Angeles Inglewood CA Los Angeles CA Ms. Sally Thompson Mr. Sidney Thompson President Superintendent New Directions for Youth Los Angeles Unified School District Van Nuys CA Los Angeles CA Officer Stephanie Tisdale Chief Larry Todd Los Angeles Police Department Chief of Police Reseda CA Los Gatos Police Department Los Gatos CA Ms. Tammi Tracy Andersland Mr. Fred Travalena Torrance CA Encino CA Chief Michael Trevis The Honorable Harold Turner Bell Police Department Sheriff Bell CA Allen Parish Oberlin LA Sheriff James Tuso Dr. Gerald Uelman Ukiah CA Dean School of Law Santa Clara CA Ms. Margarita Vargas Chief Arturo Venegas, Jr. Chairwoman Chief of Police Baldwin Park CA Sacramento Police Department Sacramento CA Mr. William Violante Mr. Luther Wallace Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Human Rights Resources City of Los Angeles San Rafael CA Los Angeles CA Chief Stephen D. Walpole Sheriff Craig Webre Chief of Police Sheriff and Ex-Officio Tax Collector Scotts Valley Police Department Lafourche Parish Scotts Valley CA Thibodaux LA Sheriff Les Weidman Mr. Ronald White Stanislaus County Sheriff Deputy Public Defender Modesto CA Black Public Defenders Association Cimpton CA Mr. Stephen White The Reverend Cecil Williams District Attorney Pastor County of Sacramento Glide Memorial United Methodist Sacramento CA Church San Francisco CA Mr. Norwood Williams Sheriff Richard Williams Sheriff's Executive Officer San Bernardino County Sheriff's San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Department San Bernardino CA San Bernardino CA Mr. Ed Young Los Angeles Probation Department North Hollywood CA THE CRISIS OF HEALTH CARE & THE CRISIS OF VIOLENT CRIME: Violence takes a heavv toll on our health care system: It overburdens and endangers our health care providers. It threatens the viability of our health care institutions. It adds billions to this nation's health care bill. Counting the indirect costs, both financial and societal, violence is one of the premiere threats to public health in America, and the costliest epidemic we face. "Violence is every bit a public health issue for me and my successors in this century as smallpox, tuberculosis and syphylis were for my predecessors in the last two centuries." C. Everett Koop, U.S. Surgeon General, 1984 VIOLENCE OVERBURDENS AND ENDANGERS PROVIDERS: Uncompensated Care: Trauma patients often require a greater time committment from the provider, particularly as measured in follow-up care, than do elective cases. Services provided in the trauma center often go unreimbursed, compounding the physician's loss of income. Because trauma injuries occur mostly at night, working late and being on 24-hour call is disruptive to some surgeons' lifestyles and can result in their having less time for elective surgeries and office care. One D.C. trauma surgeon reported that in 1991, he and the surgeons on his five-member team each provided more than $100,000 worth of free care to gunshot patients alone. [17] VIOLENCE OVERBURDENS AND ENDANGERS PROVIDERS: Providers Are Increasingly at Risk Themselves: Upon entering one Los Angeles trauma center, 25% of patients were carrying a lethal weapon * Some of these weapons go unnoticed by providers. * In some trauma centers, it is not unusual to assign patients aliases to avoid their being tracked down and further assaulted by their perpetrators. (AMNA) As a result, outbreaks of violence are not uncommon in some emergency departments. Over 70% of nurses working in psychiatric facilities have been assaulted during their career. The majority of injuries occur while attempting to contain patient violence. (AMNA.) * Data suggests that workers at a maximum security forensic hospital are at higher risk of work-related injuries than employees in the most hazardous industry in the country - construction. A recent JAMA article highlights one urban trauma center's "devastating psychosocial effect on physicians and their staff" which the article sites as being minimal compared to the "emotionally dampening and debilitating" experience of underserved local inhabitants who come for treatment. VIOLENCE THREATENS THE VIABILITY OF OUR HEALTH INSTITUTIONS: Inner-city trauma centers are repositories for the victims of violent crime and drug wars because they have to treat those severely injured who often are uninsured and do not pay their bills. [17] Already overburdened public hospitals must continue to meet rising demands with progressively diminishing resources. Overcrowding has reached a new peak of disarray, commonly referred to as emergency department gridlock - numerous interlocking stretchers obstruct the paths between stretchers and the nurses station. The emergency department at King/Drew Medical Center, the only major hospital serving So. Central Los Angeles, was closed to incoming patients 67% of the time in 1991 because of saturated facilities. [16] The ramifications of this are even more detrimental to the public health in light of the fact that 82% of hospital admissions at King/Drew are through the emergency department. This kind of admissions routine is not out of the ordinary. It is largely due to the low socio-economic status of many patients, lacking health insurance, and overcrowded neighborhood outpatient clinics. [16] Such overloading delays treatment and exacerbates the incidence of shock and shock-related organ failures. [16] Conditions of overcrowding tie up already scarce expensive diagnostic and intensive care facilities, increase costs, and unfavorably affect physical outcome of patients. [16] VIOLENCE: The majority of violent injuries, are penetrating injuries -- such as gunshot and knifewounds. Not only are they among the most expensive injuries to treat; the incidence of these injuries is rapidly increasing. The average charge per hospital admission for a trauma patient is three times higher than that for a regular acute care admission. [17] Urgently needed trauma care disrupts hospital routines and physicians' private practices and lifestyles, and upsets some private patients. [17] At one hospital surveyed by GAO, surgeries, including 15 colon surgeries, were postponed for up to 3 weeks because of trauma disruption. Hospitals rely heavily on their paying customers to reimburse them for the financial losses they incur when treating uninsured trauma victims. But, many hospital officials fear these paying patients will avoid the trauma care environment and seek services elsewhere, causing the hospital to lose revenue. [17] INDIRECT COSTS TO PROVIDERS: In 1989, about 80% of gunshot and stabbing victims treated in some urban trauma centers were uninsured, underinsured, or Medicaid- eligible. [17] Hospitals have been forced to hire more security guards, install metal detectors, and take other safety precautions. [17] Some hospitals are finding it increasingly difficult to attract and retain qualified surgeons becasue of the effects of trauma care on physicians' income and lifestyle. [17] Rises in unreimbursed trauma care costs have paralleled the increases in penetrating injuries associated with crime and violence. [17] HEALTH CARE COSTS ADDED TO THE NATION'S BILL AS A RESULT OF VIOLENCE: The average cost of any violent injury (fatal and nonfatal) = $44,000 in $1992 (Miller) Direct health care costs alone due to violent injuries are estimated at $5.7 billion per year. (30)[1] Our health care system treats 1.5 million victims of violent crime every year, according to the National Institute of Justice. (8) [23] Approximately 85% of hospital costs for treatment of penetrating trauma (firearms and stabbings) are unreimbursed and subsequently cost-shifted onto the privately insured. (34a) Up to 30% of emergency room visits by women are the result of injuries from domestic violence, which accounts for over 1.4 million doctor visits each year. [1] Talking Points Crime Leadership Day Wednesday, March 9, 1994 THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR OUR LEADERSHIP DAY ON THE CRIME BILL. YOUR SUPPORT IN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN ENSURING THAT WE GET A TOUGH, SMART CRIME BILL TO HELP MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES FEEL SAFE AGAIN. WE ASKED YOU TO COME HERE FOR A REASON: WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO ARE ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE WAR ON CRIME - GET THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES YOU NEED TO WIN IT. WE KNOW WE CAN'T WIN THIS WAR FROM WASHINGTON. BUT IT'S TIME WASHINGTON GOT OFF THE SIDELINES AND STARTED GIVING YOU A HAND. OVER THE LAST DECADE, NO ISSUE HAS SEEN MORE GRIDLOCK, MORE DEMAGOGUERY, AND MORE STALLING ON BEHALF OF THE SPECIAL INTERESTS THAN CRIME. IT'S TIME TO CHANGE THAT. WE HAVE STARTED BY BREAKING 7 YEARS OF GRIDLOCK ON THE BRADY BILL, WHICH IS ALREADY SHOWING RESULTS. BEFORE PASSING THE BRADY BILL, MILLIONS OF FIREARMS IN THIS COUNTRY WERE SOLD ON THE HONOR SYSTEM. NOW, WITH THE BRADY LAW, WE'RE ASKING LEGITIMATE GUN OWNERS TO WAIT 5 DAYS so THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN CHECK TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT PUTTING GUNS IN THE HANDS OF CRIMINALS. THOSE OF YOU FROM CALIFORNIA KNOW THAT THE BRADY BILL WILL WORK. SINCE 1989, MORE THAN 20,000 SALES HAVE BEEN BLOCKED UNDER CALIFORNIA'S 15-DAY WAITING PERIOD AND BACKGROUND CHECK. AND ON THE VERY FIRST DAY THAT BRADY WENT INTO EFFECT, 9 PROHIBITED PERSONS TRIED TO BUY GUNS IN KENTUCKY AND 8 IN COLORADO - INCLUDING TWO FELONS WITH OUTSTANDING WARRANTS, WHO WERE SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED BY THE LOCAL POLICE. PRESIDENT CLINTON WANTS TO BUILD ON BRADY AND PASS A TOUGH, SMART CRIME BILL A BILL THAT PUTS SOCIETY'S MOST VIOLENT OFFENDERS AWAY FOR LIFE, BUT GIVES YOUNG OFFENDERS A SECOND CHANCE BY PUTTING THEM IN BOOT CAMPS AND GIVING THEM THE DRUG TREATMENT OR JOB TRAINING THEY NEED TO TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND. HE WANTS A CRIME BILL THAT PUTS 100,000 MORE POLICE ON THE STREET IN COMMUNITY POLICING WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS TO CATCH CRIMINALS AND PREVENT CRIME. AND HE WANTS TO BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS AND KEEP THEM OUT OF THE HANDS OF OUR CHILDREN. I HAVE A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THE FATE OF OUR NATION'S CHILDREN AND HOW VIOLENCE INTERFERES WITH THEIR NATURAL RIGHT TO HAVE A SAFE AND HOPEFUL CHILDHOOD. AN ESTIMATED 160,000 KIDS STAY HOME FROM SCHOOL EVERY DAY BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO AFRAID TO GET THERE. THE NUMBERS OF CHILDREN NOW BEING KILLED BY GUNS -- AS WELL AS USING THEM -- HAVE SKYROCKETED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. ACCORDING TO A RECENT CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND STUDY, TODAY AND EVERY DAY 13 YOUNG KIDS ARE KILLED BY GUNS. AND FROM 1985 TO 1990 THE NUMBER OF 15-YEAR OLD MALES CHARGED WITH MURDER JUMPED 217%. IN AMERICA'S TOUGHEST NEIGHBORHOODS, MEANEST STREETS, AND POOREST RURAL AREAS, WE HAVE SEEN A STUNNING BREAKDOWN OF COMMUNITY, FAMILY AND WORK -- THE HEART AND SOUL OF CIVILIZED SOCIETY. THIS HAS CREATED A VAST VACUUM INTO WHICH VIOLENCE, DRUGS AND GANGS HAVE MOVED. SO, EVEN AS WE SAY NO TO CRIME, WE MUST GIVE PEOPLE -- ESPECIALLY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE - - SOMETHING TO SAY YES TO. AND THAT'S WHY A SMART CRIME BILL WILL INCLUDE PREVENTION PROGRAMS TARGETED TO OUR NATION'S YOUTH. BUT AS WE WORK TO PASS THE CRIME BILL, LETS RECOGNIZE THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO CHANGE OUR BEHAVIOR. GOVERNMENT CAN'T SOLVE THIS PROBLEM ON ITS OWN. FAMILIES NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR CHILDREN. INDIVIDUALS NEED TO TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN ACTIONS. AND COMMUNITIES NEED TO CHALLENGE THEIR CITIZENS TO STAND UP FOR COMMON DECENCY AND REFUSE TO ACCEPT THE UNACCEPTABLE ANYMORE. AND WITH YOUR HELP, WE CAN START MAKING A DIFFERENCE. Clinton Presidential Records Digital Records Marker This is not a presidential record. This is used as an administrative marker by the William J. Clinton Presidential Library Staff. This marker identifies the place of a publication. Publications have not been scanned in their entirety for the purpose of digitization. To see the full publication please search online or visit the Clinton Presidential Library's Research Room. CRIME and VIOLENCE PRES PIR THE OF ENT OF ATAS THE UNITED Let's give our children a future. Let us take away their guns and give them books. Let us overcome their despair and replace it with hope. Let us, by our example, teach them to obey the law, respect our neighbors, and cherish our values. Let us weave these sturdy threads into a new American community that can once more stand strong against the forces of despair and evil because everybody has a chance to walk into a better tomorrow. - President Clinton State of the Union Address January 25, 1994 Briefing Synopsis

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