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SERVING FRESNO Every Neighborhood Partnership helps facilitate relationships between churches and neighborhoods in Fresno, who then work together to meet the needs of their school, their neighborhood and the families who live there. Our vision is to have at least one church partnering with every neighborhood in Fresno |
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Residents and Stakeholders within the communities comprise the steering committee which decides the direction of the Weed & Seed Initiative. Understanding the importance of empowering residents, all residents are strongly encouraged to hold leadership positions on the steering committee, and sub-committees to help implement the goals and objectives of the strategy. Weed and Seed is foremost a strategy-rather than a grant program-that aims to prevent, control, and reduce violent crime, drug abuse, and gang activity in designated high-crime neighborhoods across the country. The strategy involves a two-pronged approach: law enforcement agencies and prosecutors cooperate in "weeding out" violent criminals and drug abusers, and public agencies and community-based private organizations collaborate to "seed" much-needed human services, including prevention, intervention, treatment, and neighborhood restoration programs. A community-oriented policing component bridges the weeding and seeding elements. MISSIONOur mission is to unite and empower area residents, so as to collaborate and coordinate with law enforcement, civic entities, and other community-based organizations to leverage resources that serve the strategic plan, programs, goals, objectives and milestones of our Weed and Seed Strategy as an effort to improve the quality of life in a targeted area.
FEATURED SERVICESStrengthening Communities Program Management CRIME PREVENTION RESOURCES
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LEARN MOREWant to learn more about Weed and Seed, contact us directly or visit the Community Capacity Development Office website at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ccdo/welcome Visit CCDO's online newsletter publication at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ccdo/insites/about.html
The In-Sites quarterly e-pub consists of several sections listed at the left of the screen: law enforcement, community policing, prevention (including intervention and treatment), neighborhood restoration, reentry, and American Indian/Alaska Native affairs. Each section contains stories from the field highlighting effective strategies, important events, strong community leaders, and grassroots efforts to improve our neighborhoods. With more than 300 officially recognized Weed and Seed sites throughout the country, there are numerous stories that should be shared, so don't forget to check past issues as well. |
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The central focus of Weed & Seed is to build collaborations with community stakeholders, residents, for and non-profit organizations, federal, state, and local government. One of Weed & Seed's major objectives is creating opportunities to sustain the program after funding is concluded, and this coincides with Weed & Seed's mission. Three focal points for Weed & Seed Sites are Collaboration, Coordination, and Cooperation. With the lack of funding throughout the city and nation Weed & Seed's model of bringing partners together to tap into viable resources that are not being maximized by area residents and stakeholders alike lends to the concept of Collaboration, Coordination, and Cooperation.
The Strategy has two major components: Weeding and Seeding. Weeding consist of removing all negative elements out of the community. We work primarily with law enforcement agencies that handle this portion of the strategy. We have developed and sustained relationships with the Fresno Police Department, Fresno County Sheriff, Drug Enforcement Agency, and California Department of Justice. The seeding side of the strategy focuses on working with agencies addressing the needs of the community through Neighborhood Revitalization, Community Policing, Workforce Development, and prevention, intervention and treatment. These agencies range from city government partners, local non-profit organizations, for-profit partners, financial institutions, and various additional partners that have a stake in the targeted area. 
Fresno On Watch is an organization of citizens and community leaders with intent to prevent crime and assist victims. To view crimes statistics, internet resources, protecting children resource page is here to help you become safer and wiser about crime prevention.