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mike.j.myers@portlandoregon.gov Public Safety Service Area 1120 SW 5th Avenue Mike Myers, Deputy City Administrator Portland, OR 97204 503-865-6047 Response memo to FY2025 Budget Note: Budget and Reporting Structure Analysis for Office of Violence Prevention and Ceasefire February 2025 Executive Summary Gun violence in Portland surged dramatically from 2019-2022, disproportionately affecting Black Portlanders, who account for over 40% of victims despite being 6.5% of the population. In response, the City implemented a data-driven Community Violence Intervention (CVI) strategy through the Office of Violence Prevention (OVP) and the Ceasefire program. Community violence intervention (CVI) is a non-punitive, community-led approach to reducing violence. CVI programs use evidence-based strategies to engage individuals and groups at the highest risk of being victims or perpetrators of violence (Giffords Center for Violence Intervention, 2024). The goal is to interrupt the cycle of violence and retaliation and establish relationships between individuals and community assets to deliver services that save lives, address trauma, provide opportunity and improve the physical, social and economic conditions that drive violence (U.S. Department of Justice, 2024). Portland’s CVI programs include: • Intensive Case Management: Providing individually tailored support services to those at highest risk. • Environmental design: Using principles of Placemaking and Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) to create, restore or improve public spaces where the community can gather and feel safe. • Group Violence Intervention (GVI): Holding “call-in” meetings where members of violent groups hear from law enforcement, social service providers, concerned community members and other groups. • Hospital-Based Violence Intervention programs (HVIPs): Engaging survivors of group violence in emergency departments to offer tailored support services with the goal of reducing the chance of retaliation. These efforts have contributed to a 29.4% reduction in fatal and injury shootings since July 2022, preventing an estimated 15 homicides and 43 injuries in 2023 and generating $50 million in cost savings—a return of $5.26 for every dollar invested. While these results are promising, limited program-level data hinders full evaluation. To address this, a new data platform, Apricot 360, will launch in 2025 to enable more robust analysis. This memo recommends institutionalizing OVP and Ceasefire funding to sustain progress, strengthen accountability, and ensure continued reductions in gun violence by centralizing leadership, enhancing programs, and scaling programming. Portlandgov PortlandORGov @PortlandGov The City of Portland is committed to providing meaningful access. To request translation, interpretation, modifications, accommodations, or other auxiliary aids or services contact 311 (503-823-4000), for Relay Service & TTY: 711

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