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  2013 Grantee Celebration and Awards Ceremony highlights

  On Thursday, April 25, 2013 Oakland Unite hosted a celebration for the programs and participants. At least one staff representative from each organization in the Oakland Unite community were in attendance.  The event was held at the West Oakland Senior Center, 1724 Adeline Street. Slide 1-2: Sara Bedford gave an introduction, as did Jose Dorado, [...]

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  Oakland Unite in the Media

  Oakland Unite has been on the radio twice recently with KQED Forum in discussions of gun violence.   Listen to Oakland Unite grantee representative Cindy Hill-Ford of Catholic Charities of the East Bay describe how Oakland Unite is working to reduce homicides and shootings in Oakland, as part of a KQED Forum radio show, “Living [...]

• The Way Out

  The Way Out is an initiative supported by Oakland Unite, with additional funding from an Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency (OJJDP) grant.  The Way Out will be sharing a series of Public Service Announcements developed with One Bay Creative that address the serious problem of street violence in Oakland. Here is an exclusive preview. [...]

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  Messengers 4 Change Works With East Oakland Residents to End Gun Violence

  Messengers4Change are Oakland residents who want to stand up against violence in their communities, supported by the Oakland Unite Community Engagement Coordinator. The group originally formed in and focused on East Oakland but will be expanding to other areas of Oakland soon.  Messengers4Change participate in peace marches, create baskets for homicide victim’s families, work with [...]

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  CYO Mediates Violent Conflict through Oakland Street Outreach

  California Youth Outreach (CYO), supported by Oakland Unite, provides services to high risk youth and young adults in Central and East Oakland. Through street outreach in targeted hot spots, trained CYO staff members get to know young people and are able to offer them case management services and conflict mediation to prevent the escalation of [...]

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  Juvenile Justice Center Wraparound Services

  The Juvenile Justice Center (JJC) Strategy is a collaboration between Oakland Unite, Alameda County Probation Department, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), Alameda County Health Care Services (HCSA), and funded community based organizations.  The focus of this strategy is to promote school re-engagement and academic progress, adherence to probation terms, and disengagement from the Juvenile Justice [...]

About Oakland Unite

All Oakland Unite’s programs target our highest risk community members and neighborhoods, with a particular focus on interrupting violence now as it is occurring.

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Grantee Corner

Oakland Unite’s violence prevention funding is allocated toward specific best practice strategies that intervene with target populations most at risk for being perpetrators or victims of violence.

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Research & Reports

Oakland’s communities are affected by violence at vastly different levels. Oakland Unite’s resources have been distributed with consideration given to a stressor analysis which has been updated periodically. This most recent 2011 Stressor Report update was compiled for Measure Y by Urban Strategies Council, utilizing 2010 Census data and Fiscal Year 2010-11 school and crime [...]

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Our Program Strategies

• Youth Services

• Family Violence

• Reentry Services

• Crisis Intervention

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  Youth Services

  This strategy provides funding for trained personnel who outreach and provide services to at-risk youth and young adults both after and in school, including counseling, employment training, academic support, mentoring, and other support to keep kids in school.

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  Family Violence

  This strategy provides funding for three areas of needed services: crisis intervention services for victims of family violence; direct services, counseling and support to CSEC in their transition out of exploitation, and mental health services to young children (0-5 years of age) exposed to violence.

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  Reentry Services

  This strategy provides funding for staff who assist young adults on parole or probation returning to Oakland from incarceration with case management, employment skills and job readiness training and employment placement.

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  Crisis Intervention

  This strategy provides funding for trained personnel who conduct outreach, community organizing, and provide services to the most at risk youth and young adults, who are most likely to be victims and/or perpetrators of violence, and their families. These services are provided in coordination with Oakland Police Department in order to maximize impact.

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