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New data
show
violent
crime
fell
30%-70%
in areas
served
by 4 of
Detroit’s
ShotStoppers
groups
By Jean
Davis
tellusdetroit.com
DETROIT-
New data
from
Detroit's
ShotStoppers
CVI
program
shows
significant
reductions
in
homicides
and
non-fatal
shootings
in five
of the
six CVI
Zones.
The
report
compares
homicides
and
shootings
in CVI
and
non-CVI
areas
from
February
1, 2024
- April
30,
2024, to
the
previous
year.
Four out
of five
organizations
received
the
program's
quarterly
bonus
for
reducing
violent
crime.
Five
ShotStopper
areas
had
violence
reductions
of 22%,
exceeding
the
average
reduction
of 20%
outside
the
areas.
Force
Detroit
saw a
67%
reduction,
New Era
saw a
53%
reduction,
Detroit
300 saw
a 42%
reduction,
and
Detroit
Friends
and
Family
saw a
33%
reduction.
Detroit
Peoples
Community
saw a
22%
reduction
but no
performance
bonus
this
quarter.
“Building
on the
program’s
success
in its
2nd
Quarter,
we are
encouraged
to see
even
more
progress
this
time
around
as
groups
make
adjustments
to their
strategies
to meet
the
unique
needs of
each CVI
zone and
reduce
violent
crime,”
said
Deputy
Mayor
Todd
Bettison.
“With
four
groups
receiving
performance
bonuses
based on
real
results,
even
more
money
will be
invested
into the
organizations
doing
the work
on the
ground
in our
neighborhoods.”
“Building
on the
program’s
success
in its
2nd
Quarter,
we are
encouraged
to see
even
more
progress
this
time
around
as
groups
make
adjustments
to their
strategies
to meet
the
unique
needs of
each CVI
zone and
reduce
violent
crime,”
said
Deputy
Mayor
Todd
Bettison.
“With
four
groups
receiving
performance
bonuses
based on
real
results,
even
more
money
will be
invested
into the
organizations
doing
the work
on the
ground
in our
neighborhoods.”
While
many
cities
around
the
country
provide
funding
for CVI
programs,
what
makes
the City
of
Detroit
so
unique
is its
performance-based
approach
that
measures
and
rewards
outcomes.
Bettison
says
based on
the
results
so far,
the City
has
extended
the
program
for
another
year for
four of
the six
groups
that
achieved
significant
declines
in their
third
quarter.
Through
the
ShotStoppers
initiative,
six
community-based
organizations
are
implementing
their
own
violence
prevention
strategies
in a
defined
“CVI
Zone,”
serving
neighborhoods
hardest
hit by
violence.
Four
groups
earn
performance
incentives
Groups
are
measured
by the
number
of
homicides
and
non-fatal
shootings
in their
Zone
compared
to areas
of the
City not
served
by CVI
and can
earn
significant
performance
grants
by
achieving
reductions.
In the
third
quarter
of the
program,
four
ShotStoppers
earned
performance
grants:
• FORCE
Detroit
earned a
performance
grant of
$175,000
for
achieving
a 67%
reduction
in
homicides
and
non-fatal
shootings
in its
westside
CVI Zone
that
includes
the
Warrendale
and
Franklin
Park
neighborhoods.
• New
Era
Community
Connection
earned a
performance
grant of
$175,000
for
achieving
a 53%
reduction
in
homicides
and
non-fatal
shootings
in its
westside
CVI Zone
that
includes
the
Harmony
Village
and
Bethune
Community
neighborhoods.
•
Detroit
300
earned a
performance
grant of
$175,000
for
achieving
a 42%
reduction
in
homicides
and
non-fatal
shootings
in its
westside
CVI Zone
that
includes
the
Grandmont
and
Hubbell-Lyndon,
neighborhoods.
•
Detroit
Friends
and
Family
earned a
performance
grant of
$87,500
for a
33%
violence
reduction
in its
eastside
CVI Zone
that
includes
the
Outer
Drive-Hayes
neighborhood
and
nearby
areas.
Detroit
300 has
seen
very
promising
results
in the
3rd
Quarter
after a
strategy
pivot,
working
with
other
successful
CVI
groups
including
Force
Detroit
and
Detroit
Friends
and
Family.
President
Eric
Ford of
Detroit
300
talked
of how
they
have
been
able to
see the
results
they did
this
quarter.
“We have
been
proactively
going
into our
communities
talking
to
folks,
helping
people.
We also
have
hired
violence
interrupters,
and that
helps us
as an
organization
to have
more
boots on
the
ground.”
“What
Detroit
300 has
done in
collaboration
with the
other
ShotStopper
organizations
is just
awesome,”
said
Deputy
Mayor
Todd
Bettison.
“Bringing
these
hard-working
groups
together
to
better
serve
the
residents
of
Detroit
was one
of the
outcomes
we hoped
to
achieve
through
this
initiative.”
The six
ShotStoppers
groups
began
work on
August
1, 2023,
with
much of
the
first
quarter
dedicated
to
program
start-up.
During
the
second
quarter,
Force
Detroit
and
Detroit
Friends
and
Family
saw a
reduction
of 72%
and 48%
respectively.
Now that
the
ShotStoppers
program
has
completed
their
third
quarter,
the
program
has
showed
even
greater
results,
with
five
groups
achieving
declines
comparable
to or
greater
than the
citywide
trend:
Organization
Change
in CVI
Score
FORCE
Detroit
-67%
New Era
Community
Connection
-53%
Detroit
300 -42%
Detroit
Friends
and
Family
-33%
Detroit
People’s
Community
-22%
Non-CVI
Areas
Citywide
-20%
Wayne
Metro/Denby
Neighborhood
Alliance/Camp
How
ShotStoppers
works
ShotStoppers
is made
possible
with a
$10
million
investment
from
President
Biden’s
American
Rescue
Plan
Act.
Each
ShotStoppers
group
receives
a base
budget
of
$175,000
per
quarter
to
implement
their
violence
prevention
strategy.
Each
group
can earn
up to
$175,000
more in
performance
grants
each
quarter
by
achieving
reductions
in
violence.
While
each
group’s
strategy
varies,
many use
staff
with
lived
experience
of
violence
to
intervene
and
peacefully
resolve
disputes
before
they
turn
violent,
as well
as
mentor
at-risk
individuals
to help
them
pursue
other
paths.
Performance
is
measured
by
comparing
the “CVI
Score” –
equal to
homicides
multiplied
by two
plus
non-fatal
shootings
– within
each
group’s
Zone to
the same
quarter
during
the
prior
year. To
earn a
performance
grant, a
grantee
must 1)
reduce
the CVI
Score
below
its
prior-year
level
and 2)
achieve
a
decline
at least
10
percentage
points
greater
than the
decline
in areas
of the
City not
served
by CVI.
Groups
that
beat the
citywide
trend by
10 – 19
percentage
points
earn
$87,500,
and
groups
that
beat the
trend by
20
percentage
points
or more
earn
$175,000
for that
quarter.
Based on
the
program
results
so far,
Mayor
Duggan
and
Deputy
Mayor
Bettison
have
extended
the
program
for one
year
(from
summer
2024
through
summer
2025)
for four
groups:
FORCE
Detroit,
Detroit
Friends
and
Family,
New Era
Community
Connection,
and
Detroit
People’s
Community.
In
addition,
the
Administration
extended
the
program
for
three
months
(from
summer
2024
through
early
fall
2024)
for the
other
two
ShotStoppers
groups:
Detroit
300 and
Wayne
Metro/Denby
Alliance/Camp
Restore.
This
extension
will
provide
the
groups
additional
time to
implement,
refine,
and
measure
their
strategies,
with the
goal of
achieving
the
types of
reductions
seen in
other
Zones.
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