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Attachment B <br />Ramsey County Youth Violence Response Proposal <br />HF 4624 (Rep. Her)/SF 4286 (Sen. Murphy) <br /> <br />Recent increases in violent behavior by young These homes will be developed in collaboration <br />with community and will include continuous <br />people, particularly carjackings, has brought more <br />learning with and from these youth and their <br />attention to a longstanding problem. A lack of <br />culturally appropriate, community-based out of families and service providers to improve the <br />home placement options and other interventions treatment and services we can provide to these <br />for youth who engage in serious delinquent young people. <br />behavior has been a broadly recognized problem for <br />years. Subdivision 2 funds grants that will be used for <br /> <br /> <br />youth violence prevention and family support to <br />Subdivision 1 funds Ramsey County to create up to <br />boost the effectiveness of these treatment homes. <br />25 community-based and culturally specific <br />placements in up to 7 secure intensive treatment <br />Community based grantees will be required to: <br />homes. Youth placed in these residential settings <br /> Create family support groups and resources <br />will receive intensive wraparound therapeutic and <br />to support families during the time a young <br />social services. <br />person is placed out-of-home and support <br /> <br />the family through the period of post- <br />Placement at the State’s juvenile correctional <br />placement reentry. This can be peer-to-peer <br />facility in Redwing, other secure facilities, and adult <br />support for families, as well as mental <br />certification will still be an option for those who <br />health and other community support. <br />commit the most severe offenses; but for others, <br />more supportive and sometimes secure placements <br /> Create community-based sites for conflict <br />in the community close to family and community, <br />or crisis de-escalation to prevent <br />and other interventions, can prevent behavior from <br />incarceration or further systems <br />reaching the most serious level in the first place. <br />involvement. Law enforcement can bring <br /> <br />youth to these sites for short-term stays to <br />These homes will further Ramsey County’s goal of <br />de-escalate a situation and get families to <br />keeping youth closer to family, community, and <br />needed support services. <br />natural supports, in culturally appropriate, <br />community-based, and family-engaged sites, <br /> Establish additional meaningful <br />services, and activities. <br />employment opportunities for systems- <br />involved youth. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Supporters of this proposal include: The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners, The Ramsey County Attorney, <br />the Ramsey County Sheriff, and the Minnesota Business Partnership <br /> <br />Questions? Contact Government Relations Specialist Melissa Finnegan, Melissa.Finnegan@ramseycounty.us, 651-278-8374 <br /> <br />