RESOLUTION NO. 230129
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Sponsor: Councilmember Ryana Parks-Shaw
RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to present a funding plan that will result in the City contributing $30 million from Unappropriated Fund Balance for the purpose of funding the local strategies outlined in the Blueprint for Violence Prevention and Healthy Communities and directing the City Manager to present the funding plan to Council before or at the same time as the presentation of the annual budget, if possible, but in no event any later than 24 hours prior to the first public budget meeting.
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WHEREAS, the Violence Free Kansas City Committee (VFKCC) was formed by the Kansas City Health Commission in February 2014 to implement coordinated strategies that prevent and deter violence; and
WHEREAS, the VFKCC created the KC Blueprint for Violence Prevention and a Safe and Healthy Community ("KC Blueprint"), a city-wide multi-sectoral collective impact effort of public and private entities, with the mission to ensure that violence prevention and deterrence efforts are coordinated and rooted in the public health and community resilience approaches; and
WHEREAS, through this blueprint, the Kansas City, Missouri Health Department, the Health Commission, and VFKCC strive to reduce violence and trauma through evidence-based and best practices that mobilize residents, multiple government departments, the business sector, faith community, nonprofits, neighborhood groups, school districts, and more to explicitly state actions various community sectors can take to increase resilience factors (factors that protect against violence) and reduce risk factors (factors that increase the likelihood of violence); and
WHEREAS, leveraging evidence-based and best practices, as well as existing initiatives and partnerships, the KC Blueprint provides a path forward for Kansas Citians to create safe neighborhoods and prevent multiple forms of violence; and
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