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2025 Violence Prevention and Reduction
Mission Statement Reduce violence through prevention programming and violence prevention efforts in Illinois. These programs address all forms of interpersonal violence, family violence, youth violence and community safety by applying evidence-based practices.
Program Goals and Objectives
  1. Through the Bullying Prevention programs, address school climates and culture to help reduce bullying of school-aged children.
    1. Through the Ceasefire/Communities Partnering 4 Peace programs, prevent violence (shootings and homicides) through mediation of interpersonal conflicts that lead to initial violent incidents or retaliatory events.
      1. Through Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention programs, provide evidence-based direct services to youth and young adults at risk of experiencing or engaging in high risk behavior and violence, with an emphasis on trauma-informed practices.
        1. Through Working 4 Peace programs, provide educational strategies and job credential skills training to prepare young adults experiencing violence, at risk for violence, and those with criminal records, for employment.
          1. Through the Violence Prevention and Reduction (VPR) programs, provides for violence prevention and reduction services and strategies, to mediate and intervene with conflicts, and provide other supports to reduce the shooting and homicide incidents in high need communities.
            Source of Funds General Revenue Fund, ICJIA Violence Prevention Fund, Criminal Justice Information Projects Fund, Illinois State Crime Stoppers Association Fund Statutory Authority 20 ILCS 3930/7
            Fiscal Year 2026 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2025 Actual Fiscal Year 2025 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2024 Actual Fiscal Year 2023 Actual
            Input Indicators
            Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) $ 58,232.0 $ 40,005.1 $ 0.0 $ 51,337.9 $ 84,905.1
            Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) $ 58,232.0 $ 40,005.1 $ 0.0 $ 51,337.9 $ 84,905.1
            Average monthly full-time equivalents 22.0 22.0 0.0 39.0 34.0
            Output Indicators
            CeaseFire/Communities Partnering 4 Peace - Number of initial mediations performed (a) 4,500 4,446 2,000 1,937 3,191
            Community-Based Violence Prevention - Number of persons served through street intervention, counseling and therapy, case-management and youth development (a) 37,500 37,164 25,000 23,797 7,463
            Safer Foundation - Number of assessed individuals who are enrolled in the Working 4 Peace Program (a) 625.0 602.0 310.0 308.0 143.0
            Violence Prevention and Reduction program participants served (a) 151,000 150,514 95,000 94,053 60,704
            Bullying Prevention - Number of new participants (b) 4,000 3,767 4,850 4,814 N/A
            Outcome Indicators
            Safer Foundation - Number of participants placed in employment 40.0 36.0 50.0 25.0 60.0
            VPR - Number of staff demonstrating increased skills and understanding of trauma-informed framework (a) 160.0 151.0 75.0 73.0 224.0
            Footnotes
            Full implementation and increased outreach caused the increase. Start-up delays in quarter 1 caused the decrease.

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