City of Los Angeles: Community Law Enforcement and Recovery (CLEAR) Program; Central Bureau Family Justice Center (FJC)County of Los Angeles: Crime Reduction and Public Safety Improvement Initiative

The disparate jurisdictions of the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles County will use FY 24 JAG funds to enhance public safety in two areas. First, the Community Law Enforcement and Recovery (CLEAR) Program will receive support to target gang violence through cross-agency collaboration between law enforcement and prosecutors, focusing on high-crime areas. The program will partially fund nine CLEAR positions within each of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, Los Angeles Probation Department, and Los Angeles City Attorney's Office. Second, the City will expand victim services at two Family Justice Centers (FJCs): Central Bureau FJC and Valley Bureau FJC to improve access to justice for domestic violence and sexual assault victims. This includes legal advocacy, restraining order filing assistance, intake assessment services, safety planning etc. A pilot Restraining Order Clinic at the Valley FJC will enhance protective measures for DV survivors. JAG funding will also support DV-related multidisciplinary training, data collection system, and program and grant management and oversight. The City will act as the fiscal agent.

The County of Los Angeles will use their FY 24 JAG funds to reduce crime and improve public safety through its Crime Reduction and Public Safety Improvement Initiative focusing on gang crime reduction, public safety enhancement, and intervention programs for at-risk youth. County's proposal includes a Trauma Preventive Initiative to reduce violence-related injuries and deaths and plans to enhance crime prevention and youth education efforts with additional contractors. Key strategies include alternative sentencing programs, trauma prevention, adjudication, mentoring, crime prevention, restorative justice, and re-entry programs.

JAG 24 programs will be serving the City and County of Los Angeles, particularly within the CLEAR Sites: Northeast, Newton, Southeast, Foothill, Southwest, Boyle Heights, Ramona Gardens, 77th, and Rampart; and the LAPD Central and Valley Bureaus.