ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, it is the finding of the City of Chicago City Council that extreme, concentrated gun violence is traumatizing entire neighborhoods ofthis city resulting in murder, permanent disability, fear, family disruption and mental health issues: and
WHEREAS, this body further finds such chronic mayhem within these communities has led to lack of private investment and jobs as well as reduced educational attainment among its most vulnerable young citizens; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it necessary to actively restore and promote the peace by specifically targeting those areas that are disproportionately impacted by extreme gun violence with a comprehensive system of public health prevention, violence intervention, and holistic development for families and individuals most at risk to be the victims of gun violence; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Office Created
The Mayor's Office of Gun Violence Prevention, herein after referred to as MOGVP, is hereby created that will identify no more than fifteen of Chicago's community areas that have the highest prevalence of gun violence victims per census tract. The MOGVP shall utilize the following factors to determine the portions of the fifteen communities that qualify for resources:
per capita number of gun shootings;
total number of shootings;
poverty rates;
unemployment rates; and
the number of residents returning to communities from Cook County Jail or the Illinois Department of Corrections annually.
Those portions of these fifteen communities that have been identified by census tract as experiencing extreme levels of gun violence (as defined above) shall receive targeted services to be delivered by community-based agencies supported by the City of Chicago as well as private resources to reduce gun violence victimization in the areas so identified.
The MOGVP shall be led by the Director of Gun Violence Prevention, a position that reports directl...
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