Thank you Orca K-8 Penny Harvest for choosing SNG as your Grant Recipient!
We recently were awarded Orca K-8 School's Penny Harvest grant! Penny Harvest is a service-learning youth philanthropy program where youth between the ages of 4 and 18 convert their natural passion for others into action by collecting pennies and turning them into grants for community organizations. They studied community needs and organizations and chose to donate to us! Thanks Orca K-8!
"Increased GOTS Funding Helps More Folks." Central District News.
Seattle’s "Drug Market Initiative" from the Central District News
July 1 East African SPD Advisory Meeting
July 1 Southwest Precinct Advisory Council
July 8 SNG Board Meeting
July 10 North Precinct Picnic
July 13 Rainier Beach Merchants Association Meeting
July 14 East Precinct Executives Committee Meeting
July 16 Be Safe Workshop in Belltown/Denny Regrade
July 17 Bridging the Gap: 70's & 80's Old School Dance
July 21 Southeast Precinct Advisory Meeting
July 22 East Precinct Crime Prevnetion Coalition Meeting
July 24 The Good Vibe, 1-4pm, @ Lavizzo Park
August 7 Join SNG at the Seattle Storm Game!
August 28 Courtland Place and Dakota at Rainier Court Block Party and Resource Fair - For more information contact Adam at 206-725-9841
Seattle Drug Market Initiative - SPD/SNG partnership
SNG is involved in supporting a new initiative focused on eliminating drug markets in the Central Area.
The program is led by the Seattle City Attorney’s Office, and SNG partners with the City Attorney and Seattle Police Department in addressing
chronic drug dealing in the Central Area. The DMI program offers non-violent, low risk drug dealers a chance at
chemical dependency and mental health treatment, job training, and housing support if they will stop dealing drugs.
In June of 2009, SNG and SPD teamed up to distribute 1800 surveys to Central Area residents to assess major safety concerns. Results of the survey indicated that residents were highly concerned about street level drug dealing and drug use. The Central District News offered an informative article describing the DMI startup efforts.
In early August, local drug dealers, social service agencies, City Attorney, and Law Enforcement met to discuss the problem, and outline the project. In early August, the first meeting with service providers, city officials, and drug dealers was held. SNG, SPD, and the City Attorney hosted a press conference after this initial meeting of the Drug Market Initiative. In this video from the press DMI press conference, SNG Executive Director Kay Godefroy speaks about community impacts and service coordination for this program.
For another view of the meeting, you can read two accounts from the Seattle Times, and Seattle P-I.
Seattle Neighborhood Group provides case management for dealers choosing to participate in treatment and training programs, forgoing their roles as drug dealers. Those whoe do not comply with the terms of the diversion will be arrested and prosecuted.
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