Community Safety Division
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City of Salinas Staff Co-Organize and Attend 3rd Annual My Life Story Violence Prevention Conference
January 24, 2020
On Friday, January 24th, over one hundred violence prevention professionals from across Monterey County gathered at the Oldemeyer Center in Seaside, CA to hear the stories of juvenile justice systems involved youth and their families. They all came together for the third annual Monterey County My Life Story conference organized by the City of Salinas Community Safety and Recreation Divisions, the City of Seaside, California Youth Outreach and County of Monterey. The conference is designed to give youth and their families a voice and is a learning opportunity for the agencies that provide them services....
Salinas Youth Completes Grizzly Youth Academy with Honors
July 12, 2017
We are pleased to announce that with support from the City of Salinas Street Outreach Team, Abram Martinez graduated with honors and his high school diploma from the Grizzly Academy in June. The new Salinas Street Outreach Team is focused on identifying youth most at risk of committing or becoming victim to a violent crime. This relationship based mentor style work has only been in the cities Community Safety Division for under a year. One of the programs we make referrals to is the Grizzly Youth Academy, a rigorous 6 month residential military style program...
Youth Leadership Academy Prepares for Internships
July 12, 2017
On Friday, June 30th, youth from the City of Salinas came together on the final day of programming to celebrate and learn the location of their two week internship placements this summer. The 4th Youth Leadership Academy (YLA) is a five week program, designed to prepare youth to enter the workforce by teaching resume building, interviewing skills, cover letter writing and conflict resolution skills.
Program participants then put their skills to use interviewing with a variety of Community Alliance for Safety and Peace partner agency's for a prized internship placement for a total of...
