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OccasionallyImmortal t1_j8x4t8f wrote
> away from achieving goals
The people allocating the funds need to define what those goals are. They need to be measurable goals and funding must be withdrawn from organizations (government as well as private) that fail to meet those goals... or the goals need to be refined. This is something that the vast majority of government agencies at every level fail to do.
The same should be applied to laws, but I may as well bark at windmills.
growtilltall757 t1_j8wsndb wrote
>Volunteer-based programs run by the city tend to misallocate funds away from achieving goals.
Is this just a generalization or do you work in nonprofit leadership? I've been happy with every volunteer org I've worked with in the city, even if budgeting is a pain in the ass.
>ignores that shootings are so brazen that the perps ignore all bystanders.
And it could acknowledge it by doing what? I don't disagree that this is an issue, but any organization trying to do anything has to react. It can't control the time and place of unpredictable violence, nothing can.
I think it's worth doing something about. I'll support them.
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IrishWave t1_j8x4uzp wrote
This one seems different though. I'd agree that most volunteer / non-profit groups are a black hole in terms of spending vs. effectiveness, but this seems different in two ways:
- They have a defined and measurable statistic in the X% reduction in crime in school areas (assuming they're not playing games with defining the school areas).
- They have a clear objective with how the money is going to be spent (raises and more employees).
Programs like this are night and day vs. the give me millions so I can build an anti-violence phone app crap that was being touted a year ago.
redeyeblink OP t1_j8wp6aj wrote
>[The School District of Philadelphia’s Safe Path School and Community Safety Corridor program] began in the fall at six high schools with the goal of making sure conflicts between students don’t escalate to anything more serious.
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>The school board recently approved plans to expand the program to 12 more schools over the next two years, and increase the funding for the program by $250,000, to a total of nearly $756,000.
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>The Penn Injury Science Center also recently received more than $2 million in state funding, which they plan to use to expand Safe Path in partnership with the district, according to a district spokesperson.
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>The Safe Path initiative is part of the district’s overall strategy to prevent gun violence on or near school campuses. According to a January multi-agency city report, about half of shootings in Philadelphia are caused by arguments. And more shootings are involving children, according to city data.
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>The program is currently in the following schools:
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> West Philadelphia High School
> Sayre High School
> Roxborough High School
> Lincoln High School
> Edison High School
> Bartram High School
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It will expand to the following schools, plus four schools that have yet to be announced:
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> Ben Franklin High School
> Conwell Middle School
> Dobbins High School
> Mastbaum High School
> Overbrook High School
> Philadelphia Military Academy
> Vaux Big Picture High School
> Wagner Middle School
Acrobatic_Advance_71 t1_j8yfydp wrote
I’m at one of these schools they are expanding the program to. First I’ve heard it
rossdowdell t1_j8wr5iy wrote
It seems the "gun free zone" signs from the 90's were feckless.
Volunteer-based programs run by the city tend to misallocate funds away from achieving goals. That means they are crippled in their early stages.
This program also ignores that shootings are so brazen that the perps ignore all bystanders. If City Hall can be shot up weekly, any place can.
Safe Paths is another altruistic program that will have minimal efficacy. I want it to succeed, but it is limited by circumstances.