Public Health & Environment Committee
TL;DR
The Public Health & Environment Committee held an informational hearing on youth peer violence in Baltimore City, requiring officials from the Health Department, Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement, and other city agencies to discuss the scope of the problem and current interventions. The hearing brought together representatives from Baltimore City Public Schools, School Police, and university research centers to address challenges in violence prevention and discuss potential next steps for the city.
Key Decisions
- Informational Hearing on Youth Peer Violence Hearing held
Agenda
- CALL TO ORDER
- INTRODUCTIONS
- ATTENDANCE
- ITEM SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING
- 26-0064R Informational Hearing – Youth Peer Violence FOR the purpose of requiring representatives from the Baltimore City Health Department, the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement, the Mayor’s Office of Children and Family Success, and the Mayor’s Office of African American Male Engagement and inviting representatives from Baltimore City Public Schools, the Baltimore City School Police, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s Center for Violence Prevention, and the Dean of Community Engaged Research at the Johns Hopkins University to appear before the Council to discuss the scope of youth peer violence in Baltimore City, how institutions, including emergency departments, in the City are currently addressing the problem, the challenges service providers and parents face in addressing youth peer violence, and further steps the City and its institutions could take to address the problem.City Council Resolution
- ADJOURNMENT
- THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC