NCJ Number
213567
Date Published
2005
Length
10 pages
Annotation
This summer 2005 edition of the e-magazine, Weed and Seed In-Sites, presents a series of articles on successful law enforcement, neighborhood restoration, prevention, and reentry programs.
Abstract
Featured in the law enforcement section is one article on how a Weed and Seed site in North Philadelphia used asset forfeiture of real property to seize dilapidated and abandoned homes that were being used by drug dealers. The program was successful in driving drug dealers to other areas while the homes that were seized were donated back to the community for community centers, gardens, and Safe Havens. The article featured in the neighborhood restoration section describes how an affordable housing development corporation in southeast Seattle called HomeSight partnered with the local police’s Weed and Seed component to confront gang violence in its target neighborhoods. The article featured in the prevention section details a school program in Spokane, WA called the Spokane Youth for Social Responsibility, which is part of the local Weed and Seed strategy. The program focuses on a social responsibility training curriculum designed to reduce risk factors and enhance social, moral, and behavioral reasoning skills. The final section on reentry describes a “special emphasis” Weed and Seed site in the Fort Wayne/Allen County, IN area that concentrates on only 1 issue or population; in this case the program focuses exclusively on offenders returning from prison to the southeast quadrant of the city, which has a population of approximately 50,000 people. Contact information is provided.