Describe how your staff and/or Board demographically represent the community you serve.

Describe how your staff and/or Board demographically represent the community you serve. Consider demographics broadly including race, language, gender identity, age, socioeconomic status, ability/disability, etc. If your staff and Board do not demographically represent the community you serve, please describe strategies or initiatives that you plan to implement to ensure your staff and Board better reflect the community.

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2. Community Conditions

a. Describe the location of this project and the need to deter crime and promote community safety within the targeted area. Cite specific locations and issues and/or incidents that have impacted the area. Also provide crime statistics related to the violent crime and other illegal activity that you have described.

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Describe the need to deter crime and/or promote health and safety in the project location. What is the community challenge or need this project seeks to address? What evidence has your organization found that this project will be effective in overcoming the community challenges? Why is this project preferred for the community over other options?

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f. Describe why this project is important to your organization’s strategy to prevent and reduce crime and improve safety. In this section, include how this project contributes to creating a more equitable community. Equitable communities are often defined as ones where everyone is included in the full benefits of society, treated with fairness and justice, and empowered to participate fully in social, cultural, and economic life.

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