NCJ Number
170437
Date Published
1996
Length
21 pages
Annotation
This report summarizes the accomplishments of a Federal initiative to coordinate and implement anti-violence strategies.
Abstract
Pulling America's Communities Together (PACT) is a Federal initiative established in 1993 to maximize the impact of broad-based and coordinated, locally-designed and implemented anti-violence strategies. The objective of PACT is to remove barriers among all levels of government, and to ensure that all Federal agencies coordinate their efforts to form strong partnerships with cities, counties and states. Six Federal departments are involved in support activities: the Departments of Education; Health and Human Services; Housing and Urban Development; Justice; Labor; and the Office of National Drug Control Policy. The report describes PACT accomplishments at the sites of the four pilot projects: the State of Nebraska, Metropolitan Denver, Metropolitan Atlanta, and Washington, DC. The PACT sites worked in a number of subject areas, including: juvenile risk assessment; data integration, compilation and analysis; identifying high-risk communities; violent offender tracking; information sharing; and risk and needs assessment.