Blueprint for Action:
Preventing Youth Violence in Minneapolis

The City of Minneapolis recognizes that youth violence is a public health epidemic that requires a holistic, multi-faceted response. Drawing on a mix of increased law enforcement and public health strategies to address the root causes of violence and significantly reduce and prevent youth violence in Minneapolis, the city, in partnership with a host of community stakeholders, created the Blueprint for Action. Goals identified in the Blueprint:

• Connect every youth with a trusted adult,
• Intervene at the first sign that youth are at risk for violence,
• Restore youth who have gone down the wrong path, and
• Unlearn the culture of violence in our community.