马里兰州追加50万美元投入社区安全倡议：覆盖黑格斯敦、索尔兹伯里与东巴尔的摩三地
马里兰州州长韦斯·摩尔（Wes Moore）与州公共服务厅（DHS）、公共安全与惩教服务厅（DPSCS）及青少年服务厅（DJS）10月30日在州府安纳波利斯宣布，将向「更安全、更强大、在一起」（Safer Stronger Together，SST）社区安全倡议追加投入50万美元，覆盖华盛顿县黑格斯敦市、威科米科县索尔兹伯里市与巴尔的摩市东区三地，支持当地降低犯罪、扩大青少年机会的工作。
SST 倡议由州级机构与社区伙伴共同推进：领航员（Navigators）帮助家庭对接服务与资源，社区行动委员会则让居民设定社区优先事项，并把资金导向处理这些事项的本地组织。在三地完成为期两年的试点后，这笔追加投资将帮助项目延续成果。数据显示，试点期间巴尔的摩有逾4600名青少年获得服务，项目调解了170多起可能演变为暴力的青少年冲突，并帮助1145名刑满释放的父亲对接支持网络、重返社区；索尔兹伯里服务逾900名青少年，其中147人对接了职业辅导与资格证书等劳动力发展资源，231名青少年参加含辅导与心理健康支持的课后项目，其中85%保持了2.75以上的 GPA；黑格斯敦服务262名青少年，58人对接社区导师，66人完成了 Amazon Web Services 云从业者认证的课程学习。
摩尔表示，保障马里兰居民安全需要全政府、全方位的公共安全路径，这笔联合投资表明政府既投资公共安全官员，也投资他们所服务的社区，以延续暴力犯罪的历史性下降。公共服务厅代理厅长 Stacy L. Rodgers 表示，持久进展取决于政府与社区伙伴的有效协调。青少年服务厅厅长 Betsy Fox Tolentino 表示，SST 帮助青少年建立积极关系、发现自身优势。公共安全与惩教服务厅厅长 Carolyn J. Scruggs 表示，公共安全在预防与社区伙伴结合时最为有力。
这笔追加投资建立在居民与23家基层社区组织的工作之上，资金将用于支持拨款申请写作、技术援助与行政能力建设，帮助社区组织长期维持并加强工作。据州长办公室数据，摩尔上任以来马里兰州凶杀案下降逾40%，有望创40多年来最低凶杀率，非致命枪击案下降逾50%。
Maryland Adds $500,000 to Safer Stronger Together Initiative: Covering Hagerstown, Salisbury and East Baltimore
Maryland Governor Wes Moore, together with the Maryland departments of Human Services (DHS), Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS), and Juvenile Services (DJS), announced on October 30 in Annapolis an additional $500,000 investment in the Safer Stronger Together (SST) initiative in Hagerstown in Washington County, Salisbury in Wicomico County, and East Baltimore. The investment will help sustain local efforts to drive down crime and expand opportunities for young people.
SST brings together state agencies and community partners to coordinate family support and fund community-led public safety solutions: navigators connect families with services and resources, while Community Action Boards help residents set neighborhood priorities and direct funding to local organizations addressing them. Following a successful two-year pilot in the three communities, the new investment builds on the program's progress. In Baltimore, more than 4,600 young people have been served, more than 170 youth conflicts that might otherwise have led to violence were mediated, and more than 1,145 fathers returning from incarceration were connected with support networks. In Salisbury, SST has served more than 900 young people, connected 147 with workforce development resources including career coaching and professional certifications, and extended after-school programming with tutoring and mental health support to 231 young people, 85 percent of whom maintained a GPA above 2.75. In Hagerstown, SST served 262 young people, connected 58 with community mentors, and saw 66 young people complete coursework toward an Amazon Web Services cloud practitioner certification.
"The work to keep all Marylanders safe and secure requires an all-of-government and all-of-the-above approach to public safety," Governor Moore said. Acting Human Services Secretary Stacy L. Rodgers said lasting progress depends on effective coordination between government and community partners. Juvenile Services Secretary Betsy Fox Tolentino said SST helps young people build positive relationships and discover their strengths. Public Safety and Correctional Services Secretary Carolyn J. Scruggs said public safety is strongest when prevention is combined with strong community partnerships.
The additional investment builds on the work of residents and 23 grassroots community organizations, and will support grant writing, technical assistance and administrative capacity-building so community organizations can sustain their work over the long term. According to the governor's office, homicides in Maryland have decreased by more than 40 percent since Moore took office, putting the state on pace for its lowest homicide rate in more than 40 years, while nonfatal shootings have fallen by more than 50 percent.
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