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On July 22, 2003, Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman and City of Columbus Councilmember, Michael C. Mentel, announced the creation of the Neighborhood Safety Working Group (NSWG). It is the key part of a three-prong Neighborhood Anti-Violence Plan. NSWG includes law enforcement, government agencies, non-profit leaders and neighborhood members and was led by a crime expert, Kent Markus, the former Assistant to United States Attorney General Janet Reno and former Capital University Law School Professor who recently stepped down as Chair of NSWG because he was appointed Chief Legal Council to the Governor of Ohio, The Honorable Ted Strickland.
The Neighborhood Safety Working Group has developed crime suppression and prevention tactics by using a strategic data-driven problem-solving process collaborating with the University of Cincinnati, Columbus Division of Police, and The Ohio State University. ‘Collective Action for Youth and Neighborhood Development’ (CAYND) is one of the initiatives identified by Mayor Michael B. Coleman and further developed by Africentric Personal Development Shop, Inc. (APDS). CAYND is a demonstration/pilot program modeled after the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s (OJJDP) Comprehensive Gang Model. Twenty-two (22) community service providers agreed to collaborate and form a CAYND “Intervention Network” that provides social services and positive alternatives for youth and young adults who reside in a targeted area bounded by Mooberry St., Whittier St., Parsons Ave., and Rhoads Ave., called the WMPR Empowerment Zone.
APDS (Africentric Personal Development Shop, Inc.) serves as the lead agency for the CAYND “Intervention Network” of service providers. The ‘Community Development Center/Command Center and project director for this initiative is located at APDS, which is in the “heart” of the WMPR Empowerment Zone at 1409 E. Livingston Avenue Columbus, Ohio.
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