Ceasefire

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City of Portland Fiscal Year 2026-27 Proposed Budget Public Safety > Office of the Public Safety DCA > Ceasefire Ceasefire Budget Revenues by Fund 2023-24 Actuals 2024-25 Actuals 2025-26 Revised Budget 2026-27 Proposed Internal Revenues $0 $0 $7,733,040 $6,655,430 General Fund $0 $0 $7,733,040 $6,655,430 Grand Total $0 $0 $7,733,040 $6,655,430 Program Expenses by Major Object Program expenses only include personnel, internal materials and services, external materials and services, and capital. 2023-24 Actuals 2024-25 Actuals 2025-26 Revised Budget 2026-27 Proposed External Materials and $0 $3,586 $6,893,353 $5,912,539 Services Internal Materials and $0 $1,363 $60,571 $63,429 Services Personnel $0 $3,000 $779,116 $679,462 Grand Total $0 $7,949 $7,733,040 $6,655,430 Program Description and Goals In 2022, 95 people lost their lives to violence, surpassing the previous high of 89 deaths in 2021. This spike in violence was accompanied by a significant increase in shooting incidents, with over 1,300 reported in both 2021 and 2022, compared to 413 in 2019. In response the City Council and Mayor invested in implementing the Ceasefire Strategy, a proven approach that has successfully reduced violence in cities like Boston, Baltimore, Tampa, and Oakland. Tailored specifically to address the needs of Portland's community, the Ceasefire Strategy delivers a credible anti-violence message to those most at risk of involvement in gun violence. Through targeted communication and intervention efforts, Ceasefire's mission is to save lives and create a safer Portland. Ceasefire is a nationally recognized strategy designed to reduce shootings and homicides, decrease incarceration and recidivism, and build positive police/community relationships. The Ceasefire Strategy uses data to understand who is at the highest risk of shooting or being killed. Ceasefire is a community-police partnership that includes clergy, street outreach workers, service providers, survivors of gun violence, formerly incarcerated individuals, and multiple law enforcement agencies. This partnership 623

City of Portland Fiscal Year 2026-27 Proposed Budget focuses solely on preventing shootings and gun violence incidents that have a high likelihood of retaliation. Services Data collection and analysis; direct outreach to high-risk individuals; service and referral coordination with government and community-based organizations for street level outreach; intensive case management and other individualized services; community engagement and education. Equity Impacts Ceasefire advances equity by intentionally directing resources, support, and intervention to the people and communities most impacted by gun violence—who are disproportionately Black, Brown, and historically marginalized due to systemic disinvestment and structural racism. Rather than applying broad, punitive approaches, Ceasefire focuses on individuals at the highest risk of being harmed or causing harm, recognizing that violence is highly concentrated and deeply connected to inequities in housing, employment, education, health, and access to opportunity. By prioritizing these communities, Ceasefire works to reduce disparities in safety outcomes and interrupt cycles of trauma that have been reinforced over generations. Changes to Program This is a newly formed program area and as such, there are not changes to report. 624

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