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RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PEACE AND PROSPERITY PLAN (�PLAN�) FOR FISCAL YEAR (�FY�) 2025-2026 IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,888,942.00; ALLOCATING TO THE FY 2025-26 PLAN: (1) $2,800,000.00 FROM THE ANTI-GUN VIOLENCE AND PROSPERITY INITIATIVES TRUST FUND (�TRUST FUND�); AND (2) $38,942.00 OF CARRYOVER TRUST FUND DOLLARS FROM FY 2023-24 AND $50,000.00 IN ANTICIPATED CARRYOVER FROM FY 2024-25, IN A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $88,942.00 IN CARRYOVER FUNDING; AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY MAYOR OR COUNTY MAYOR�S DESIGNEE TO (1) EXPEND ALL SUCH ALLOCATED FUNDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FY 2025-26 PLAN; (2) SELECT AN ORGANIZATION TO MANAGE, ADMINISTER, AND/OR AWARD SUB-GRANTS FOR THE SAFE IN THE 305 GRANTS PROGRAM FOR FY 2025-26 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $115,000.00, INCLUSIVE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE, AND TO NEGOTIATE, EXECUTE, AND EXERCISE ALL PROVISIONS OF SAID AGREEMENT; AND (3) SELECT AN ENTITY TO EVALUATE THE PLAN, AND TO NEGOTIATE, EXECUTE, AND EXERCISE ALL PROVISIONS OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND SAID ENTITY, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000.00; AND WAIVING REQUIREMENTS OF RESOLUTION NO. R-130-06 [SEE ORIGINAL ITEM UNDER FILE NO. 260087]

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WHEREAS, this Board desires to accomplish the purposes outlined in the accompanying memorandum, a copy of which is incorporated by reference,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that this Board:

Section 1. Incorporates the above recital herein by reference and approves same.

Section 2. Approves the Peace and Prosperity Plan (�Plan�) for Fiscal Year (�FY�) 2025-26 >>through its budget<< as set forth in Exhibit A to the Mayor�s Memorandum in the amount of $2,888,942.00.

Section 3. Allocates to the FY 2025-26 Plan: (a) $2,800,00.00 from the Anti-Gun Violence and Prosperity Initiatives Trust Fund (�Trust Fund�); (b) $38,942.00 of carryover Trust Fund dollars from FY 2023-24; and (c) $50,000.00 in >>anticipated<< carryover Trust Fund dollars from FY 2024-25, in a total amount of $88,942.00 in carryover funding. This Board further authorizes the County Mayor or County Mayor�s designee to expend all funds approved herein consistent with the FY 2025-26 Plan.

Section 4. Authorizes the County Mayor or County Mayor�s designee to select a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization to manage, administer, and/or award sub-grants, in whole or in part, for the Safe in the 305 Grants Program for FY 2025-26, and to negotiate, execute, and exercise all provisions of an agreement between Miami-Dade County and said organization in an amount not to exceed $115,000.00, inclusive of an administrative fee not to exceed 10 percent, in accordance with and as set forth in the FY 2025-26 Plan.

Section 5. Authorizes the County Mayor or County Mayor�s designee to select an entity to conduct an independent evaluation of the Plan to assess programming administered between October 1, 2022, and December 31, 2025, and to negotiate, execute, and exercise all provisions of an agreement between Miami-Dade County and said entity in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00.

Section [[6. Authorizes the County Mayor or County Mayor�s designee to apply for, receive, and expend additional grant funds for the FY 2025-26 Plan, as well as execute necessary documents or agreements and exercise all provisions set forth therein, provided that: (a) the amount of funds provided is not greater than $1,000,000.00; (b) any matching funds required by the grant are approved and allocated in the then-current fiscal year County budget; (c) the terms of any grant agreement will not hinder the County from seeking other grants or funding sources; and (d) the granting entity does not require Board approval.

Section 7. Retroactively authorizes the County Mayor�s or County Mayor�s designee�s equitable allocation of Fit2Lead Program slots between all County Commission Districts based on annual homicides by firearm statistics reported by the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner�s Office in FYs 2020-21 through 2024-25.

Section 8. Retroactively authorizes the County Mayor�s or County Mayor�s designee�s equitable allocation of Fit2Lead Program slots between all County Commission Districts in FY 2025-26 based on the proportion of reported homicides by firearm, juvenile civil citations issued, and juvenile arrests that occurred over the previous calendar year in each County Commission District according to official crime statistics from the Miami-Dade Sheriff�s Office, the Community Services Department or any
successor department, and/or the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner�s Office, with such statistics to be updated annually.

Section 9. Notwithstanding the directive in section 7 of Resolution No. R-238-21 concerning the data utilized for the equitable division of funding for the annual Plan, commencing in FY 2026-27, directs the County Mayor or County Mayor�s designee to allocate such funding utilizing criteria that may include, but is not limited to, the datapoints set forth in section 8.

Section 10. Notwithstanding the directive in section 8 of Resolution No. R-238-21, commencing in FY 2025-26, directs the County Mayor or County Mayor�s designee, in a matter consistent with the Board policy and directives set forth in this resolution, to prepare and submit to the Board: (a) proposed budgets annually through FY 2039-40; (b) an annual impact report for each previous fiscal year; and (c) a proposed annual plan to the Board for the following fiscal year.

Section 11]] >>6.<< Waives the provisions of Resolution No. R-130-06 requiring that agreements with non-governmental entities be executed by all other parties prior to presentation to this Board for approval.


Committee amendments are indicated as follows: Words stricken through and/or [[double bracketed]] are deleted, words underscored and/or >>double arrowed<< are added

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Date:

To: Honorable Anthony Rodriguez
and Members, Board of County Commissioners

From: Daniella Levine Cava
Mayor

Subject: Resolution Approving the Peace & Prosperity Plan for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 and Waiving requirements of Resolution No. R-130-06

This item was amended during the April 13, 2026, meeting of the Safety and Health Committee to align the item with the resolution that authorized the original Peace & Prosperity Plan, Resolution No. R-238-21. Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 were stricken and conforming changes were made to the title.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Executive Summary
With a budget of $2,888,942, the Peace & Prosperity Plan (�Plan�) for Fiscal Year (�FY�) 2025-26 focuses on violence prevention and intervention, and reentry projects, programs, and partnerships recognizing the important role that residents and community stakeholders in collaboration with law enforcement play in creating and sustaining safer, more prosperous communities across Miami-Dade County.

This memorandum, along with its exhibits, presents the funding allocation for the FY 2025-26 Plan through its budget, attached hereto and incorporated as Exhibit A, gun violence data for Miami-Dade County, attached hereto and incorporated as Exhibit B and corresponding Fit2Lead slot allocation by Commission District attached hereto and incorporated as Exhibit C, and programmatic updates and highlights of the Plan from October 2023 through September 2024 in the Miami-Dade County Peace & Prosperity Plan and Supplemental Anti-Gun Violence Initiatives Impact Report, attached hereto and incorporated as Exhibit D.

Recommendation
It is recommended that the Board approve the attached resolution that:

1. Approves the FY 2025-26 Plan, which specifies the use of $2,800,000 in new Anti-Gun Violence and Prosperity Initiatives Trust Fund (�Trust Fund�) dollars, $38,942 of carryover Trust Fund dollars from FY 2023-24 and $50,000 in anticipated carryover Trust Fund dollars from FY 2024-25, in a total amount of $88,942.00 in carryover funding; and

2. Authorizes and delegates authority to the County Mayor or County Mayor�s designee to:
a. Select an organization to manage, administer, and/or award subgrants, in whole or in part, for the Safe in the 305 Grants Program, and to negotiate, execute, and exercise all provisions contained in an agreement between Miami-Dade County and said organization, in an amount not to exceed $115,000, which is inclusive of an administrative fee of up to 10 percent;
b. Select an entity to conduct an independent evaluation of the Plan to assess programming administered between October 1, 2022, through December 31, 2025, and to negotiate, execute, and exercise all provisions of an agreement between Miami-Dade County and said entity in an amount not to exceed $50,000; and

3. Waives the requirements of Resolution No. R-130-06, as applicable.

Scope
This item will have a countywide impact.

Fiscal Impact/Funding Source
The total fiscal impact from approving the FY 2025-26 Plan is $2,888,942. Funding for the FY 2025-26 Plan is derived from the following sources: (1) $2,800,000 from the Trust Fund, funded with payments received from the Kaseya Center naming rights agreement, as directed by the Board through Resolution No. R-243-23; (2) $38,942 of carryover Trust Fund dollars from FY 2023-24; and (3) $50,000 in anticipated carryover Trust Fund dollars from FY 2024-25, in a total amount of $88,942.00 in carryover funding.

Delegation of Authority
If this item is approved, the County Mayor or the County Mayor�s designee will have the authority to, in addition to the specific grants of authority set forth in the recommendation section above, execute all amendments, agreements, applications and documents identified in the recommendation section above, subject to approval by the County Attorney�s Office for form and legal sufficiency, and to exercise all provisions contained therein including amendment and termination, provided that the amount provided in such agreements is not greater than $115,000 relating to the Safe in the 305 grants program or $50,000 relating to an independent evaluation of the Plan.

Track Record/Monitor
The CSD Director, or other designated supervisory personnel, will manage the implementation of the FY
2025-26 Plan, and monitors programs to determine the effectiveness thereof, and provide reports to this
Board.

Background
In 2021, the County renamed the County-owned arena, the Kaseya Center, and allocated nearly $90 million of the net naming rights revenue over 19 years into the Trust Fund. Of the annual net revenue, 30 percent is equally distributed to the 13 Commission Districts and 70 percent is allocated to my Administration to combat gun violence, engage at-risk youth, and provide opportunities for economic prosperity throughout Miami-Dade County. My Administration invests its 70 percent allocation into the Peace & Prosperity Plan, which is developed by CSD and approved by this Board on an annual basis. The inaugural Plan, sponsored by Commissioner Keon Hardemon, was unanimously approved by this Board on June 8, 2021, via Resolution No. R-577-21. All subsequent annual plans have been unanimously approved by this Board and continue to be primarily funded by the Administration�s allocation of the naming rights net revenue.

During FY 2023-24, Fit2Lead interns completed 215,451 hours at more than 300 work locations across the County including several County and nonprofit organizations. During that same period, MDPD, now the Miami-Dade Sherrif�s Office (�MDSO�), engaged 135 justice-involved youth, youth residing in communities disproportionately impacted by gun violence, and homes served by the County�s Anti-Violence Initiative/Group Violence Intervention (also known as AVI/GVI). In addition, my administration funded and supported 42 community-led projects which engaged and positively impacted 3,930 community stakeholders through the Safe in the 305 Grants Program.

The Plan, along with other County-led anti-violence initiatives, such as the Hospital-based Violence Intervention Program, Summer Youth Internship Program, and the Community Violence Intervention Initiative (also known as CVI), continues to positively impact our community. The County experienced 41 percent fewer gun-related homicides in the calendar year 2024 (132) than in 2020 (225) as shown in Exhibit B. While there were 93 less homicides by firearm discharge in 2024 compared to 2020, an overwhelming majority, 76 percent of the homicides in 2024 occurred in Commission Districts 1, 2, 3, 9 and 13 further underscoring the importance of localized strategies to address the underlying root causes of violence. Impacts, outcomes, and highlights of the Plan�s programming along with other County-led anti-gun violence efforts are provided in Exhibit D.

For FY 2025-26, my Administration seeks to invest $2,888,942 from the Trust Fund to continue our County�s commitment to address the root causes of gun violence through prevention and intervention programming, with an intentional focus on youth.

FY 2025-26 Plan Programming
Fit2Lead: Summer Fellowship Program and Afterschool Enrichment and Internship Program (�Afterschool Program�)

Plan Funding: $2,548,932

Fit2Lead, the Plan�s flagship program administered by Parks, Recreation, and Open Spaces (�PROS�), is a paid internship program for at-risk and system-involved youth ages 15-19. From the onset of the inaugural Plan, Fit2Lead interns have earned $13.88 per hour. In FY 2025-26, the Fit2Lead hourly wage will increase from $13.88 to $14.00 per hour, the State�s required minimum wage. Since the Plan�s inception through September 2024, Fit2Lead has served 1,969 unique youth and increased its overall capacity to serve more youth. The Fit2Lead Internship program has grown its employer partnerships from 22 in FY2022-23 to 36 employers today, including the MDOS and 17 nonprofit organizations. Exhibit D contains highlights and outcomes for Fit2Lead.

Fit2Lead�s programmatic offerings in the FY 2025-26 Plan include the following: (a) a 30-week 2025-2026 Afterschool Program serving 175 youth who will work an average of 12 hours per week (b) a robust 7-week 2026 Summer Fellowship serving 345 youth who will work up to 22 hours per week; (c) evidence-based assessments and case management; (d) character and leadership development; (e) experiential learning opportunities; (f) professional mentorship, and (g) diverse internship opportunities representing various emerging career fields. In April, the Office of Neighborhood Safety, PROS, and Strive305 established a no-cost partnership to further expand the number of private employers and further diversify the various industries in which Fit2Lead interns can gain experience and professional mentorship.

A breakdown by Commission District of Fit2Lead slot allocations and funding is detailed in Exhibit C.

MDSO Turn Around Police Academy (�TAP�)

Plan Funding: $95,010

Launched in 2021 under MDPD and now through MDSO, TAP continues to reach system-involved youth. TAP is an intense 11-week program, for youth ages 13 to 17, offering a structured curriculum designed to transform arrested and at-risk youth perspectives, encourage community service, and improve their relationships with law enforcement. The primary goal of TAP is to provide youth participants with guidance and tools to make positive decisions in order to shape behavioral outcomes. A core component of the program�s success is the partnership with JSD, which will continue through CSD, its successor department. To date, TAP has completed seven sessions serving 113 youth of which 88 percent successfully completed the program. Exhibit D contains additional program outcomes.

MDSO Youth Outreach Unit (�YOU�) and Youth Athletic Initiative (�YAMI�)

Plan Funding: $80,000

Established in 2016 by MDPD, and now administered through MDSO, YOU is actively preventing youth gun violence within MDSO�s Northside, South, and Intracoastal Districts by mentoring at-risk youth identi?ed by the Group Violence Intervention team. Sheriff Deputies provide mentorship and guidance to at-risk youth living in households that are directly impacted by gun violence. Services include, but are not limited to, homework assistance, cultural excursions, a guest speaker series, book clubs, and sporting events. Programming is offered five days per week, and on weekends. Meals and transportation to and from the program are provided daily.

YAMI, also launched by MDPD and now administered by MDSO, engages youth, including those in the afterschool YOU program, in an activity-rich environment focusing on pro-social activities such as sporting events and clinics, during the summer months. Youth also participate in character building workshops about making good choices, the importance of positive peer in?uence, excelling in school, and setting future goals.

Safety Safe in the 305 Grants Program

Plan Funding: $115,000

The Safe in the 305 Grants Program awards microgrants to organizations and residents to activate community participation in creating safer neighborhoods, amplify the voices of residents and community leaders against violence, and build capacity in communities by bridging gaps between neighborhood stakeholders and government to address quality of life issues. Grant awards range from $500 to $1,500, and up to $2,000 for nonprofit organizations. Since the launch of the program through September 2024, my administration funded and supported 130 community-led projects, reaching and engaging more than 8,900 residents in activities and programming that make their neighborhood safer. Projects include but are not limited to addressing blight, bridging the digital divide, mental wellness services, basic needs assistance, and youth development opportunities. Exhibit D contains program highlights and outcomes for FY 2023-24.

The FY 2025-26 Safe in the 305 Grants Program will increase grant awards to up to $2,500 for nonprofit organizations and will fund eligible projects that are rooted in positive youth development, address neighborhood blight, promote gun violence awareness, assist returning citizens, and support mental wellness.

Independent Evaluation

Plan Funding: $50,000

An independent evaluation of the Plan�s programs, projects and initiatives, administered between October 2022 through December 2025 along with supplemental anti-gun violence initiatives will be completed.

Conclusion
With the support of this Board, our County has made significant gains in public safety through the Plan and other supplemental anti-gun violence efforts that are rooted in prevention, intervention, reentry and enforcement. The FY 2025-26 Plan builds on the efforts and success of previous Plans to combat gun violence and provide opportunities for economic prosperity, through a community-centered, youth-focused, and government-supported efforts.



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Arnold Palmer
Chief of Public Safety