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Exhibit 3
Year 1 Action Plan for Firearm Violence
A. Aim and Community Reach D. Year 1 (2024) Action Steps
Guiding Aim Reduce Firearm Deaths 11. Convene Year 1 development team
12. Develop vision statement
13. Engage partner to host virtual community collaboration hub
Hampton | James City County | 14. Identify and engage prospective funders as needed
Community
Newport News | Poquoson | 15. Develop and implement virtual community collaboration hub
Reach
Williamsburg | York County 16. Engage community stakeholders as hub partners and advisors
17. Develop data resources
B. Core Strategy 18. Identify at-risk populations across the region
19. Equip hub partners with tools and strategies for providing
The core strategy would be collaborative action for community outreach and education
community health improvement. 20. Encourage hub partners to connect at-risk populations to health
care and community supports
This strategy recognizes that collaborative action can
be effective for assuring optimal use of existing
community resources and creating additional strategies
E. Action Planning Group Ideas
to fill gaps where needed.
Who would be among the key community populations to make
The strategy would adapt concepts from Project LEAD sure we reach?
and Collective Impact with a practical focus on a ‘first-
up’ initiative that is needed and feasible within a one-to- • Elder males • New parents or parents (young kids,
three-year time horizon. • High schoolers teens)
• Hunting groups • Recent parolees/prisoners
C. Year 1 Action Objectives • New gun owners • Veterans
Identify populations at risk for
firearm violence Who would be among the key community partners to engage?
Focus on a Provide community outreach and
‘First-Up’ education for at-risk community • DV shelters • Perinatal Mental Health Coalition of
Initiative from members
• EMS Virginia
Driver Diagram Connect at-risk populations to
• Halfway homes • Police
health care and community
• Hampton Family • Public schools and universities
supports
Violence Council • Sheriff's Department
Create a virtual community • Homeless shelters • Transitions Family Violence
Create collaboration hub for CBOs and • Hospital/ER Services
Community public agencies interested in • HPHD • VDH
Linkages reducing firearm violence and
deaths What would be some creative ideas for collaborative outreach and
education?
Educate, engage, and equip CBO
Educate, • Gun stores
and public agency partners with
Engage, and
information, data, and tools for the • Military bases
Equip Partners
first-up initiative • Pawn stores
• Safe storage education
• School groups
What would be some creative ideas for connecting community
Work together to raise community members to community supports?
Raise
awareness and connect at-risk
Community
community members to available • Attending events and/or festivals
Awareness • Unite Us
supports
• Using social media
What would be some possibilities for regional collaboration?
• Annual community events/weeks highlighting youth violence
prevention
• Collaborate locally to 'recognize' National Youth Violence Week (
held annually in April)
Develop and disseminate • Collaboration for trauma informed care wherever violence
Share community data sets to help happens (i.e., Child Savers)
Community Data identify at-risk populations and • Education-based Gun Safety Day - police departments, local
support community outreach schools
• Firearm safety training (all localities)
• Suicide (attempt) follow-up counselors in hospitals (all localities)
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