The agreements will cost the city $600,000 over 18 months, with $500,000 covered by a two-year state grant.
Led by the Inland Congregations United for Change, or ICUC, local community groups started pushing for the Ceasefire initiative in 2015.
Since San Bernardino city leaders approved the crime intervention program last year, a manager has been hired and law enforcement officials have met weekly to discuss all violent incidents.
Contracting with Victory Outreach, Young Visionaries and Clay Counseling, city staffers say, is the next step in the program’s implementation, and is expected to disrupt the cycle of violence and respond to trauma through a coordinated community-based violence reduction strategy.
