weed and seed

Mission

Atlanta Weed and Seed coordinates federal, state, municipal and community resources to co-design neighborhood action plans that reduce crime, monitor juveniles, keep students in school, revitalize neighborhoods and build community capacity.

Function

Weed and Seed is a community-based, multi-agency comprehensive strategy approach to law enforcement, crime prevention, and neighborhood revitalization.  This initiative brings together people and resources to prevent and control crime.  The strategy takes a two-pronged approach: law enforcement agencies and prosecutors Weeding Out criminal activities and Seeding In human services to the area encompassing prevention, intervention, treatment and neighborhood revitalization.

The Atlanta Weed and Seed Steering Committee manages the oversight.  A broad-based partnership of stake-holders who consistently interact personally and professionally with issues related to the adversities of poverty and crime in Atlanta's communities.  The Steering Committee is co-chaired by the United States Attorney of the Northern District of Georgia, Dave Nahmais and Mayor Shirley Franklin.  Responsible for the overall success of the Atlanta strategy:

• Develop and evaluate the strategy
• Identify resources needed to meet the targeted area needs
• Set policies that outline how each component of the operation will operate
• Plan guidelines and make commitments to goals and objectives
• Monitor progress and effectiveness of strategy
• Solicit grants and other funds as may be available to the city from other entities to support the efforts in targeted communities
• Develop communication strategies including development and maintenance of the Weed and Seed website