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Pathways Program

The Pathways Program is a transitional employment program designed to decrease participants’ involvement in the criminal justice system and improve their employment, education, and training outcomes.

Learn About the Critical Work of Violence Interrupters

ONSE contracts with three community-based organizations that cover priority communities in Wards 1-5, Wards 6-7 and Ward 8.

Family and Survivor Support

The Family and Survivor Support (FSS) division, formerly known as Community Stabilization Protocol, is the District’s response to community violence.

Strengthening Students in School

The ONSE Leadership Academy (OLA) is a school-based pilot initiative launched in Fall of 2019 in partnership with Anacostia High School and the Department of Employment Services’ Year-Round Youth Program.

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Empowering Communities Through Innovative Violence Intervention (EC) Grant

This funding opportunity addresses violence intervention and establish relationships with people and communities at the center of gun violence.

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Family and Survivor Support

The division is part of the District’s response to community violence.

Violence Intervention Initiative

ONSE works to successfully and significantly reduce violence.

Pathways Program

Aims to decrease involvement in the criminal justice system and improve employment, education and...

Employer Partners Needed

The Pathways Program is looking for private and public-sector partners who can host participants for subsidized work experience. Employers can sign up to learn more about hosting a Pathways participant at the link below.

Employer Interest Form

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Latest

Oct 24 2024

ONSE and the Greater Washington Community Foundation Announce Matching Funds of $280,000 for FY24 Gun Violence Prevention Mini-Grantees

(Washington, DC) – The Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (ONSE) and the Greater...

Oct 23 2024

Mayor Bowser Encourages Residents to Attend DPR and MPD Halloween Events and Work Together to Keep Trick-or-Treaters Safe

Drivers Urged to Slow Down and Use Caution During Trick-or-Treating

Aug 5 2024

Bowser Administration Awards $135,000 to Support Community- Based Gun Violence Prevention Programs Through the ONSE

(Washington, DC) - Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (ONSE)...

Oct 23 2023

Mayor Bowser Announces New Legislation to Support Safe and Effective Policing

(Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the Addressing Crime Trends Now Act (ACT...

Feb 9 2023

Mayor Bowser Appoints Linda Harllee Harper as Executive Director of Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement

Community-Based Grant Opportunities Are Available Through the Office of Gun Violence Prevention and...

Jun 21 2018

Mayor's Newsletter, Volume 4, Issue 25: News from Mayor Muriel Bowser

Summer Is Here

Jun 14 2018

Mayor's Newsletter, Volume 4, Issue 24: News from Mayor Muriel Bowser

$103 Million

Jun 7 2018

Mayor's Newsletter, Volume 4, Issue 23: News from Mayor Muriel Bowser

DC Housing Expo and Home Show

May 31 2018

Mayor's Newsletter, Volume 4, Issue 22: News from Mayor Muriel Bowser

Ending Gun Violence

Mar 22 2018

Mayor's Newsletter, Volume 4, Issue 12: News from Mayor Muriel Bowser

March For Our Lives

May 17 2024

Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Oversignt Hearing - ONSE

View the testimony.

Feb 14 2024

Fiscal Year 2023 Performance Oversight Hearing Testimony

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Jan 14 2020

Fiscal Year 2019 Performance Oversight Hearing Testimony

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Jan 31 2019

Next Steps in the District's Public Health-Based Approach to Violence Prevention and Intervention

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Feb 26 2018

ONSE Testimony Performance Oversight Hearing

View the ONSE Testimony Performance Oversight Hearing for FY 2017.

ONSE Mission

The mission of the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement is to build partnerships and implement strategies that reduce gun-related violence in the District. ONSE fulfills this mission by coordinating the District’s gun violence prevention and intervention initiatives, using both public health and public safety tools, and by focusing on identifying and engaging with those most likely to be involved in gun violence, providing them with an alternative to crime.