About Us

The Community Safety Coordination Center (CSCC) was established in August 2021, utilizing the best practices that we learned from our citywide COVID-19 response. The CSCC works alongside other City departments to rebuild and beautify the physical environment of communities, create a thriving economy with abundant opportunities for education and employment, and support Chicagoans in addressing their individual and family needs.

Our goal is to implement targeted, people-based, place-based, and crisis response strategies to address the root causes of violence.

• People-based strategy: Connecting, coordinating, and organizing supports and opportunities around those at the highest risk for violence involvement.
• Place-based strategy: Investing in communities to create more safe spaces, more green spaces, and more vibrant commercial corridors.
• Crisis response: Supporting law enforcement partners with deep engagement with community and strengthening collaborations to build stronger, coordinated pathways to resources for those who are justice-involved.

Everyone from the government to community organizations to City residents has a role to play in violence prevention. We are committed to working with health care, social services, education, restorative justice, faith, business, and other community partners to break silos and implement a whole-of-government, community-driven approach to violence prevention and reduction.