The Violence Prevention Council Coordinator assumed the responsibilities of the former Local Advisory Council of Joliet. These responsibilities include meeting coordination, reporting, partnerships, collaborations, recruitment, monitoring, community engagement, emergency meetings, events, and the implementation of the Racial Equity Impact Assess League (REIAL). By building a consensus on identified needs and priorities related to reducing firearm violence and increasing public safety, members come together to develop an effective firearm reduction support system that is community-informed and led. The goal is to produce a policy that aims to reduce and prevent violence and re-traumatization in the Greater Joliet Area. 

Membership to the R.E.I.A.L is open to local government, individuals with public health experience in gun violence prevention or youth development, residents living in an area with a high concentration of firearm violence, representatives of each RPSA-funded grantees in the municipality, representatives of public safety net offices (i.e., local SNAP, TANF, or WIC), law enforcement agencies, local businesses, public middle and high schools, and local community colleges.