Health Affairs

Expand Medicaid’s Investment In Community Violence Intervention

State Medicaid agencies had previously had the authority to add violence prevention services as a benefit, but these were not used until recent actions by CMS. In the United States, disparities that ...

Philadelphia invested in community violence interrupters to reduce crime. Now it’s training them, too

PHILADELPHIA — Andre Martin was close to hurting somebody. The 51-year-old South Philadelphia man, incarcerated in his youth, recalled when a jailhouse conflict between him and another young man ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Business leaders roll out platform to track investments in violence reduction

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The Chicago Reporter

Inside Chicago’s growing investment in violence intervention

Community Peacekeepers say reducing shootings means confronting poverty, trauma and instability in the neighborhoods most ...
Los Angeles Times

Violence against Black women and girls is underreported. Here’s how we can address it

Violence against Black women and girls is a longstanding national epidemic that has long been overlooked and underreported. Though they make up less than 5% of Los Angeles’ population, Black women are ...
Chicago Tribune

Sheerine Alemzadeh: Domestic violence is a community safety issue, so let’s treat it that way

Earlier this month, a wrenching tragedy on the Far North Side was met with predictable calls for more of the same tough-on-crime policies that have repeatedly failed survivors of gender-based violence ...
Chicago Tribune

Vaughn Bryant: What is community violence intervention?

Let’s be honest: We have never had a successful public safety strategy in Black and brown communities. Until now. Imagine an effective policing strategy that makes neighborhoods safe; causes residents ...
MedPage Today

Clinicians Too Play a Role in Community Violence Intervention

In 2020, the U.S. experienced a 30% surge in gun-related homicides, with firearm deaths becoming the leading cause of mortality for children and adolescents. Four years later, in June 2024, Surgeon ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Leaders mark 1 year of Scaling Community Violence Intervention for a Safer Chicago program

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Tuesday marks a year since the beginning of a program designed to cut down on violence in Chicago. The program is called Scaling Community Violence Intervention for a Safer Chicago, ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Community violence intervention is key to keeping Chicago safe

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Governing

Community Violence Prevention Programs Remain a Wise Investment

Violence prevention and intervention programs have expanded rapidly across the country thanks to support from the Biden-Harris administration. This past June, the U.S. Surgeon General issued its first ...

Michigan seeking violence intervention initiative proposals

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is offering grant funding opportunities to initiatives seeking ...