Community violence intervention programs are a critical part of a comprehensive approach to reduce the impact of rising gun violence on youth and in U.S. communities. According to a recent Sentencing ...

CITY. IT’S ABOUT EVOLVING AND CONNECTIVITY. ACCORDING TO MAYOR BRANDON SCOTT HE ANNOUNCED FRIDAY A NEW OPERATING MODEL FOR SAFE STREETS BASED ON RESULTS OF A STUDY ON COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In 2021, the Violence Intervention Program was introduced as a way to try and prevent gun violence by reaching out to victims with the help necessary to break the cycle of violence ...

A new Dallas crisis intervention program is up and running as part of a menu of public safety solutions that do not involve police officers. Police are often called for crisis situations that officers ...

Ricky Aiken has worked with youths in the West Palm Beach area for more than a decade with his Inner City Innovators program.

WITH PEOPLE DIRECTLY INVOLVED TO FIND OUT IT HAS BEEN UP AND DOWN MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY. IT HAS BEEN A THUNDERSTORM. IT’S BEEN SEVEN MONTHS SINCE CAMELIA CHILDERS WAS SHOT OUTSIDE HER ...

AFTER FIVE YEARS SINCE IT FIRST STARTED THE VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THE CITY SAYS IS WORKING TO TACKLE CRIME. JULIAN PARAS ASKED THE MAYOR AND THE CITY DEPARTMENT HOW IT’S WORKING.

In the early 2000s, Chicago was at the forefront of a novel and promising violence-interruption effort called CeaseFire, which relied on community members—many of whom were former gang members—to ...

TONIGHT WE’RE LOOKING AT A NEW SOLUTION. CITY LEADERS, POLICE AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ALL BEEN SPEAKING OUT THIS SUMMER SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS. AND NOW A PROGRAM AIMS TO STEP IN AND HELP YOUNG ...