The DOJ recently canceled hundreds of grants, cutting $811 million in funding for critical programs aimed at addressing gun violence and providing addiction and victim services. These cuts primarily impact Community Violence Intervention (CVI) initiatives that have proven effective in reducing shootings and violent crime. The CVI model relies on local outreach workers and violence interrupters, who leverage their experiences to implement public health strategies in at-risk neighborhoods. This decision raises concerns about the future efficacy of interventions designed to protect communities from violence.
"Those individuals who are closest in proximity to the violence in the neighborhoods are equipped with the skills, the tools, and the resources to do the intervention and prevention and the treatment."
"Essentially, what we are is a complementary strategy to policing in cities... we utilize a public health approach - meaning that those individuals who are closest in proximity to the violence in the neighborhoods are equipped with the skills, the tools, and the resources."
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