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News & Updates
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Ballmer Group Awards $18 Million to Support Community Violence Intervention
Funding Supports Expansion of Community Violence Intervention Ecosystems in Areas Hardest Hit by Gun Violence February 22, 2022—Amid...
Feb 23, 2022
Statement from the Collective about the Importance of Dedicating CVI Funds to CVI
As new federal, state and private funds become available to organizations that have built the community violence intervention (CVI)...
Feb 11, 2022
Community Based Public Safety to Receive Billions in Over-Due Investments; New Report Guides Funders
CBPS Practitioners Reduce Crime and Improve Well-Being in Their Own Communities Newark, NJ – As federal, state, and local governments...
Aug 4, 2021
Law enforcement can’t be only point of contact for safety in our communities, says activist | CNBC
Aqeela Sherrills, Community Based Public Safety Collective, joins Shep Smith to discuss how to reduce violence in cities like Philadelphia.
Jul 22, 2021
Community based initiatives make push to break crime’s violent grip on Baton Rouge | WAFB-TV
“We teach people how to assess a situation, how to staff it in terms of being able to respond, and also how to consistently, like kind of...
Jun 11, 2021
As Baton Rouge faces soaring murder rate, these ‘street teams’ are training to stop the violence
As Baton Rouge faces an unprecedented rate of murders, the city is training teams of residents to intervene before violence happens. The...
Jun 10, 2021
U.S. Mayors, Community Safety Experts Announce National Association of CBPS Practitioners | Release
Despite rising violence in cities spurred by the pandemic, national study shows community-based violence reduction programs continue to...
Apr 25, 2021
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