GVPanorama - What is Community Violence Intervention?
Innovative CVI programs across the country have shown an encouraging success rate for curbing gun violence
As advocates of gun violence prevention have surmised over the last few years, solutions to America’s firearms problem don’t seem to be a priority in Washington. The real change has been happening on local ground.
At schools, hospitals, churches, community centers, and police stations around the country, local organizations have been looking at this seemingly intractable problem from a more holistic view — addressing gun violence not just after it happens, but from a long-game prevention, education, and health care attack plan.
The general term for this tactic — community violence intervention (CVI) — and the innovative, varied programs created from the concept have shown an encouraging success rate.
Below are a few articles and videos that are good overviews of CVI.
Note: Many of these types of CVI programs were receiving funding from the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, created during the Biden administration, but recently shuttered by the Trump administration and changed to whatever this is. A search for CVI information from the Federal government exposes an irresponsible detachment from further research on this valuable evolution of violence prevention. Once again, it is the grassroots where you can find local Offices of Gun Violence Prevention (OVPs) surviving and growing.
Community Violence Intervention
“Despite the deep challenges faced by communities that have experienced high rates of gun violence, research has shown that investments in targeted and well-implemented public health solutions can save lives and reduce trauma from gun violence.”
Community Violence Intervention Programs, Explained
“Gun violence is rising across the country — in big cities and rural communities, in red states and blue ones. Especially hard hit are Black communities and other communities of color that have experienced decades of disinvestment. But more policing isn’t the answer. Our overreliance on the tools of arrest, prosecution, and incarceration has harmed communities — and hasn’t made us safer.”
GVPanorama - Debunking CVI Myths: CVI Is Only Street Outreach
“CVI programs which invest in case management, cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to change patterns of thinking, and creating a coordinated ecosystem of support over a longer period of time are able to sustain sizable reductions in community violence.”