Some said they were disappointed in the amount of support for the initiative.
were being shot daily, as the jump in gun homicides that started in 2020 across the country continued.coronavirus relief funds to strengthen public safetyCommunity Violence Intervention Collaborative was another part of this public safety plan aimed to prepare grassroots groups to accept more public funding by strengthening their infrastructure and sharing best practices to design programs.
If people agree to participate, the programs often also provide economic aid like paying for food or rent and connecting them to job training or other skills development — interventions that reveal the close connection between poverty and violence. Alex Johnson, of the California Wellness Foundation, which funded early models of violence interruption in the 1990s, said many officials who control local budgets still do not understand the value of the approach.
So far, Kass and Rocco found participating cities allocated $71.7 million toward violence interruption programs — less than 1% of the $7.8 billion in coronavirus relief funds available. Their study excluded participating counties, Washington, D.C., and Rapid City, South Dakota.
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