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Community violence intervention programs prevent shootings by interrupting the cycle of violence in the country’s most impacted communities. Community violence is a major driver of the gun violence epidemic in the US and takes a disproportionate toll on underserved Black and Latino communities. One of the most effective ways to address this form of violence […]

New York City launched its first Cure Violence program—which uses community outreach to interrupt violence—in 2010 with funding from the U.S. Department of Justice. Today, there are 18 programs around the city. This report examines two of them: Man Up! Inc. in East New York, Brooklyn; and Save Our Streets South Bronx. Each of the