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Learn How CVI Works

Community Violence Intervention, or CVI,
is an evidence-informed, non-punitive public health approach to reducing gun violence. It offers a suite of services that proactively engage individuals with the highest likelihood of being involved in gun violence, with the goal of promoting healing and building safer and stronger communities.

Learn more about the core strategies of this work.

Chicago, Illinois --  Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019..Terrrance Henderson and other staff members track shootings so that they can better monitor spikes in violence...Partnering with community agencies on the West and South Sides of Chicago, Chicago CRED offers holistic wraparound services including job training to disconnected young men in need of support..CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for CRED/Emerson Collective

FAST FACTS

  • Fact #1

    Individuals who have the highest risk for gun violence are aged 27-34. 

  • Fact #2

    Community Violence Intervention must consist of evidence-based practices to be effective. Evidence-based practices are programmatic models and interventions that have proven to reduce violence among groups, violent behavior among individuals, and re-engage individuals in a self-defined constructive future.

  • Fact #3

    Federal and state funding for evidenced-based Community Violence Intervention programs has increased with the passage of the America Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021, but funding must be sustained.

  • Fact #4

    Community Violence Intervention is a strategy that must be coupled with other efforts, including effective policing, youth programming investments, and targeted neighborhood economic development to drive change.

  • Fact #5

    A systems-based approach to CVI includes coordinating the efforts of organizations and public entities, sharing data to ensure the right individuals and areas are being served, establishing stable long-term funding, and increasing the quality and professionalism of the CVI workforce.

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