- In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mayor Kenney credits the city’s investments in community violence intervention for the fact that “homicides [are] down by 26 percent since 2021 and shootings overall down 22 percent citywide compared to previous year-to-date totals.” David Muhammad reports for the Philadelphia Inquirer that “a recent external academic evaluation found that the city’s group violence intervention program has been successful at engaging very high-risk [gun violence perpetrators or victims] and supporting them in not participating in gun violence.”
- Maryland. For WBAL TV 11, Baltimore, Maryland’s NBC affiliate, Jason Newton reports that “violence interrupter models [are] spreading to more locations” around the city of Baltimore. Moreover, building on Baltimore’s success, neighboring Anne Arundel County will launch its own CVI program in Annapolis’s Eastport neighborhood.
- The City of Albuquerque Teams Up with Foot Locker To Give New Shoes to West Mesa High School Students Enrolled In Its School-Based Violence Intervention Program. Beyond the sneakers, Jordan Honeycutt reports for WRQE that Foot Locker and Albuquerque’s Community Safety Department teamed up to help students who face the highest risk of gun violence by providing therapy and a safe space to talk to peers.
