STOUGHTON, Mass. — The last known person to see Sandra Birchmore alive was a police officer. He stopped by her apartment days before the elementary school teacher’s aide, 23 years old and newly ...

Amid racial injustices laid bare in COVID-19 morbidity and mortality, police violence and community turmoil, governments started to invest in a different kind of public safety strategy. This approach ...

ACCOMPLISH. CITY AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS THINK IT IS ALREADY WORKING TO REDUCE CONFLICTS BETWEEN STUDENTS. WHEN WE SAY IT TAKES ALL OF US TO END VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY, WE HAVE TO INCLUDE BALTIMORE’S YOUNG ...

TONIGHT WE’RE LOOKING AT A NEW SOLUTION. CITY LEADERS, POLICE AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ALL BEEN SPEAKING OUT THIS SUMMER SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS. AND NOW A PROGRAM AIMS TO STEP IN AND HELP YOUNG ...

Community-based violence intervention programs have proved to reduce homicides and shootings. In order to respond to gun violence and address its root causes, communities most affected are banding ...

Violence prevention and intervention programs have expanded rapidly across the country thanks to support from the Biden-Harris administration. This past June, the U.S. Surgeon General issued its first ...

Hospital-based community violence intervention programs combat cycles of violent crime and retaliation by engaging patients in the recovery process immediately following injury. Only in America: The ...

This is another installment in Birmingham Times/AL.com/CBS42 joint series “Beyond the Violence.” This project is grant- and donor-supported. Contribute to support ...

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