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The present and future of hospital-based violence intervention programs
November 13, 2024
Armed With Reason: The Podcast
Biden's new executive order tackles gun violence as a public health crisis. Here's what that means
October 2, 2024
WUSATV (D.C.)
Biden EO Expands Access to Medicaid Funds to Violence Intervention Programs
September 30, 2024
The Well News
Mobile hospital begins violence intervention program: ‘Real magic’
September 30, 2024
AL.com
Arkansas’s Many Shooting Victims Share a Single Trauma Center. This Researcher Wants to Change That
September 13, 2024
The Trace
By Partnering With Legal Experts, a Chicago Trauma Center Goes Beyond the Emergency Room
September 3, 2024
The Trace
Research Highlights Need for Public Health Approach in News Reporting of Gun Violence
August 3, 2024
The Good Men Project
Indiana's first hospital-linked violence prevention program launches
July 30, 2024
WRTV (Indianapolis)
Op-Ed: Action needed to sustain hospital-based programs that prevent violence
July 16, 2024
NJ Spotlight News
Philadelphia community leaders, doctors applaud U.S. surgeon general declaring gun violence a public health crisis
June 25, 2024
CBS Philadelphia
Mobile leaders planning hospital-based intervention program to reduce gun violence
June 25, 2024
NBC 15 News (Mobile, AL)
White House Enlists Doctors and Hospitals to Combat Gun Violence
June 6, 2024
KFF Health News
A national community violence intervention coalition will bring its resources to Milwaukee
April 29, 2024
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Modern Healthcare Innovators 2024
April 8, 2024
Modern Healthcare
An Emerging Group of Researchers Is Changing Our Understanding of Gun Violence
March 8, 2024
The Trace
States using Medicaid funds for firearm violence prevention
February/March 2024
The Nation's Health
Team at Grady Works to Reach Teens and Others Impacted by Gun Violence
January 25, 2024
11Alive Atlanta
How Health Care Providers Can Respond to Gun Violence
January 25, 2024
Transforming Care
They were wounded in a mass shooting. Then Baltimore Police seized their belongings.
July 25, 2023
The Baltimore Banner
Opinion: “Standing up to guns” won’t reduce Denver’s violent crime
July 16, 2023
The Colorado Sun
Cities have ways to curb gun violence; feds are giving them more money
July 6, 2023
Stateline
“You can’t pour from an empty cup”: American violence prevention workers talk about burnout
June 22, 2023
The Guardian
A new system in California recasts gun violence as a public health concern. It’s saving lives
June 7, 2023
The Guardian
A Yale hospital program aims to pay $1,000 to victims of violent crimes to promote healing
May 12, 2023
Connecticut Public Radio
Yale New Haven Hospital, Partners Provide Payment to Victims of Violence, Homicide
May 8, 2023
New Haven Register
Survivors of gun violence often suffer with physical and emotional pain years after
April 3, 2023
KJZZ (NPR Phoenix)
Kaiser Permanente targets gun violence as health equity
March 2, 2023
Healthcare Brew
New Tool to Help Cities Make the Case for Public Safety Funding
March 2, 2023
Route Fifty
Baltimore to join other cities in national effort aimed at reducing gun violence by 20% over 5 years
February 23, 2023
Baltimore Sun
Harris County to launch hospital violence intervention program at Ben Taub
February 14, 2023
Houston Chronicle
Community-based efforts to reduce gun violence launched in four cities
February 25, 2023
Philanthropy News Digest
Kaiser Permanente earmarks $25M for gun violence prevention research, collaboration
January 27, 2023
Fierce Healthcare
Kaiser Permanente commits $25M to center for gun violence injury prevention
January 27, 2023
American Hospital Association
Kaiser puts $25M to gun violence prevention
January 26, 2023
Becker’s Hospital Review
INTERVENTION THAT BEGINS IN THE HOSPITAL - AND IS PUBLICLY FUNDED
December 14, 2022
NextCity
MUSC EXTENDS VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM BEYOND HOSPITAL'S WALLS
December 8, 2022
The Post and Courier
INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE GUN VIOLENCE INITIATIVE THEY SAY IS ACTUALLY WORKING
December 6, 2022
Politico
FUNDERS ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE AS PUBLIC HEALTH, SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUE
November 1, 2022
Philanthropy News Digest
HOSPITAL-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CAN BREAK CYCLE OF HARM
October 4, 2022
News Nation
HOW A PHILANTHROPIC BET ON VIOLENCE INTERVENTION IS WINNING PUBLIC DOLLARS
October 4, 2022
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
TO PREVENT GUN INJURY, BUILD BETTER RESEARCH
October 3, 2022
Nature
CHANGES COMING TO BALTIMORE'S SAFE STREETS ANTI-VIOLENCE PROGRAM, ALONG WITH MORE VICTIM SERVICES AT HOSPITALS
September 16, 2022
The Baltimore Sun
THE US IS INVESTING MILLIONS TO STOP GUN DEATHS. IS IT GOING TO THE RIGHT COMMUNITIES?
August 18, 2022
USA Today
PATERSON HEALING COLLECTIVE'S WORK REMAINS ESSENTIAL, EVEN AS VIOLENCE EBBS: OUR VIEW
July 29, 2022
USA Today Network - NJ
PATERSON VICTIM SUPPORT PROGRAM SCRAMBLES FOR FUNDING AS STATE GRANT SUNSETS
July 28, 2022
Yahoo! News
KAISER PERMANENTE LAUNCHES GUN VIOLENCE RESEARCH CENTER, FUNDS $1.3M IN GRANTS
June 16, 2022
Becker's Hospital Review
MASS SHOOTINGS INTENSIFY REFORM EFFORTS AT GRASSROOTS LEVEL
June 7, 2022
Associated Press
CAN LESSONS OF COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS PREVENT MASS SHOOTINGS?
June 3, 2022
The Guardian
FALCONS PLAYER WORKING TO CONNECT WITH TEXAS SCHOOL SHOOTING SURVIVOR WEARING JERSEY NUMBER
May 30, 2022
Yahoo! News
Falcons Coach Arthur Smith on Uvalde Shooting: 'Part of Me Thinks Our Political Process Is Broken'
By Jeremy Brener
May 29, 2022
Sports Illustrated
From Newtown to Uvalde: Growth in Gun-Violence Philanthropy and a New Mind-Set for a Movement
By Drew Lindsay
May 27, 2022
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
ARTHUR BLANK FAMILY FOUNDATION DONATES $200K TO GUN SAFETY, MENTAL HEALTH ORGS
By Mike Chiari
May 27, 2022
Bleacher Report
IN GUNFIRE'S DESTRUCTIVE WAKE, SC HOSPITAL HELPS VICTIMS PICK UP THE PIECES
By Jocelyn Grzeszczak and Rickey Ciapha Dennis
April 25, 2022
The Post and Courier
NON-PROFIT NAMED TO RUN COUNTY-WIDE VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM
April 15, 2022
Birmingham Times
KNOXVILLE COMMITTED $1 MILLION TO FIGHTING GUN DEATHS AND SPENT HALF THE MONEY. HERE'S HOW.
By Tyler Whetstone
April 13, 2022
Knoxville News Sentinel
GRANT AWARDED FOR PROGRAM TO SERVE VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE IN HOSPITAL
April 13, 2022
Birmingham Watch
HOSPITAL PROGRAM TO GET $1 MILLION TO FIGHT GUN VIOLENCE AS HOMICIDES RISE IN BIRMINGHAM
By Amy Yurkanin
April 6, 2022
AL.com
JEFFERSON COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER REVEALS SOBERING STATISTICS DURING ANNUAL PUBLIC HEALTH ADDRESS
By Chasity Maxie
April 5, 2022
WBRC TV (Birmingham)
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS SA GROUP'S EFFORTS TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE BY PARTNERING WITH HOSPITALS
By Patty Santos
March 25, 2022
KSAT TV (San Antonio)
Tech billionaire Steve Ballmer’s nonprofit puts up $18M for community violence prevention groups.
By Tom Kutsch
March 10, 2022
The Trace
BALLMER CRAFTS NEW FUNDING STRATEGY TO CONFRONT GUN VIOLENCE
By Glen Gamboa
March 9, 2022
Associated Press
AS HOMICIDE RATES SURGE, MOMENTUM GROWS FOR COMMUNITY VIOLENCE-PREVENTION SOLUTIONS
By Drew Lindsay
March 1, 2022
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
MAYOR, POLICE CHIEF PITCH SOLUTIONS TO GUN VIOLENCE IN HARTFORD, AS RESIDENTS EXPRESS FRUSTRATION
By Alex Putterman
February 26, 2022
Hartford Courant
OPinion: OREGON HOMICIDES, SUICIDES ARE RISING. HOW CAN WE PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE?
By Deb Patterson
February 25, 2022
Statesman-Journal (Oregon)
CONGRESS POISED TO MAKE LARGEST INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION IN U.S. HISTORY
By Kyle Fischer
February 22, 2022
Emergency Medicine News
REP. LAMAR SPONSORS BILL TO TREAT GUN VIOLENCE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS
By Dominique Dillon
February 16, 2022
Fox 13 (Memphis)
TRAUMA CENTERS EXPAND CARE TO TREAT PATIENTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
February 14, 2022
News Medical Life Sciences
SENATE ADVANCES BILL TO ESTABLISH CENTER FOR FIREARM VIOLENCE INTERVENTION, PREVENTION
February 14, 2022
Augusta Free Press
DISTRICT JOINS BALTIMORE AND 12 OTHER CITIES FOR GROUNDBREAKING WHITE HOUSE INITIATIVE
February 10, 2022
By Deborah Bailey
The Afro
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Journey to Non-Violence
By Malik Russell
January 17, 2022
The HAVI
THE RISING RATES OF GUN VIOLENCE
By Jamal Andress
January 10, 2022
Newsy
HOW CITIES HAVE REDUCED GUN VIOLENCE—AND SAVED MILLIONS
By Nazish Dholakia
January 1, 2022
Forbes
HOW ED STAFF CAN HELP BREAK THE CYCLE OF COMMUNITY VIOLENCE
By Batya Swift Yasgur
November 8, 2021
Medscape
COMMUNITIES CAN FIGHT GUN VIOLENCE BY INTERVENING AT THE HOSPITAL. AN EXPERT EXPLAINS WHY IT WORKS.
By Isabel Lohman
October 10, 2021
Knox News
US RECORDS LARGEST ANNUAL INCREASE IN MURDERS IN SIX DECADES
By Lois Beckett
September 27, 2021
The Guardian
GREATER COLUMBUS' TWO LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTERS SEE SURGE IN GUNSHOT WOUND PATIENTS
By Eric Lagatta
September 21, 2021
Columbus Dispatch
AS THE GUN CONTROL DEBATE STALLS, MEDICAID BECOMES AN UNLIKELY TOOL TO FIGHT VIOLENCE
By Courtney Subramanian
September 17, 2021
USA Today
CHARLOTTE DOCTOR BELIEVES MEETING PEOPLE'S NEEDS WILL HELP CURB VIOLENCE
By Gwendolyn Glenn
September 15, 2021
NPR Charlotte
HOSPITAL-BASED INTERVENTION CAN SAVE LIVES. A GROWING MOVEMENT IS BETTING ON MEDICAID TO FUND IT.
By Chip Brownlee
August 19, 2021
The Trace
LAMONT SIGNS GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION MEASURES INTO LAW
By Christine Stuart
July 27, 2021
NBC Connecticut
Connecticut looks to use Medicaid funds to address gun crime
By Susan Haigh
July 28, 2021
AP News
OPINION: HOSPITALS CAN BE VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTERS
By Randi Smith and Fatimah Loren Dreier
July 24, 2021
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
HOSPITALS TACKLING GUN VIOLENCE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE
By Jessica Kim Cohen
July 20, 2021
Modern Healthcare
NYC MAYORAL CANDIDATE ERIC ADAMS JOINS BIDEN, OTHER LEADERS ON PLAN TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE
By Courtney Subramanian
July 12, 2021
USA TODAY
Cities Search For Answers In The Midst Of Nationwide Spike In Violence
By Jamal Andress
June 22, 2021
Newsy
Opinion: President Biden is listening to communities on violence prevention. Congress should, too.
By Fatimah Loren Dreier and David Muhammad
April 29, 2021
The Washington Post
BIDEN WANTS TO GIVE ANTI-VIOLENCE GROUPS $5 BILLION. HERE'S HOW IT COULD BE SPENT.
By Jon Schuppe
April 14, 2021
NBC News
'It Has To Stop': Biden Takes Initial Action On Guns, Calls On Congress To Do More
By Brian Naylor
April 8, 2021
NPR
CNN's Fredricka Whitfield Interviews the HAVI's Executive Director, Fatimah Loren Dreier
Interview with Fredricka Whitfield
April 4, 2021
CNN
$5 Billion For Violence Prevention Is Tucked Into Biden Infrastructure Plan
By Juana Summers
April 1, 2021
NPR
Biden Jobs Bill Would Send $5 Billion to Community Gun Violence Prevention
By Jennifer Mascia
April 1, 2021
The Trace
Biden infrastructure plan would boost gun violence prevention groups
By Todd Ruger
March 31, 2021
Roll Call
US saw estimated 4,000 extra murders in 2020 amid surge in daily gun violence
By Lois Beckett and Abené Clayton
March 24, 2021
The Guardian
The Pandemic Has Hindered Many of the Best Ideas for Reducing Violence
By Emily Badger and Quoctrung Bui
October 6, 2020
The New York Times
Pushed Out of Hospitals by COVID, Anti-Violence Programs Try to Adapt
By Jennifer Mascia
October 5, 2020
The Trace
U.S. Crime Victims Often Don't Get the Government Money Meant to Help Them Heal—and Say They Feel 'Excluded'
By Sanya Mansoor
September 9, 2020
TIME
Minneapolis: How One City Can Reimagine The Future Of Public Safety
By TIME Staff
August 6, 2020
TIME
Confronting Racism with FAtimah Loren Dreier
By Steve Adubato
August 5, 2020
Steve Adubato Uncut
Demonstrators say public safety re-imagined is a future without police
By Jasmine Wright
June 21, 2020
CNN
What would it mean to 'defund the police'? These cities offer ideas
By John Schuppe
June 10, 2020
NBC News
Here is what defunding the police in the US could improve
By Yair Oded
June 8, 2020
Screen Shot
‘Defund Police’ Movement Gains Steam As Celebrities And Politicians Sign On
By Royce Dunmore
June 5, 2020
NewsOne
The Pandemic’s impact on racial inequity and violence can’t be ignored
By Fatimah Loren Muhammad
May 7, 2020
The Trace
Interrupting Violence From Within The Trauma Unit And Well Beyond
By T.R. Goldman
April 2020
Health Affairs
Gun Violence Work Could Use Billions of Dollars in Victim Assistance Funds
By Jordan Costa
March 11, 2020
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
State to Expand Hospital-Based Programs to Help Victims Break Cycle of Violence
By Lil H. Stainton
Feb 21, 2020
The Trace
How Hospitals Are Helping to Reduce Gun Violence
By Joel Fein
December 15, 2019
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
The unsung heroes of Oakland's drastic decline in gun homicides
By Anne Marks
December 12, 2019
The Guardian
How Doctors Can Help Prevent Gun Violence
By Megan L. Ranney, Marian E. Betz
October 24, 2019
Harvard Business Review
What Gun Violence Prevention Looks Like When It Focuses on the Communities Hurt the Most
By Elizabeth Van Brocklin
July 10, 2019
The Trace
In Detroit’s busiest ER, a man with his own dark past tries to halt a cycle of violence
By Kurtis Lee
June 15, 2018
Los Angeles Times
Gun Violence Spreads Like A Contagious Disease. Can School Shootings Be Cured Like One?
By Jack Herrera
February 12, 2019
Pacific Standard
Far From Parkland Spotlight, Teens In East Oakland Want To Tell Their Stories
By Sam Sanders, Anjuli Sastry
February 14, 2019
NPR
For Hospitals, Treating Violence Beyond the ER is Good Medicine and Good Business
By Shefali Luthra
January 20, 2016
Kaiser Health News
Baltimore Sees Hospitals as Key to Breaking a Cycle of Violence
By Andrea Hsu
April 8, 2016
NPR
Why Gunshot Victims Have Reason to Like the Affordable Care Act
By Sarah Varney
November 28, 2016
New York Times
Obamacare Pushed Hospitals to do Good Beyond Their Walls. Now What?
By Shefali Luthra
March 16, 2017
Kaiser Health News
Hospitals are Trying to do What Politicians Haven’t: Stop Gun Violence
By Nick Wang
November, 23, 2018
HuffPost
Trauma-Informed patient care: Steps for health system leaders and providers
By Laura Mueller
June 4, 2019
Cardinal Health Essential Insights
Philadelphia has a gun violence epidemic. What if it were treated like any other contagious disease?
By Rita Giordano and Bethany Ao
Dec 2, 2019
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Advocates: ‘Give us the tools to fight’ urban gun violence
By Christine Stuart
December 17, 2019
New Haven Register
Advocates: Use Part Of Hospital Tax Settlement To Address Gun Violence
By Ryan Lindsay
December 16, 2019
WNPR
Advocates: Use Part Of Hospital Tax Settlement To Address Gun Violence
By Ryan Lindsay
December 16, 2019
WNPR