The City of Akron announced on Friday that it is launching a new community violence intervention program: PIVOT.

The city of Akron is partnering with area hospitals to launch a new program aimed at reducing violence by intervening at victims' hospital beds.

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 ...

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 ...

Everytown for Gun Safety Fund will invest more than $2 million in community violence intervention programs in an effort to address gun violence across the nation. The investment, announced Thursday, ...

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The Cook County Board of Commissioners and the Justice Advisory Council joined together Wednesday on Chicago's South Side to ...

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A community group that promotes public safety has teamed with Indiana University Health to roll out a program to engage victims of gun violence as they are being treated in the hospital. The Indy ...

Violence intervention programs in some of New Jersey's biggest cities are among the latest New Jersey programs to be hit by federal funding cuts, with the the U.S. Department of Justice cutting $3.5 ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — The Medical University of South Carolina has received a $100,000 grant to support its violence intervention program. The Everytown Community Safety Fund awarded the grant to ...

Akron Mayor Shammas Malik announced a new partnership for violence intervention June 12. Shown from left are City of Akron ...