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Residents and community providers told the Public Safety Committee they witnessed or responded to multiple shootings in Belltown and urged emergency deterrents at specific intersections, continued investment in community violence-intervention programs, and stronger police staffing.

Save Our Streets Montgomery told the commission the community violence intervention program operates on about $1.2 million a year, employs 15 interventionists, and is seeking federal and local grant support after ARPA funding ends.

Innovative CVI programs across the country have shown an encouraging success rate for curbing gun violence

High rates of gun violence have been forged by past and present racial discrimination

Michigan Transformation Collective outlined a multi-year, multi-partner blueprint to prevent gun violence; presenters said homicide counts fell from 22 in 2023 to 10 in 2024 and to seven in 2025, and described training for community interventionists and data-sharing efforts with KDPS.

State Sen. Mike Weber told the Troy City Council the new bipartisan state budget increases ongoing road funding and dedicates bridge dollars; he said Troy should expect roughly a 31% boost in local road dollars — about $3.8 million annually — within a statewide package totaling more than $2 billion in recurring road funding.

DeKalb County Department of Human Services and partner Hope Hustlers told commissioners a six‑month pilot under a $1.5 million federal planning grant produced mediations, food and toy distributions, case management enrollments and preliminary reductions in serious violence metrics.

DeKalb County committees approve multimillion-dollar projects and discuss finance monitoring arrangements.

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In this video, community violence intervention leaders explain how their approach to preventing gun violence can transform communities—one person at a time.

via US news | The Guardian — Community programs are more effective at reducing violence than simply making arrests, advocates say Homicides in the US have fallen dramatically in recent years after a spike during the Covid-19 pandemic, but now some advocates for community violence intervention programs worry federal funding cuts by the Trump administration will reverse that trend. In April 2025, more than $800m in grants was cut from the Department of Justice’s office of justice programs aimed at preventing and responding to