The program draws from the shared experience of participants, using interactive exercises and activities, discussions, games and roleplays to examine the ways we respond to situations where injustice, prejudice, frustration and anger can lead to aggressive behaviour and violence.
Click here for more information about the AVP program or write to us at: info avp. See about us to find out more about AVP International. Contact us here. In January, the Charlotte City Council asked staff to implement an evidence-based violence intervention model to curb violent crime in four durable hot spots in Charlotte. Cure Violence has a long history of work in cities across the globe. They also have had extensive evaluation from various academic institutions which have found that their methodology is effective when implemented with fidelity, whether the city is Chicago, IL or Cali, Colombia.
Multiple independent evaluations have been conducted analyzing Cure Violence's work. Those studies overwhelmingly have noted significant reductions in violence in the areas where violence interrupters have been deployed. Read the Cure Violence Impact Report for more information on the organization's successes.
What is Cure Violence? How does it work? Cure Violence's methodology includes resourcing community members to work with people who are at the most risk for perpetrating violence. Where else does Cure Violence Global work? What would implementation look like in Charlotte? The City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County will work together to implement Cure Violence's methodology through a Community-Based Organization CBO with a history of work and credibility in the community where violence is taking place.
The interrupter program will be launched in a specific area where data shows violence is happening, Beatties Ford Road and LaSalle Street. The Community-Based Organization will be resourced to administer the program through hiring supervisor s , interrupters, and outreach workers, all from the community. Additionally, Cure Violence Global will provide the training and technical assistance to stand up the program and ensure the right measures and ongoing training are in place for success.
Detecting and interrupting conflicts, 2. Identifying and treating the highest risk individuals, 3. Changing social norms. How do violence interrupters get hired and trained? They are trained to resolve conflict. The interrupter will leverage relationships to intervene in conflict and stop violence before it happens. The best practice for hiring violence interrupters utilizes a community-based hiring panel.
The interrupters are trained and supported by Cure Violence Global and are paid for their work. What do outreach workers do? Outreach specialists maintain a caseload of persons they support in receiving services and resources to prevent future violence. Where else does Cure Violence Global work? What would implementation look like in Charlotte? The City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County will work together to implement Cure Violence's methodology through a Community-Based Organization CBO with a history of work and credibility in the community where violence is taking place.
The interrupter program will be launched in a specific area where data shows violence is happening, Beatties Ford Road and LaSalle Street. The Community-Based Organization will be resourced to administer the program through hiring supervisor s , interrupters, and outreach workers, all from the community.
Additionally, Cure Violence Global will provide the training and technical assistance to stand up the program and ensure the right measures and ongoing training are in place for success.
Detecting and interrupting conflicts, 2. Identifying and treating the highest risk individuals, 3. Changing social norms. How do violence interrupters get hired and trained? They are trained to resolve conflict. The interrupter will leverage relationships to intervene in conflict and stop violence before it happens.
The best practice for hiring violence interrupters utilizes a community-based hiring panel. The interrupters are trained and supported by Cure Violence Global and are paid for their work. What do outreach workers do? They work individually with people at highest risk to figure out what the individual needs to avoid decisions that lead to violence. How do violence interrupters interact with police? Cure Violence plays a separate role to law enforcement.
The Cure Violence approach is focused on preventing someone from crossing the line into violent action by focusing on prevention. Evidence shows that Cure Violence programs help relations between police and community by preventing violence before it happens, reducing police interventions. What is the role of community organizations in stopping violence?
Having a healthy and connected ecosystem of community-based organizations is essential to the success of the Cure Violence program. What funding is available to grassroots organizations who are already in communities doing the work of violence prevention? In alignment with the City's commitment to addressing community safety within priority areas of the city, the Jumpstart program has been retooled to prioritize organizations that are serving those key zip codes in Charlotte.
In addition, the City and non-profit partners offer support and capacity building training to ensure the efforts of funded organizations can be sustained into the future. How will Cure Violence interact with community organizations that already exist?
Violence interrupters and outreach workers from the community will be paid to do their critical work.
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