The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has allocated $12.6 million toward grant funding for local organizations dedicated to preventing community violence. The funding is intended to improve community safety throughout the state of Michigan.
The department’s funding comes from Community Violence Intervention Programs investments included in the 2023 and 2024 state budgets approved by Governor Gretchen Whitmer, according to an MDHHS press release on Sept. 11.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the CDC, defines community violence as violence that occurs “between unrelated individuals, who may or may not know each other, generally outside the home.” Examples include homicides, shootings, stabbings and physical assaults.
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How one local organization has utilized state funding
After receiving a $15 million grant from Michigan’s Department of Education, the MSU Department of Psychiatry and Safe and Sound Schools have launched a five-year pilot program dedicated to preventing targeted violence within schools. The program, Prevent 2 Protect, uses a community-centered approach to address the needs of high-risk and high-need adolescents.
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