Chicago is receiving a significant boost in funding for violence intervention programs, with hundreds of millions of dollars being allocated to support community violence-prevention methods. The initiative aims to expand efforts in four West Side neighborhoods and raise $100 million in private funding to target those most at risk from gun violence.
A recent increase in funding for Chicago's community-based violence intervention programs reflects the city's need to address crime. https://t.co/T1TQLYvb0D
After a mass shooting in West Humboldt Park, anti-violence groups have pledged to step up their outreach. https://t.co/sIxwyu7bbB https://t.co/v80V4PvBht
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Four West Side neighborhoods will see a boost in violence prevention programs targeted at people most at risk from gun violence, as a group of business leaders nears its ambitious goal of raising $100 million in private funding. https://t.co/SpjvzwLcxk
Violence intervention programs designed to stop Chicago shootings before they happen are expanding their efforts this summer. https://t.co/yUGfOyIWNs
Violence intervention at street level getting funding boost in ‘unique moment’ for Chicago https://t.co/C12SmWPhL8
Dozens of anti-violence advocates, street outreach workers and other community figureheads gathered Monday on the West Side to announce a new injection of hundreds of millions of dollars that will be used to fund community violence-intervention methods. https://t.co/dWipdmKNPi