Community groups say Cook County violence-intervention grants are reducing shootings
Leaders of violence-intervention programs told the board that county-funded community-violence-intervention and ceasefire efforts have reduced shootings and improved employment outcomes for program participants; they urged sustained multi-year funding.
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Community-violence-intervention providers and grassroots groups told the Cook County Board that recent grant funding has yielded measurable impacts and asked the county to continue multi-year investments.
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