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Mayor’s office outlines credible messenger hires and $2 million DOJ CVI grant application
Summary
The mayor’s office described a credible messengers program that will add a coordinator and 4–5 stipend-supported community members, and staff said the city has applied for a $2 million Department of Justice Community Violence Intervention (CVI) grant modeled on a 360 approach.
The Common Council received a briefing on the mayor’s office’s community violence prevention efforts, including plans to hire a coordinator and four to five credible messengers on stipend to work in neighborhoods and a notice that the city is applying for a $2 million Department of Justice Community Violence Intervention and Prevention (CVI) grant.
Latif Johnson Kinsey, director of the mayor’s office against gun violence, described an ambassadors program that draws on faith leaders and neighborhood…
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