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BPHC elevates violence prevention: new Office of Violence Prevention and in-house Community Healing Response Network
Summary
The Boston Public Health Commission said it reorganized violence prevention into a new office reporting to executive leadership, brought the community healing response network largely in-house, and served 120 people with immediate and short-term supports as of April 1.
Boston Public Health Commission officials told the City Council they have elevated violence prevention work by creating a stand-alone Office of Violence Prevention (OVP) and bringing the Community Healing Response Network largely in-house.
Dr. Bisola Ojikutu said the office now reports directly to the commission's executive leadership and will be led by a director to be announced; an interim director, Mark Scott, is in place. "We wanted to amplify our work and to elevate and make sure that it was a focal point of…
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