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Montgomery leaders outline community violence intervention plan; city staff say hiring, training under way with May target
Summary
City officials and Live Free presenters described a community violence intervention program that will be led by Family Guidance Center, with hiring and training beginning immediately; city staff said contractual issues delayed start but interviews have begun and a full launch is targeted for May, possibly sooner.
The mayor and city officials on Feb. 4 detailed a community violence intervention program that they say will place trained outreach workers in Montgomery neighborhoods and start hiring and training immediately, with a full launch targeted for May.
The city invited Live Free representatives to brief the Montgomery City Council on the strategy, and Mayor said the Family Guidance Center has been contracted to lead the local effort. "Right now, as the mayor said, this is an approach community violence intervention which is based on a public health lens, for reducing violence in cities," said Dr. Antonio Seriel of Live Free.
The briefing matters because council members repeatedly pressed for speed and clarity on when workers would be deployed in neighborhoods with rising youth violence. "Montgomery cannot wait another 3 months. I want to know, why is it taking us so long to get them on the street where we need them?" a councilmember asked during the meeting.
Dr. Seriel and Reverend Marcus McAllister, both affiliated with Live Free and the University of Chicago Crime Lab,…
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