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Hartford details hospital-based violence intervention, credible messengers and reentry services
Summary
The chief operating officer summarized ongoing violence-prevention work: hospital-based intervention partnerships with trauma centers, a roster of credible messengers, midnight basketball, a reentry welcome center and funding streams including cannabis tax and a NIP bottle surcharge.
The Office of Violence Prevention (OVP), represented at the budget hearing by Shay Ajay and director Siobhan Campbell, briefed council members on a slate of current programs and funding sources the administration expects to continue supporting in the coming fiscal year.
OVP programs described include a hospital-based violence intervention initiative across trauma centers and local community-based organizations, midnight basketball and neighborhood ambassador clean-ups. Ajay said the hospital-based program connects…
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