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New city office outlines plan to coordinate community violence-intervention ecosystem
Summary
The city's Community Violence Intervention manager described efforts to map service providers, standardize outcomes and build capacity for targeted prevention and family-based services; staff said they plan new liaison hires and data-driven evaluation to show impact.
Sunithia White, Community Violence Prevention Manager, told council on April 8 that her office is coordinating Newport News’ community violence-intervention (CVI) ecosystem to connect direct-service organizations, improve service referrals and measure outcomes.
“For those who are not aware of what the CVI ecosystem is, it's essentially connecting those who have the closest relationships to those who are or present the greatest risk of being impacted by violence,” White said. She described the office’s work mapping…
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