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City proposes $73,000 pilot to place hospital-linked violence-intervention staff at bedside
Summary
The public safety committee reviewed an ordinance to contract with Minority Behavioral Health Group for a hospital-linked violence intervention pilot, with a $73,000 first-year budget to support a coordinator and credible-messenger bedside engagement; committee requested a week to review.
Council’s Public Safety Committee heard a presentation of a proposed hospital-linked violence intervention program (HVIP) that would contract with Akron Community Development Association dba Minority Behavioral Health Group (MBHG) to provide bedside intervention and follow-up services for victims of violent injury.
City staff framed the model as an evidence-based, trauma-informed approach that places trained, culturally trusted workers…
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