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Cure Violence leaders point to multi-year declines in target-area violence and urge sustainable funding
Summary
Presenters told the committee Cure Violence Grand Rapids has produced measurable reductions in violent crime in its original target area, citing research showing a roughly 35% drop in aggravated assaults and a 33⅓% drop in murders; they said the program now needs about $1 million a year and asked the city and partners to help close a funding gap.
Cure Violence Grand Rapids staff and partners reported to the Public Safety Committee that three years of street-level intervention and outreach correspond with measurable declines in violent crime in the program’s original target area.
Why it matters: presenters argued the model — which treats violence like a public-health contagion, deploys violence interrupters and outreach specialists, and connects high-risk individuals to services — is producing both quantitative and qualitative improvements but requires stable funding to sustain and expand to two additional wards.
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