CURE VIOLENCE - ENDORSED BY THE US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS (2012) ADAPTATIONS UNDER DEVELOPMENT CHICAGO PHILADELPHIA 4173% REDUCTIONS 30% REDUCTION • Election in shootings • School/Mass Shootings in shootings and killings across • Family/Child 7 communities • Religious/Ethnic NEW YORK CITY • Gender-based 100% REDUCTIONS • Conict zone in retaliation killings in 5 of 8 63% REDUCTION in shootings • Suicide communities • Prison GRAND RAPIDS MILWAUKEE NEW YORK CITY CHICAGO JOHNSTOWN PHILADELPHIA CHESTER OMAHA PITTSBURGH CAMDEN BALTIMORE STOCKTON WASHINGTON, DC KANSAS CITY ST. LOUIS UNITED STATES LOUISVILLE GREENSBORO 18 CITIES DURHAM with reductions in shootings NASHVILLE CHARLOTTE and killings as high as 73% MEMPHIS ATLANTA MULTIPLE SITES BALTIMORE BIRMINGHAM operating with no shootings or killings for more than 1 year 56% REDUCTION SELMA in killings JACKSON Detect and interrupt Change the behavior Change JACKSONVILLE the transmission of the highest community norms. of violence. potential transmitters. HOUSTON NEW ORLEANS PUERTO RICO SAN ANTONIO 50% REDUCTION in killings CURRENT REPLICATION PARTNERS PROSPECTIVE REPLICATION PARTNERS LOIZA, PR Detect and interrupt Change the behavior Change the transmission of the highest community norms. of violence. potential transmitters. WE CAN CURE VIOLENCE Detect and interrupt Change the behavior Change the transmission Ranked #9 NGO inof thethe highest World by NGO Advisorcommunity (2020) norms. of violence. potential transmitters. Detect and interrupt Change the behavior Change the transmission of the highest community norms. #1 NGO dedicated to reducing violence of violence. potential transmitters. Cure Violence approaches violence with the understanding that violence is an epidemic process that can be stopped using the same health strategies employed to fight all other epidemics. This theory of change utilizes carefully selected and trained workers Detect and interrupt — trusted membersChange the behaviorof the community — to stopChange the contagion using a four-prong approach. the transmission of the highest community norms. Detect and interrupt Change the behavior of violence. potential transmitters. Change the transmission of the highest Effectivenesscommunity of norms.the Cure Violence Approach of1. violence. Detect and interrupt the potential transmitters. • EVIDENCE-BASED -- proven effective by multiple studies, transmission of violence replicated in more than 100 communities across 10 countries Detect and intervene before violence erupts Detect and interrupt Change the behavior Change the transmission of the highest community norms. • LARGE REDUCTIONS -- 40 to 70% in shootings and killings of violence. potential transmitters. • SUSTAINED STREAKS -- communities have gone to zero 2. Change the behavior of the highest shootings for up to 3 years potential transmitters • COMPLEMENTARY APPROACH -- a non-partisan approach DetectIdentify and interrupt and change the behavior Changeof highest the behavior risk Change the transmission of the highest that adds tocommunity existing norms. police and community approaches of violence. potential transmitters. MAKE THE CURE CONTAGIOUS!• BIG RETURN ON INVESTMENT -- $18 saved for $1 invested 3. Change community norms LEARN MORE AT WWW.CUREVIOLENCE.ORG • RAPID & SUSTAINED REDUCTIONS -- violence reduced in 1st Change social norms to discourage the use of month and maintained throughout program violence RAPID Logan Square (Chicago) MAKE THE CURE CONTAGIOUS! 4. HospitalLEARN MORE response AT WWW.CUREVIOLENCE.ORG and follow up SUSTAINED Respond to every shooting to prevent retaliation and treat trauma cvg.org MAKE THE CURE CONTAGIOUS! LEARN MORE AT WWW.CUREVIOLENCE.ORG MAKE THE CURE CONTAGIOUS! LEARN MORE AT WWW.CUREVIOLENCE.ORG H EVIDENCE-BASED ACCOLADES & AWARDS • Ranked #9 NGO in the World by NGO Advisor WITH MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT STUDIES (2019); #1 NGO dedicated to reducing violence NEW YORK CITY (John Jay) BALTIMORE (Johns Hopkins/CDC) • Endorsed by US Conference of Mayors (2012) • 63% reduction in shootings • 56% reduction in killings • Highlighted by the award winning documentary The Interrupters • Improved trust in police • 34% reduction in shootings • Norm change - less violent • Evidence of norm change • U.S. Attorney General’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Community Partnerships for Public Safety NEW YORK CITY (CCI/BJA) PHILADELPHIA (Temple) • UNICEF, Chicago Humanitarian of the Year (2016) • 20% lower shootings • 30% reduction in shootings • Order of Lincoln, State of Illinois’ Highest Honor (2016) CHICAGO (Northwestern/DOJ) KANSAS CITY (Univ. of Kansas) • 41–73% reduction in shootings • 18% reduction in killings • 100% reduction in retaliations TESTIMONIALS LOIZA (Univ. of Puerto Rico) The Economist CHICAGO (Univ. of Chicago/UIC) • 53% reduction in killings “The approach that will come to prominence.” • 31% reduction in killings • 19% reduction in shootings INTERNATIONAL. STUDIES Nicholas Kristof, New York Times • Honduras - 94% drop in shootings “Support community anti-violence programs, NEW ORLEANS (NOLA for Life) like Cure Violemce ... that work with at-risk • Mexico - 50% drop in killings • 47% reduction in shootings young people and show excellent success in • South Africa - 14% drop in killings reducing shootings.“ • 85% reduction in retaliations • Trinidad - 45% drop in violent crime • 44% reduction in re-injury • UK - 95% drop in group attacks Sanjay Gupta, MD CNN “Thinking of this epidemic of preventable deaths as an infection that can be diagnosed, ADDITIONAL BENEFITS treated and perhaps cured, I feel more hopeful CHILDREN/FAMILIES/PARENTING than I have been in a long time.” • 95% of participants thought Cure Violence made them a better parent • Tens of thousands of home visits and help to families of particiapants Mayor Bill de Blasio, NYC “We really deeply support the Cure Violence JOBS movement.” • 52% of participants were working after involvement in program • 82% received help preparing a resume; 87% preparing for a job interview; Charlie Beck, Chief, Los Angeles PD “I’ve seen this work; I’m in the middle of 86% finding a job opening watching this work. I firmly believe in it.” EDUCATION • 45% of participants assisted to complete school/GED Hon. Richard Devine, former St. Att., Cook Co., IL “I would strongly encourage anyone that’s POLICE/COMMUNITY RELATIONS having a violent crime problem, especially in an urban area, to look very closely at Cure • 22% increase in confidence in police Violence.” WWW.CVG.ORG Cure Violence 227 Monroe St. How Cure Violence Can Help Suite 1025 • Cure Violence Model replication Chicago, IL 60606 • Interruption & outreach training • Training in public health theory and approach Gary Slutkin • Health and community-based violence prevention system Founder & CEO [email protected] development March 2020.