Crisis Response

Apply Now: Join the 2024-2025 Learning Community on Community Violence Intervention Programs

By CSG Justice Center Staff

October 16, 2024

In collaboration with The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center, the Center for Policing Equity (CPE) is hosting a virtual learning community focused on establishing and supporting community violence intervention programs as alternatives to law enforcement responses.

The learning community will be led by CPE, a leader in public safety redesign, and include opportunities for mutual learning through peer-to-peer support and guidance from leading experts in the field. Throughout the learning community, teams will work toward building, implementing, or enhancing community violence intervention programs and exploring pathways to prevent violent community interactions and recidivism.

Upon completion of the learning community, teams will be equipped with an action plan, including an implementation and funding plan. To build the plan, teams will work through a planning and implementation guide that covers key topics such as goal setting, applying data, resource mapping, policy review, program development, and sustainability.

Session dates will occur on:

November 14, 2024

January 30, 2025

February 27, 2025

March 27, 2025

April 24, 2025

May 22, 2025

Participating teams will also be required to join a related Data Connections program with three additional session dates and office hours. See below for more information.

All sessions will take place 2:00–3:30 p.m. ET via Zoom.

APPLY HERE

Teams who are interested in participating should complete and submit the above application by 11:59 p.m. ET on October 25, 2024. A CPE staff member will follow up with applicants by November 4, 2024.

If you have any questions, contact Ileana Mendoza at imendoza@policingequity.org.

This application should take approximately 10 minutes to complete.

Who should apply? 

This learning community is open to teams interested in building, implementing, or enhancing community violence intervention programs and exploring pathways to prevent violent community interactions and recidivism. Applicants must have a desire to use alternative approaches to addressing community-level violence in lieu of a law enforcement response.

Who should participate?

Applicants are required to participate as an interdisciplinary team, with each team including a combination of representatives, such as (1) a representative from a community-based program, (2) a city or county public health staff member, (3) a hospital or behavioral health representative, (4) a first responder to incidents of violence (including from law enforcement or existing community violence interrupter), (5) a community champion or advocate, and (6) a data representative. Additionally, applicants are encouraged to include a person or family member who has experienced or been impacted by community-level violence; this representative may overlap with other required representatives.

Data Connections Program

Learning community members must also participate in a related Data Connections program, which includes structured sessions and drop-in office hours outside of the regular learning community sessions. This program is dedicated to supporting strategic planning, data collection, data analysis, and data reporting activities.

Session dates for the Data Connections program will occur on: