Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program

Funder: Maryland Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services

The Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program aims to reduce gun violence through evidence-based and evidence-informed health strategies. This program supports initiatives that are scientifically evaluated and demonstrate positive outcomes in preventing violence. By focusing on public health principles, the grant encourages the development of hospital-based violence intervention programs that provide essential counseling and social services to individuals recovering from violence-related injuries.

Description
The purpose of this program is to support effective violence reduction strategies, specifically gun violence, through evidence-based and/or evidence-informed health programs.
Evidence-based health programs are those programs or initiatives that:
Are developed and evaluated through scientific research and data collection andUse public health principles that demonstrate measurable positive outcomes in preventing gun violence.
Evidence-informed health programs are those programs, approaches, or initiatives that are:
Based on public health principles;Capable of being studied and evaluated through research and data collection;For the purpose of reducing gun violence; andDirected to influence factors determined to affect gun violence.
Hospital-based violence intervention program means a violence intervention program that:

• Is operated by a hospital; or an individual or entity in collaboration with a hospital; and
• Provides intensive counseling, case management, and social services to individuals who are recovering from injuries resulting from violence.