Overview
- The Baltimore Ravens announced a $1 million investment at the Baltimore Together violence-prevention summit on Tuesday to support six organizations working across prevention, crisis response, research and recovery.
- Funds will underwrite technical assistance to expand the Group Violence Reduction Strategy through MONSE with the University of Pennsylvania Crime and Justice Policy Lab to scale an evidence-backed street outreach model.
- MedStar Health’s Hospital Violence Responder program will use the money for emergency assistance to victims treated at local hospitals and to widen community trainings such as Stop the Bleed and Hands-Only CPR.
- Everytown will fund conflict-resolution and gun-violence prevention tours in Baltimore high schools while Roca will receive a multi-year investment for outreach, cognitive-behavioral programming and job supports for high-risk young men; Johns Hopkins will expand trauma-informed storytelling and a paid youth fellowship.
- City and health leaders framed the pledge as a step to lock in gains after homicide and nonfatal shootings fell sharply since 2022 while warning recent weeks have shown short-term upticks that make sustained, coordinated investment necessary.