Baltimore City – MD issued the following announcement on Oct. 26.
In Park Heights, Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced his administration’s second American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) priority investment: $50 million over the next three years to the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE) to fund violence prevention efforts, including community violence intervention, victim services, youth justice, re-entry services, and community healing. This investment will support key components of the Group Violence Reduction Strategy, expand Baltimore’s community violence intervention ecosystem and victim services, and fund re-entry programs and trauma-informed practices.
Mayor Scott’s second priority ARPA investment funds key elements of the Mayor's Comprehensive Violence Prevention Plan. The approach is divided into three key pillars: Public Health Approach to Violence, Community Engagement and Inter-Agency Collaboration, and Evaluation and Accountability.
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Source: Baltimore City – MD
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