We want everyone to be safe, alive, and out of prison.
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All gifts are tax-deductible and go a long way to making our neighborhood safer for everyone.
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Pastor Joe dropping off some donations to help a family connected to CVR.
About the Program
Columbus Violence Reduction (CVR) Columbus Violence Reduction (CVR) is the City of Columbus’ adaptation of the National Network for Safe Communities (NNSC) evidence-based Group Violence Intervention (GVI) Model.
Evidence shows that a small number of people in gangs and/or groups, drive a majority of violence in troubled neighborhoods. Group members typically constitute less than .05% of a city’s population but are consistently linked to 60-70% of the shootings or homicides.
Columbus Violence Reduction (CVR) focuses on those group members at the highest risk of committing violent crime and becoming victims themselves. CVR is dedicated to keeping our residents Safe, Alive, and Free.
This includes measures to address trauma, methods to protect group members from harm (such as preventing retaliation, intervening with enemies, relocation, and emergency housing), and ways to provide the “big small stuff”—low-cost but pressing needs such as transportation, groceries, clearing warrants, getting state ID, etc. It also offers priority access to traditional services such as job training, housing, education, peer support groups, and substance abuse counseling.
CVR Fund continues to raise money to meet these low-cost, pressing needs.
Here's members of the CVR team after making a “custom notification”—this is when members of CVR and the community bring a message directly to members connected with gang/group violence.