HCT Fundrasier for CVR

Be sure to mark your calendars for December 6th from 4-9 pm. 20% of sales at Hot Chicken Takeover (North Market, Grandview, and Clintonville locations) will go towards Columbus Violence Reduction!

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 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 crimes 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.