CITY. ITS ABOUT EVOLVING AND CONNECTIVITY. ACCORDING TO MAYOR BRANDON SCOTT HE ANNOUNCED FRIDAY A NEW OPERATING MODEL FOR SAFE STREETS BASED ON RESULTS OF A STUDY ON COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND AND IN DEPTH REVIEW OF BALTIMORES 10 SAFE STREET SITES. WHAT WERE TALKING ABOUT IS NOW BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THAT SYSTEM OUR WORKERS ON THE STREET OUR WORKERS IN THE HOSPITAL THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT THAT PEOPLE MAY NEED TO BE ABLE TO NOT BE THE VICTIM OF VIOLENCE AND GET THEM THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED WITH THEIR FAMILY CONNECTING WITH JOB AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO READ ENTRY OPPORTUNITIES. THE MAYOR SAYS THE SAFE STREET SITE IN PARK HEIGHTS OPERATED BY LIFE BRIDGE HEALTH SEEMS TO BE THE BEST RUN AND NOW LIFE RICH HEALTH CENTER OF HOPE AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES WILL RUN ALL 10 SITES WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WAY TO LIFEBRIDGE WITH SUCH A DEEP PARTNER WITH US IN THE COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION WORK, THEY RUN HOSPITAL BASED PROGRAMMING AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. THEY RUN THE PARK HEIGHTS SITES FOR SITE. US UP IN AND YOU CAN SEE THAT CONNECTIVITY. THE TRANSITION IS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN OCTOBER 1ST AND JANUARY 2023. THE MAYORS OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY AND ENGAGEMENT SAYS LIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAMS AND BOND SECOR COMMUNITY WORKS WILL NO LONGER OPERATE SAFE STREET SITES, BUT WELL CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE CITY. THE MAYOR SAYS HE IS PROUD OF THE WORK SAFE STREETS IS DOING TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE. HE SAYS IT IS HARD WORK AND HAS TO BE DELIVERED BY CREDIBLE MESSENGERS WHEN YOURE TALKING ABOUT JUMPING IN BETWEEN PEOPLE AND GUNS AND BULLETS AND TALKING ABOUT CALMING DOWN SITUATIONS WHERE FOLKS WHO WE KNOW HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST CERTIFIED KILLERS. WE HAVE TO BE VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT. WE ALL TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE PROGRAM. THE MAYOR ALSO ANNOUNCED EXPANDING VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAMS BASED IN HOSPITALS THAT SEE THE MOST TRAUMA PATIENTS. REPORTING FROM PAR

Changes coming to Baltimore Safe Streets as part of Community Violence Intervention Ecosystem

Updated: 6:12 PM EDT Sep 16, 2022

The mayor of Baltimore is introducing a new operation model for Safe Streets as part of an approach to combat violent crime using public health resources.The city is moving forward with investments in trauma-informed, community-centered and evidence-based public health interventions to stem the tide of violence, the mayor's office said."It's about evolving," Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott told 11 News. "What we're talking about is having the resources that connect everybody involved in the system -- our workers on the street, our workers in the hospital -- the resources and support people may need to be able to not be the victim, and get them the support they need, the support their family needs and job opportunities."The mayor's office said the Baltimore Safe Streets program is modeled after the Chicago-based Cure Violence program, which employs outreach professionals to mediate brewing conflicts that could result in gun violence. Safe Streets workers focus on community outreach, public education, conflict mediation and violence interruption within a specific geographic area.As part of these efforts, the mayor's office announced Friday that LifeBridge Health's Center for Hope and Catholic Charities will administer the city's gun violence intervention program's 10 sites starting Oct. 1 through Jan. 1, 2023.The mayor said Park Heights Safe Streets location operated by LifeBridge Health seems to be the best run. "When you look at the way LifeBridge, which is such a deep partner in intervention work, they run hospital-based programming out of their hospital, they run the Park Heights site for us, you can see the connectivity," Scott said.Currently, LifeBridge Health's Center for Hope operates the Belvedere and Woodbourne-McCabe Safe Streets sites, and Associated Catholic Charities operates the Sandtown-Winchester and Brooklyn sites.In October, the LifeBridge Health Center for Hope will operate the Belair-Edison and McElderry Park sites. In January 2023, the LifeBridge Health Center for Hope will assume operation of the Franklin Square and Park Heights sites. Associated Catholic Charities will begin operating the Penn North and Cherry Hill sites.The mayor's office said LifeBridge Health's Center for Hope and Catholic Charities offer services that comprise almost every component of the Community Violence Intervention Ecosystem introduced in April. This includes victim services, hospital-based violence intervention programming, community outreach, life coaching and mediation.| RELATED: Center for Hope opens to serve Baltimore's abuse, trauma survivorsThe mayor said he is proud of the work Safe Streets is doing to prevent gun violence, saying it is hard work that has to be delivered by credible messengers."When you're talking about jumping in between people and guns and bullets, and talking about calming down situations where folks who we know have been, in the past, certified killers, we have to be very cognizant of that and we are transparent about the program," Scott said.The Baltimore Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement will continue to provide technical assistance, training and oversight to Safe Streets. "LifeBridge Health and Catholic Charities have been tremendous partners in our commitments to our front-line violence interrupters and the Safe Streets program as a whole," MONSE Director Shantay Jackson said in a statement.The city plans to continue working with its partners in Safe Streets, including the Living Classrooms Foundation, Youth Advocate Programs and Bon Secours Community Works to provide workforce development and re-entry initiatives and programming."LifeBridge Health recognizes that, as a health system, we can lead the way by making an unprecedented investment in community safety through the support of our Center for Hope programming. The Safe Streets program is an important step in helping us accomplish this goal," Daniel Blum, president of Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and Grace Medical Center, and senior vice president of LifeBridge Health, said in a statement. "At LifeBridge Health, we do not shrink away from the challenges facing our community, and I am thrilled that the city has the faith and trust in our organization to add four more Safe Streets sites to our portfolio under our LifeBridge Health Center for Hope."| RELATED: Hospital responders work to break cycle of violence in Baltimore"Being a trusted community partner in Baltimore for the past 100 years, Catholic Charities looks forward to expanding our role in helping to curb violence in our city and heal from the traumas it causes," Catholic Charities Executive Director Bill McCarthy said in a statement. "Catholic Charities believes in helping to heal the whole person in their journey of recovery from mental, physical and emotional traumas caused by gun violence. We are prepared to extend our services of trauma-informed behavioral health counseling, addiction services, peer recovery and much more as we continue our efforts to improve the lives of Baltimore residents."MONSE has also been working to expand the Community Violence Intervention Ecosystem through hospital- and school-based violence intervention programs, the mayor's office said. The office is negotiating with hospital systems to stand up and coordinate hospital-based violence intervention programs in the hospitals that see the most trauma patients, the mayor's office said.| RELATED: Mayor unveils Community Violence Intervention EcosystemAccording to the mayor's office, MONSE is also working with the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention to provide training for all Baltimore-area hospital systems that regularly treat gunshot victims.Providing stronger oversight and accountability of Safe Streets and securing greater support, safety, training and career pathway development for the workforce is amongst our top priorities," Jackson said. "We know that these community and hospital-based organizations will be indispensable as we continue to work toward a better Baltimore."MONSE is seeking Baltimoreans to serve on the Community Violence Intervention Advisory Board to help guide and inform the cultivation of the Community Violence Intervention Ecosystem. Interested residents can apply through Oct. 7.

The mayor of Baltimore is introducing a new operation model for Safe Streets as part of an approach to combat violent crime using public health resources.

The city is moving forward with investments in trauma-informed, community-centered and evidence-based public health interventions to stem the tide of violence, the mayor's office said.

"It's about evolving," Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott told 11 News. "What we're talking about is having the resources that connect everybody involved in the system -- our workers on the street, our workers in the hospital -- the resources and support people may need to be able to not be the victim, and get them the support they need, the support their family needs and job opportunities."

The mayor's office said the Baltimore Safe Streets program is modeled after the Chicago-based Cure Violence program, which employs outreach professionals to mediate brewing conflicts that could result in gun violence. Safe Streets workers focus on community outreach, public education, conflict mediation and violence interruption within a specific geographic area.

As part of these efforts, the mayor's office announced Friday that LifeBridge Health's Center for Hope and Catholic Charities will administer the city's gun violence intervention program's 10 sites starting Oct. 1 through Jan. 1, 2023.

The mayor said Park Heights Safe Streets location operated by LifeBridge Health seems to be the best run.

"When you look at the way LifeBridge, which is such a deep partner in intervention work, they run hospital-based programming out of their hospital, they run the Park Heights site for us, you can see the connectivity," Scott said.

Currently, LifeBridge Health's Center for Hope operates the Belvedere and Woodbourne-McCabe Safe Streets sites, and Associated Catholic Charities operates the Sandtown-Winchester and Brooklyn sites.

In October, the LifeBridge Health Center for Hope will operate the Belair-Edison and McElderry Park sites. In January 2023, the LifeBridge Health Center for Hope will assume operation of the Franklin Square and Park Heights sites. Associated Catholic Charities will begin operating the Penn North and Cherry Hill sites.

The mayor's office said LifeBridge Health's Center for Hope and Catholic Charities offer services that comprise almost every component of the Community Violence Intervention Ecosystem introduced in April. This includes victim services, hospital-based violence intervention programming, community outreach, life coaching and mediation.

| RELATED: Center for Hope opens to serve Baltimore's abuse, trauma survivors

The mayor said he is proud of the work Safe Streets is doing to prevent gun violence, saying it is hard work that has to be delivered by credible messengers.

"When you're talking about jumping in between people and guns and bullets, and talking about calming down situations where folks who we know have been, in the past, certified killers, we have to be very cognizant of that and we are transparent about the program," Scott said.

The Baltimore Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement will continue to provide technical assistance, training and oversight to Safe Streets.

"LifeBridge Health and Catholic Charities have been tremendous partners in our commitments to our front-line violence interrupters and the Safe Streets program as a whole," MONSE Director Shantay Jackson said in a statement.

The city plans to continue working with its partners in Safe Streets, including the Living Classrooms Foundation, Youth Advocate Programs and Bon Secours Community Works to provide workforce development and re-entry initiatives and programming.

"LifeBridge Health recognizes that, as a health system, we can lead the way by making an unprecedented investment in community safety through the support of our Center for Hope programming. The Safe Streets program is an important step in helping us accomplish this goal," Daniel Blum, president of Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and Grace Medical Center, and senior vice president of LifeBridge Health, said in a statement. "At LifeBridge Health, we do not shrink away from the challenges facing our community, and I am thrilled that the city has the faith and trust in our organization to add four more Safe Streets sites to our portfolio under our LifeBridge Health Center for Hope."

| RELATED: Hospital responders work to break cycle of violence in Baltimore

"Being a trusted community partner in Baltimore for the past 100 years, Catholic Charities looks forward to expanding our role in helping to curb violence in our city and heal from the traumas it causes," Catholic Charities Executive Director Bill McCarthy said in a statement. "Catholic Charities believes in helping to heal the whole person in their journey of recovery from mental, physical and emotional traumas caused by gun violence. We are prepared to extend our services of trauma-informed behavioral health counseling, addiction services, peer recovery and much more as we continue our efforts to improve the lives of Baltimore residents."

MONSE has also been working to expand the Community Violence Intervention Ecosystem through hospital- and school-based violence intervention programs, the mayor's office said. The office is negotiating with hospital systems to stand up and coordinate hospital-based violence intervention programs in the hospitals that see the most trauma patients, the mayor's office said.

| RELATED: Mayor unveils Community Violence Intervention Ecosystem

According to the mayor's office, MONSE is also working with the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention to provide training for all Baltimore-area hospital systems that regularly treat gunshot victims.

Providing stronger oversight and accountability of Safe Streets and securing greater support, safety, training and career pathway development for the workforce is amongst our top priorities," Jackson said. "We know that these community and hospital-based organizations will be indispensable as we continue to work toward a better Baltimore."

MONSE is seeking Baltimoreans to serve on the Community Violence Intervention Advisory Board to help guide and inform the cultivation of the Community Violence Intervention Ecosystem. Interested residents can apply through Oct. 7.

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