Fund for a Safer Future

Our grantees The Trace have been such a great resource for anyone looking for information and reporting on gun violence prevention. They have now significantly expanded their Data Hub, making a bunch of datasets available on a variety of gun and gun violence issues. We’re definitely bookmarking it and will continue to rely on them for critical information.? https://lnkd.in/gvCgwU2C George LeVines

Here’s a great story about one physician’s work to improve use of safe storage practices. It has long been proven that safe storage saves lives, and this is just one example of how doctors and other medical and mental health professionals are making a difference one patient at a time.? https://lnkd.in/gwuRtFBU James Bigham, MD, MPH, UW Health, Public Health Madison and Dane County, Safe Communities #EndGunViolence

The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, one of our grantees, regularly produces groundbreaking research that informs gun violence prevention efforts. Here’s a great example: This report shows that firearm licensing laws can reduce incidences of firearm suicide. Silvia Villarreal

We recently spotlighted the work of The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention, one of our grantees. This report provides more evidence that their approach works: Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs are saving lives.? Stephen Langel, Matthew Krock, Mike Dingeldein, MD, FACS, FAAP, FCCM #EndGunViolence

We are excited to announce $1.2 million in new research grants to better understand how to protect communities from gun violence. These five research projects will provide evidence that policymakers and advocates can use to develop proven gun violence prevention measures. Read more below, and follow us on LinkedIn (Fund for a Safer Future) to find out about upcoming research-focused Requests for Proposals.? Emily Musil, David Meltzer, Selwyn O. Rogers Jr., Sarah R. Lowe, Megan Ranney, Nina Vinik, Alexander Testa, PhD, Bryann DeBeer Milken Institute, Yale School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus https://lnkd.in/gaNeBWt7

Here’s a great example of how smart communications can make a big difference in your efforts to make communities safer. In this example, focused on reducing rural suicide, the importance of choosing the right messenger is crystal clear. Donna-Marie Drucker of the Oregon Firearm Safety Coalition put it best: “The messenger matters. I could say something, and gun owners might say ‘OK, I get it.’” Four of our members (see @ links below) are part of this effort, and we appreciate the shout out we got in the article as well! Roundhouse Foundation, Missouri Foundation for Health, The Jed Foundation (JED), Roots & Wings Foundation Galli Murray, Don McMoran, Kurt Michael, Ph.D., Becky Parker, Allison Myers, Erin Borla, Jessi LaRose, David Brotherton https://lnkd.in/gZ4ZBriE

As a funder, we strive to never lose sight of the centrality of our grantees: our funds can only make a difference because of their hard work, dedication, and wisdom. That’s why we’re proud to?spotlight their great work. Today, the spotlight falls on The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (HAVI). The HAVI advances partnerships between hospitals and communities that prevent violence through intervention programs that address the intersectional nature of trauma, social determinants of health, and violence. Led by Executive Director Fatimah Loren Dreier, the HAVI has developed an evidence-based, comprehensive approach that is proving to make communities safer, particularly communities of color. As Dreier notes, “We are thinking in a transformative way about health care. We are expanding beyond the routine care to set people on paths towards health, healing, and thriving.” Read more about the HAVI’s powerful model and network, and the positive impact they and their partners are having on communities: https://www.thehavi.org/

This is a powerful series of first-hand accounts of people working to prevent gun violence in Chicago. Through video vignettes, outreach workers, judges, community leaders, and others share their experiences of making their neighborhoods and communities safer. The project is a collaboration of WTTW/Chicago PBS, Chicago CRED, and Breakthrough. Our grantees Project Unloaded also contributed to the project.? https://lnkd.in/gJJceDPe Damien Morris, Diane Latiker, Yolanda Fields, Heather Cherone, Matt Masterson, Nick Blumberg

Check out this great new resource for anyone working on a health-based approach to gun violence and firearm suicide prevention. One of our members, the Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education, put together this list of conferences and events where you can learn and network with others in the field. It’s really well organized, with a calendar and links to find out more about each event.?https://lnkd.in/eW-XRECN The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention, Fatimah Loren Dreier

The statistics on gun violence can be overwhelming. It’s so important to remember that behind every statistic is a very real story about the very real?human cost of every act of violence. This powerful set of videos produced by Sandy Hook Promise brings those stories to life. They are sobering and inspiring and remind us why we are doing this work and why it’s so important to keep fighting to make our communities safer. #EndGunViolence