testing An innovative approach to Reducing gun violence in chicago
Scaling Community Violence Intervention for a Safer Chicago (SC2) is an innovative public-private initiative uniting practitioners, philanthropy, business and government to implement and test new approaches to addressing violence in seven Chicago communities experiencing high levels of violence.
About Our Work
SC2 is an ambitious, cross-sector community violence intervention (CVI) initiative. Our goal is to demonstrate that expanding evidence-informed CVI services to meet real-time community needs will result in fewer shootings and homicides and impact weapon-carrying behavior through spill-over effects.
SC2 is a shared strategy of local organizations in each participating community, CVI leaders Chicago CRED and Metropolitan Peace Initiatives, the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities, the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the public sector (City of Chicago, Cook County, and State of Illinois).
Why This Work Matters
Crime is down in Chicago, yet this does not shift the realities for those experiencing the devastating effects of gun violence; it tears families apart, traumatizes communities, and reinforces cycles of economic disinvestment that keep communities from thriving.
Turning this around requires a comprehensive approach to public safety and long-term investments in effective interventions to reduce violence. It requires multi-sector partnerships to combat inequities and historical disinvestment. It requires all of us.
Backed by Chicago’s Leading Voices in CVI
SC2 is a shared initiative of:
Partnering with over 30 community-based organizations and supported by over 50 civic, philanthropic, and business institutions.