March 10, 2022

Support & Outreach White Paper

This white paper outlines a new “support and outreach” structure carefully tailored to the core street population, it's situation, and its needs. 

News & Updates April 6, 2018

Taking Aim at Gun Violence, With Personal Deterrence

In this opinion piece for the New York Times, Tina Rosenberg highlights the NNSC's group violence prevention work across jurisdictions.  In Pittsburgh, homicides hit a 12-year low in 2017; the mayor credited Ceasefire. Detroit’s homicide rate hit a 50-year low in 2017. Its police chief, James Craig, said in an interview that the city had started

News & Updates February 1, 2018

Helfrich optimistic about York’s gun-violence initiative

Helfrich said York City residents need to understand that GVI isn't a short-term program. It's how the city will be doing business from now on. “We will be wherever the violence is,” Helfrich said. “We will be there with all the services we can provide — and all the enforcement we can provide. Our mission hasn't changed.” 

News & Updates January 13, 2018

Two Lessons of the Urban Crime Decline

Over the past few years, the discussion of crime and violence in the United States has focused on police brutality, mass incarceration and the sharp rise in violence in cities like Baltimore, St. Louis and Chicago. This is entirely appropriate: Any spike in violence should garner attention, and redressing the injustices of our criminal justice

January 13, 2018

Two Lessons of the Urban Crime Decline

Over the past few years, the discussion of crime and violence in the United States has focused on police brutality, mass incarceration and the…