The HAVI

The HAVI’s mission is to reduce violence, particularly in communities of color, by advancing HVIPs and coordinated, community-led systems.

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Violence prevention belongs in the national conversation.

The HAVI is bringing proven, hospital- and community-based approaches to the Super Bowl through a full-page ad in the official program book.

Learn more and bring visibility to this life-saving work: https://t.co/rlQT2AZJ9Q

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📖New Resource Launch

The HAVI’s new Medicaid User Guide helps states and CVI organizations understand how to integrate violence prevention benefits into Medicaid, assess readiness for reimbursement, and access practical strategies for sustaining lifesaving services.

The guide includes:
- A Medicaid readiness checklist for CVI programs
- Proven strategies and real-world implementation examples
- Practical steps to support reimbursement and sustainability

📰Read the press statement: https://t.co/iVDbt4DFkB
🔗Download the guide: https://t.co/WfFwsUaQXw

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#GunViolenceAwarenessMonth is a time to recommit ourselves to ending one of the most urgent public health crises facing families and communities across the country.

At The HAVI, we believe violence is not inevitable—it is preventable.

Read the rest of Fatimah’s statement here: https://t.co/0XA5PtgZF0

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Reminder: Join The HAVI tomorrow, June 4 for the launch of our Medicaid user guide with a practical conversation on funding, reimbursement readiness, and long-term sustainability for CVI programs.

🗓️ Thursday, June 4, 2026
🕒 3–4 PM ET
🔗 Register: https://t.co/LZM2F8V1qE

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📢 Deadline Approaching: LOIs Due June 5

Interested in applying for the 2026 Spring Funding Opportunity?

LOIs are due June 5 at 12 PM ET | 9 AM PT.

Funding available up to $100K and $250K.

✍️ Apply: https://t.co/zmLNpaWgil

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📢 LOIs Due June 5

Funding available up to $100K and $250K through the 2026 Spring Funding Opportunity from the @aboutKP's Center for Gun Violence Research and Education—powered by the HAVI.

📅 June 5 | 12 PM ET | 9 AM PT

✍️ Apply: https://t.co/zmLNpaWgil

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As federal funding shifts and communities seek sustainable solutions to reduce violence, states are increasingly turning to Medicaid to support Community Violence Intervention (CVI) as a public health strategy.

Join The HAVI for the launch of our Medicaid user guide with a practical conversation on funding, reimbursement readiness, and long-term sustainability for CVI programs.

🗓️ Thursday, June 4, 2026
🕒 3–4 PM ET
🔗 Register: https://t.co/LX2sk50pmL

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Research doesn’t create impact if it never reaches the people who can use it.

Join the @aboutKP's Center for Gun Violence Research and Education—powered by the HAVI—for a webinar on strategically disseminating firearm violence research for impact.

Topics include:
• Strategic dissemination
• Planning for dissemination
• Avoiding harm and misrepresentation

📆 June 25 | 1 PM ET

👉 Register: https://t.co/A5Mkq2kqzd

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ICYMI: Watch the recording from the @aboutKP's Center for Gun Violence Research and Education—powered by the HAVI—2026 Spring Funding Opportunity webinar.

Learn about funding opportunities to support research that strengthens how healthcare systems prevent, treat, and respond to firearm injury and death.

▶️ Recording: https://t.co/pZUJc1r13S
🤔 FAQs: https://t.co/hKkjxURZqp

📅 LOIs due June 5 at 12 PM ET | 9 AM PT
✍️ Apply: https://t.co/CvN92vLdm5

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Join us Thursday, May 21 at 12:00pm ET for the third Stronger Together on the Frontline webinar featuring the HAVI’s expert training faculty.

We’ll explore grief & loss, vicarious trauma/grief, and cultural & community healing through an interactive, practice-focused discussion and breakout sessions.

👉 Register: https://t.co/QfSwpIek0V

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📣 Upcoming Grantee Event: @UTHealthHouston's Firearm Injury & Prevention Conference

The conference takes place June 5 and will feature discussions on evidence-based approaches to preventing firearm injury and death.

Made possible through funding from the @aboutKP's Center for Gun Violence Research and Education—powered by the HAVI.

Free virtual + in-person attendance available.

Virtual:
https://t.co/vU94cmhgt9

In-person:
https://t.co/O7H9BawJ2E

#GunViolencePrevention #PublicHealth

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🔔 Join us tomorrow for an informational webinar on the 2026 Spring Funding Opportunity from the @aboutKP's Center for Gun Violence Research and Education—powered by the HAVI.

Learn about funding of up to $100K and $250K supporting research capacity building and pilot or formative healthcare research projects that advance healthcare-based strategies to address firearm injury and death.

📅 May 14 | 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT
🔗 Register: https://t.co/o8ODgvJdaH

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Those who spend their lives helping communities heal also deserve spaces to heal.

Brave Space is a webinar series created by and for CVI frontline workers to foster connection, peer support, and honest conversation.

Open to all CVI workers.

Register: https://t.co/LH741lIZse

#FrontlineCare #CommunitySafety

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📢 New Funding Opportunity: LOIs Due June 5

The @aboutKP's Center for Gun Violence Research and Education—powered by the HAVI—has launched its 2026 Spring Funding Opportunity.

This opportunity supports research capacity building and pilot or formative research projects that advance healthcare-based strategies to address firearm injury and death.

Researchers and organizations working with hospitals, health centers, and in community-based settings are encouraged to apply.

📅Letters of Intent (LOIs) due June 5 at 12 PM ET | 9 AM PT

✍️ Learn more and apply: https://t.co/m1i8LoPbSR

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📣 ICYMI

How programs are put into practice determines whether they succeed, scale, or fall short.

In this webinar, the @aboutKP's Center for Gun Violence Research and Education explored how implementation science helps translate evidence into real-world settings, as part of its broader effort to bridge research and practice.

🎥 https://t.co/8MyrzV4kPX

@LSHphilly

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📣 Tomorrow at 1 PM ET

Join the Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education for a webinar on implementation science.

🔗 https://t.co/yutodyatpP

@aboutkp @lshphilly

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Why do some programs succeed—while others struggle to scale?

Implementation matters.

Join the Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education for a webinar on implementation science.

📆 April 29 | 1 PM ET
🔗 https://t.co/yutodyatpP

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Firearms are involved in 55% of suicides in the U.S.—over 27,000 deaths each year.

This webinar from @GIHealth explores how mental health systems can better address firearm safety and suicide prevention.

📅 April 16 | 2 PM ET

🔗Learn more & register: https://t.co/coeRtk9Ld1

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How programs are put into practice determines whether they succeed, scale, or fall short.

Join the @aboutKP Center for Gun Violence Research and Education for our next webinar on implementation science in firearm violence prevention.

Featuring Lianne Fuino Estefan, Jessica Palardy, & Sydney Rolle-Stern, MPH

📆 April 29 | 1 PM ET
🔗https://t.co/89qCUx1iOQ

@LSHphilly

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📣 ICYMI

How do we choose research questions that actually drive change in firearm violence prevention?

Part of the @aboutKP's Center for Gun Violence Research and Education webinar series

🎥 Watch the recording: https://t.co/usPOgYrcMD