‘Street teams’ forced to lay off workers, reduce programs

With shootings down, community-based violence programs are seen as key

Community programs one factor in broad effort to break cycles of violence

Services offered by community groups are limited by lack of sustainable funding, advocates say

Groups say Department of Health should direct how state delivers funding to them

Camden has had 13 homicides from shootings this year. The city has also had 29 non-fatal shooting incidents this year

Lawmakers pass bill to expand programs that address behavioral health emergencies

The community-based programs are aimed at interrupting cycles of chronic violence

Recruits enter the academy at a time of turmoil over policing in the city

Members of Paterson Healing Collective say they could have saved Seabrooks' life

Advocates repeat calls for police reforms, decry silence of elected officials

Two officers named. Three others are reported as having used 'less lethal force'

Atlantic Health's program launched its own program, one of the first violence intervention programs in NJ, in mid-March.

The goal of the intervention programs is to reach victims of gun violence at the time of injury, combining counseling and social services to change ...

Assemblyman Lou Greenwald spearheaded a package of six bills to curb violence in the cities most affected. There was unopposed support in the legislation that ...