LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville's Group Violence Intervention Program provided an update on its impact on preventing gun violence.
The program is aimed at reducing gun violence by targeting high-risk individuals.Â
GVI managers get referrals from the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Court Designated Worker Program, Louisville Metro Police and Jefferson County Public Schools.
They then team up with the Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods, which connects those people to mental health resources.
GVI officials said they also hold call-ins with the highest-risk people. That consists of bringing all those people to the same neutral location and speaking to them, letting them know there is a way out of the cycle of violence.Â
They also said they have created a blueprint for juvenile call-ins.
"I'm not aware of any other city in the nation that is leading the way in juvenile call-ins. I think Louisville has an opportunity to write the book for the nation on how to do a juvenile call-in," Mike Bogan, director of the Office of Group Violence Intervention, said.
Officials said since July 2023, GVI has identified 208 high-risk individuals and successfully made contact with 156, which is about 75%. Only 3% were re-arrested after being contacted through GVI.
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