Indy Peace hosts national training for hospital violence intervention professionals
On May 16, more than a dozen professionals were presented with a certificate to take back to their hospital-linked violence intervention programs. Throughout the week, participants engaged in forums on topics like trauma-informed care, violence as a public health issue, grief, loss, and the emotional toll of frontline work.
The training is from HAVI, the national network supporting hospital-linked strategies to disrupt cycles of violence. Kyndra Simmons, senior director of the communities and practice division at HAVI said violence prevention professionals contribute to public safety in ways that may go unnoticed.
"What I don't think that people realize is how much they contribute to public safety and how many lives they touch on the regular, because these folks in this room, they do some life-changing work," Simmons said.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett was in attendance as HAVI representatives passed out certificates to participants.
Indy Peace, a partnership between the Indy Public Safety Foundation and the city of Indianapolis Office of Public Health and Safety, was developed as part of Hogsett's Violence Reduction Strategy.
Jade Jackson is a Public Safety Reporter for the Indianapolis Star. You can email her at Jade.Jackson@IndyStar.com and follow her on X, formerly Twitter @IAMJADEJACKSON.
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