"Community violence intervention" and engaging those groups more likely to commit crimes are keys to reducing gun violence, but those programs need help from the City of Orlando and Orange County.
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Biden infrastructure plan includes $5 billion to prevent gun violence
Updated Apr 01, 2021;
Posted Apr 01, 2021
Madeline Pollock, left, 14, and Lena Brockway, 15, hold signs as thousands gather in Union Park for the March for our Lives protest in Chicago on Saturday March 24, 2018. (Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune/TNS)TNS
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By Todd Ruger CQ-Roll Call (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
Advocates and veterans of local gun violence prevention programs see a great victory in the $5 billion included in President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal and plan to make sure Congress sees the value in what would be a historic expansion of funding for their work.