In response to growing gun violence among youth, the Michigan State Police recently awarded $318,812 in funding from the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (Byrne SCIP), through the Department of Justice, for gun violence prevention in Muskegon County. The grant will allow Trinity Health Muskegon to embed three Community Health Workers (CHWs) in school districts to work with at-risk youth through the SafERteens program. The SafERteens program is an evidence-based intervention program implemented at Trinity Health Muskegon’s Emergency Department in May 2023. Originally developed in Flint, Michigan, in partnership with the University of Michigan and Michigan Youth Violence Prevention, the program is designed to address youth violence and increase problem recognition using encouraging interviews and goal-based discussions.
