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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 17, 2022

The Nashville mayor’s Community Safety Partnership Fund Board has recommended that two local groups — Gideon’s Army and the Raphah Institute — split $1.5 million in funding for violence interruption efforts. If approved, the arrangement would push the two organizations to work together, despite having very different approaches, WPLN reports. Gideon’s Army relies on people on the street who work to stop violence, while the Raphah Institute runs a diversion program with the juvenile court. If approved by the Metro Council, $375,000 would be distributed to each organization each year for two years.