Raphah Institute Withdraws from Nashville’s First Violence Interruption Program - Articles

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Posted by: Kate Prince on Nov 3, 2022

The Raphah Institute has withdrawn from splitting a $1.5 million grant with Gideon’s Army to work on violence interruption in North Nashville, WPLN reports. Nashville Mayor Jon Cooper’s Community Safety Partnership Fund Board last month recommended the two groups split the funding despite having different approaches. 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. A letter from Raphah founder Travis Claybrooks cited the institute’s expansion of its restorative justice work into adult court and helping Memphis launch a similar program as two reasons it could not take on the pilot.