Statewide Violence Reduction Infrastructure

Michigan's Office of Community Violence Intervention Services needed a statewide strategy for expanding community violence intervention but lacked both a comprehensive understanding of where gun violence was concentrated and a clear picture of existing community violence intervention capacity across its highest-impact jurisdictions.

In her role as NOVPN Director, Shantay led the statewide engagement, strategy development, and implementation planning for Michigan's Community Violence Intervention initiative while managing a multidisciplinary project team. Working alongside NICJR's research team, led community violence intervention landscape analyses and stakeholder workshops across four high-violence jurisdictions, co-developed Michigan's first multi-year statewide violence reduction strategic plan, and co-delivered a comprehensive statewide gun violence assessment.

Michigan received three foundational resources to guide its violence reduction efforts: a comprehensive statewide gun violence assessment, community violence intervention landscape analyses across four high-violence jurisdictions, and the state's first multi-year violence reduction strategic plan. Together, these deliverables established a shared evidence base, identified opportunities to strengthen local CVI ecosystems, and provided government and community leaders with a practical roadmap for coordinated statewide investment and implementation.