The Baltimore City Board of Estimates unanimously approved a contract for the University of Baltimore on Wednesday to create and deliver a violence intervention certificate program for Safe Streets employees.
The $134,433 contract is partially funded by a grant from the Federal Bureau of Justice Assistance and the general fund of the Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement, known as MONSE. The contract will cover program development as well as pre-launch promotion.
As requested by MONSE, the university plans to use the expertise of the faculty at its Schaefer Center for Public Policy to instruct Safe Streets workers on conflict analysis and management to create a curriculum that supports the organization and the community it serves best, according to Board of Estimates agenda documents.
