Violence Prevention

Monroe County Violence Prevention Training Center

The Monroe County Department of Public Health and Cure Violence Global are building a strong, locally rooted effort to prevent violence and support healing across our community. Participants gain practical skills and real-world experience to interrupt violence and respond with care where it matters most. Select participants may also have the opportunity to help expand this work across Monroe County

These free trainings, held through October 2026, are open to all member of the community — outreach workers, anti-violence agency staff, medical providers, caregivers, clergy, school faculty and staff and concerned residents.

Course Descriptions

  1. Program Management: Interruption & Outreach - For site supervisors and program managers. Covers managing frontline staff, strategic recruitment and deployment, team building, creating positive work environments, ensuring accountability, mobilizing communities, shifting harmful norms, overseeing daily operations, solving challenges, strategic planning, and using data to guide work.
  1. Violence Interruption and Reduction Training - For outreach workers, violence interrupters, hospital responders, site supervisors, and program managers. Combines core concepts with skill practice: roles and boundaries, engaging participants, supporting behavior change, preventing violence/retaliation through mediation, and working with residents, faith leaders, and service providers on education, violence response, and community building.
  1. Outreach Worker Training + Site Visits - Builds on VIRT for outreach workers and supervisors. Focuses on trauma-informed engagement, behavior change, participant recruitment, clinical skills, motivational interviewing, readiness assessment, goal setting, risk reduction, resource navigation, documentation, long-term caseload management, and self-care.
  2. Hospital Responder Training - The Hospital Response Training (HRT) is a specialized, practice-based professional development program designed for Hospital Responders, Case Managers, and supervisory staff responsible for implementing Cure Violence Global’s Hospital Violence Intervention Program (HVIP). Delivered over a 3-day period (5–6 hours per day) for cohorts of 5–25 participants, the training builds on the foundational skills introduced in VIRT and prepares hospital-based teams to engage victims of violence and their families during the critical post-injury period. Grounded in the credible-messenger approach and a trauma-informed, health-based intervention model, the curriculum equips participants with the competencies required to prevent retaliation, promote recovery, and connect survivors to long-term supports.

Upcoming Sessions (All dates are 2026)

  • April 13-17 Manager/Supervisor Training
  • May 4-8 Violence Interruption and Reduction Training (VIRT)
  • June 22-26 Outreach Worker Training
  • July 20-24 Manager/Supervisor Training
  • July 27-31 Hospital Responder Course
  • Aug. 3-7 Violence Interruption and Reduction Training (VIRT)
  • August 17-21 Outreach Worker Training
  • Sept. 14-18 Hospital Responder Course
  • Sept. 21-25 Outreach Worker Training
  • Sept. 28–Oct. 2 Violence Interruption and Reduction Training (VIRT)
  • Oct. 5-9 Manager/Supervisor Training

For details or to register, call (585) 333-0011 or email [email protected].

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