Travis County Judge Andy Brown Celebrates the Successes of his Hospital-based Violence Intervention Program

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Andy Brown
Judge | Travis County, TX

Travis County Judge Andy Brown Celebrates the Successes of his Hospital-based Violence Intervention Program

Idea Category: Healthcare, Public Safety

Travis County Judge Andy Brown celebrated the early successes of the Hospital-based Violence Intervention Program (HVIP) that he established in 2024. The program, which has served more than 350 people in its first six months, connects emergency room patients with a history of violence to local social workers who offer trauma counseling, job training, and access to basic needs. "We designed the HVIP program to create a gun violence prevention ecosystem, not only providing world-class medical care here in the hospital, but take that care outside these four walls and connect the survivors with community-based support services," said Brown.