Gun Violence Prevention

Firearm-related injury and death is a preventable public health crisis. It has a disparate impact on vulnerable communities, and beyond its immediate destruction of life, this violence has long-lasting effects—permanent physical and psychological stressors—that lead to inequitable health outcomes.

Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all is a priority for our communities, and NACCHO supports a comprehensive public health approach to address gun violence, including implementing expanded background checks, banning assault rifles, and supporting early intervention programs for families and schools. Local health departments play an important role in preventing intentional and unintentional firearm-related injury and death, and NACCHO is committed to providing resources, training, and guidance to local health departments to support their response to this ongoing public health crisis.

Despite the overwhelming nature of the problems, NACCHO believes there is a solution we can achieve together—a better future for ourselves, our families, and our communities.

NACCHO's Injury & Violence Prevention (IVP) program has created a compilation of existing resources to help local health departments prevent various types of fatal and non-fatal firearm injuries, including interpersonal violence, community violence, and suicide.

Title Topic Resource Type Source
Mass Shooting Playbook Emergency Response Website Public Health Advocacy Institute
Understanding the Causes of School Violence Using Open Source Data Data & Evaluation Database National Institute of Justice
President Biden’s Historic Actions to Make Our Communities Safer by Reducing Gun Crime Emergency Response Fact Sheet The White House
Gang Alternative Program Community Violence Interventions Website Gangfree Life
Extreme Risk Protection Orders: Implementation in a Social Justice Context Lethal Means Report Northeaster University School of Law
Law Enforcement Approaches For Reducing Gun Violence Policing & Criminal Investigation Journal Article Gun Policy In America
Pre-Release and Post-Incarceration Services(PAPIS) Grant Program Supports for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals Guidelines Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services
Miami-Dade County Juvenile Weapons Offenders Program Youth Gun Violence Report Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open
Group violence intervention: An implementation guide Community Violence Interventions Guidelines National Network For Safe Communities
A descriptive exploration of the geographic and sociodemographic concentration of firearm homicide in the United States, 2004-2018 Data & Evaluation Journal Article National Library Of Medicine
Evidence-based policing platform boosts state police effectiveness Policing & Criminal Investigation Journal Article Government Computer News
Precision Policing 2.0: A Framework for the Future of Policing Policing & Criminal Investigation Guidelines University of Cincinnati - ICS
A Comprehensive Strategy for Reducing Gun Violence: NIBIN Comes of Age (Just in Time) Policing & Criminal Investigation Database Public Safety Research Center
What Should Mayors Do In The Aftermath of a Mass Shooting? Emergency Response Journal Article Northeastern University
Which gun violence prevention federal grant program is right for my organization? Community Violence Interventions Toolkit Everytown Support Fund
Hospital-Based Intervention Programs: A Guide to Implementation and Costing Community Violence Interventions Website Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund
Violence Prevention Project Research Data & Evaluation Database Hamline University Violence Prevention Project Research Center
Title Topic Resource Type Source
Suicide Prevention is Everyone’s Business: A Toolkit for Safe Firearm Storage in Your Community Safe Storage & Safety Devices Toolkit U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Means Matter Safe Storage & Safety Devices Website Harvard Injury Control Research Center
Gun Shop Project Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Communications Campaign Harvard School of Public Health
Reduce Access To Means Of Suicide Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Website Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Prevent Firearm Suicide Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Website The Educational Fund To Stop Gun Violence
Clinical Strategies For Reducing Firearm Suicide Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Journal Article BioMed Central
Three Interventions Toolkit Safe Storage & Safety Devices Toolkit Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center
Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Guideline/Framework CDC
Still Ringing the Alarm: An Enduring Call to Action for Black Youth Suicide Prevention Suicide Prevention Report Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions
Violence Prevention Project Research Data & Evaluation Database Hamline University Violence Prevention Project Research Center
Title Topic Resource Type Source
Study Guide - Self Control And Target Identification Sport shooting/Hunting Guidelines Hunter-Ed
Project ChildSafe Safe Storage & Safety Devices Website Project ChildSafe
Unintentional Shootings Data & Evaluation Website The Educational Fund To Stop Gun Violence
Preventable Tragedies Safe Storage & Safety Devices Report EveryTown Research
Be SMART Safe Storage & Safety Devices Framework Be SMART
Unload, Lock, and Separate Safe Storage & Safety Devices Fact Sheet EveryTown Research
Safe Storage of Firearms Safe Storage & Safety Devices Training American Academy of Pediatrics
Title Topic Resource Type Source
Gun Violence Prevention General Website American Psychological Association
Gun Violence Must Stop: Here's What We Can Do to Prevent More Deaths General Framework Prevention Institute
Racial Equity Impact Assessment Tool for Gun Violence Prevention General Toolkit Racial Equity Impact Assessment Tool for Gun Violence Prevention
Sociodemographic Factors and Outcomes by Intent of Firearm Injury General Journal Article American Academy of Pediatrics
Key facts about Americans and guns General Report Pew Research Center
Firearm Injury in the US: Where to go next General Journal Article Public Safety Research Center
Visualizing Firearm Mortality and Law Effects General Toolkit The RAND Corporation
Science of Firearm Injury Prevention Among Children & Teens Online Course Youth Gun Violence Training Course University Of Michigan
Firearm Purchaser Licensing Teach-Out: The Background Check Policy Not Enough People Are Talking About Firearm Licensing Training Course Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins 2023 National Survey of Gun Policy Data & Evaluation Website Johns Hopkins University
CDC Provisional Data: Gun Suicides Reach All-time High in 2022, Gun Homicides Down Slightly from 2021 General Website Johns Hopkins University
Framing Community Safety: Guidance for Effective Communication General Framework FrameWorks Institute
National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center Firearm Licensing Website Johns Hopkins
Violence Prevention Programs General Website USGrants.org
Community Justice 2024 Policy Platform General Framework Community Justice
All Hands-on Deck: The Role of Counties in Addressing Community Violence Community Violence Interventions Report Giffords Law Center
Violence Reduction Councils: A Community Approach to Saving Lives Community Violence Interventions Toolkit John's Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health & Bloomberg American Health Initiative
Community Violence Intervention Action Plan: Mapping Transformation For The Field Fall 2024 Community Violence Intervention Report The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention
Community Violence Prevention Resource for Action: A Compilation of the Best Available Evidence for Youth and Young Adults Community Violence Prevention Report CDC
A Roadmap for Using a Public Health Approach to Prevent Firearm Injury General Toolkit Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Extreme Risk Protection Order: Model Policy Guide General Report The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions
Cardiff Violence Prevention Model Toolkit General Toolkit U.S. Centers For Disease Control and Prevention

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