CVIPI Mass Casualty Shooting Review TTA: Develop and Pilot Training, Toolkit and Data System to improve understanding and prevention of Mass Casualty Incidents.

Gun violence remains a significant public health and safety crisis in the United States, disproportionately impacting individuals from marginalized and disinvested neighborhoods. Community-based Violence Intervention (CVI) programs can and do reduce violence, but many CVI programs lack the technical assistance, data infrastructure, and cross-sector collaboration to effectively respond to Mass/Multiple Casualty Shootings (MCS) and prevent future community violence. The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions proposes to implement the CVIPI Mass Casualty Shooting Review TTA: Develop and Pilot Training, Toolkit and Data System to improve understanding and prevention of Mass Casualty Shooting Incidents. The purpose is to develop a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to systematically review MCS events and develop a toolkit and data system for communities to use in conducting MCS responses (MCSR). Primary activities will include assessing the viability, usefulness, and scalability of a MCSR for local and regional responses, creating the tools and training requirements for communities to implement a MCSR for both existing CVIPI grantees and the CVI field, and ensuring equitable access to and deployment of resources in response to MCS incidents impacting communities of color. Expected outcomes and deliverables include tools and trainings for communities to implement an MCSR delivered through synchronous webinars, custom trainings, and continuous TTA, a toolkit for MCSRs in jurisdictions with active CVI programs, a MCSR data system to collect information on MCS, and preliminary analysis on MCSRs from up to five pilot sites. The John Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions will develop a report identifying lessons learned and promising practices, publish peer-reviewed manuscripts, and present at several conferences. Ultimately, this work will foster sustainable partnerships, improve data sharing, and develop evidence-based interventions to prevent future MCS events.