Reports

Communities that invested in prevention saw historic reductions in shootings and homicides, offering powerful evidence that community violence intervention works.LIVE FREE's 2025 Impact Report documents a 100 percent reduction in shootings and homicides in Berkeley, California, alongside a 37 percent reduction in shots fired. In Orlando, Florida, homicides declined by 88 percent over three years.Community-led safety saves livesThese outcomes grew from [...]

Illinois organizers delivered a series of 2025 wins that joined accountability with community-based safety.The Homicide Data Transparency Act passed unanimously, establishing public reporting requirements intended to improve homicide-clearance transparency statewide. Clean Slate legislation also passed, expanding access to record relief and reducing barriers that can follow people long after a sentence ends.Investment in healingOrganizing secured $3 million for Community Healing Resource [...]

Real safety is built when communities have the resources to prevent violence, respond to crises, support stable housing, and create pathways to healing. LIVE FREE’s 2025 Impact Report documents more than $67 million moved into communities for community violence intervention, crisis response, and housing.That national total reflects sustained organizing in states where residents, faith leaders, directly impacted leaders, and community partners [...]