Community Violence Interruption Program News Today

June is Gun Violence Awareness month and data from the State Comptroller’s Office shows Texas spends tens of millions of dollars helping victims of this crime. However, data from the Harris Health system shows accidental shootings also have a heavy financial impact.

The ACCESS Harris County program aims to provide services to groups in Harris County that've been identified as having critical needs.

Harris County recently released data showing that the number of gun violence spiking across the U.S. is also growing across the county.