Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program (HBVIP)

How HBVIP Supports Healing and Safety

The HBVIP is a peer-led model using a public health approach to violence prevention by working across individuals, communities, and systems, embedding trauma-informed support within public safety and bridging services to provide immediate, tailored responses and improve coordinated access to care. The program promotes healing, stability, and recovery

• Referral: Our team is consistently onsite at local hospitals to tend to referrals from emergency departments or the  trauma units. 
• Crisis Intervention: Peers meet with the victim at bedside for immediate crisis stabilization which leads to safety planning and risk-assessment.
• Support: We provide assertive system navigation, and resource connection to long-term community-based case management services.
• Sustained Prevention: By connecting individuals to community-based services, peer mentorship, and ongoing support, the program reduces barriers to care, strengthens recovery, and improves long-term outcomes.

Filling the Gaps and Connecting Systems

Through hospital partnerships, HBVIP engages individuals at critical points in their recovery, using peers with lived experience to identify those at risk of repeat violence, injury, or overdose and connect them to a coordinated continuum of care. By bridging hospital and community-based supports, the program reduces recidivism, retaliation, and relapse, interrupts cycles of violence and substance use, and contributes to safer, stronger communities.

What Peer-Led Support Looks Like

Peers help survivors of violence or overdose access ongoing care and offer continued follow-up after discharge. Individuals are offered personalized, judgement-free support, which may include:

• Safety planning and crisis stabilization support
• Help with Crime Victims Reparation Commission (CVRC) applications for lost wages and funeral costs
• Peer mentorship and follow-up care
• Referrals to therapy and counseling
• Connections to long-term supportive services in the community
• Job readiness and employment support
• Education support, including GED, college, and trade programs
• NARCAN access and training
• Transitional Housing referrals
• Detox, treatment, and support group connections
• Food boxes
• Assistance with benefit applications:
  • Medicaid
  • SNAP/EBT
  • TANF
  • SSI and SSDI
  • LIHEAP: utility assistance

Need Support?

If you or someone you know could benefit from this program, we’re here to help.

Call: 505-768-4818

Email: [email protected]