The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a bill that zeroes out funding for the CDC’s Youth Violence Prevention activities—suddenly and without input. Elimination of this $19.7 million in funding will have a devastating impact on efforts to prevent violence across the country and compromise decades of work. It is critical that everyone working in community prevention,  violence prevention and safe and healthy communities reach out to their Senators—today—and tell them the health and vitality of our communities depends on putting the youth violence prevention funding back into the budget.

Contact your senator now and tell them to restore the CDC’s youth violence prevention funding.