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Trump Cuts Threaten Successful Local Gun Violence Prevention Program

President Donald Trump’s executive orders calling for the review of the Biden administration’s gun policies and trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans have created uncertainty around funding for Metro Denver Gun Violence Prevention programs.

The Sentinel reports that AIM, a successful hospital-linked violence intervention program launched in 2010 as a partnership between Denver Health and the nonprofit Denver Youth Program, and since expanded to include Children’s Hospital Colorado and the University of Colorado Hospital, may be threatened.

In 2021, President Joe Biden issued an executive action that opened the door for states to use Medicaid for violence prevention. Several states, including California, New York, and Colorado, have passed legislation establishing a Medicaid benefit for hospital-linked violence intervention programs.


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