Agenda - Firearm Violence Research Group (FVRG) 9/19/23

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

9:30 am

via zoom

*Members of the public are invited to attend. For those who would like to make public comments, we request that those comments be submitted in advance of the meeting to Kari Branham at Kari.Branham2@Illinois.gov Please send all comments by 8:30am Tuesday, September 19, 2023.

Agenda

Welcome / Roll Call

  • Joe Hoereth, PhD, Director - Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement, University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)

Review of Minutes

  • Joe Hoereth, PhD, Director - Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement, University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)

Public Comments - Open

  • Subject to written comment in advance
  • Kari Branham - Interim Senior Policy Advisor / Administrator of Research, Evaluation, and Innovation

Office of Firearm Violence and Prevention Update

  • Kari Branham - Interim Senior Policy Advisor / Administrator of Research, Evaluation, and Innovation
  • Reminder to FVRG members about completing required annual training.

Open Discussion on Various Topics

  • Joe Hoereth, PhD, Director - Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement, University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)
    • Status of Assessing Firearms Violence in Illinois Report-Joe Hoereth
    • Non-lethal Gun Violence Rates-Dave Olson, Loyola University
    • OFVP Agenda Moving Forward: Research in Support of A Public Health Approach to Violence Prevention-Joe Hoereth

Next Steps
Adjourn
Proposed Next Meeting Date/ Time

Tuesday, November 21, 2023, 9:30am