Lori Toscano Email & Phone Number

Baltimore

• Partnered with cities globally, including London, New York, Philadelphia, and Charlotte, to develop and implement evidence based and effective violence prevention programming. Responsibilities included determining.
• Developed training materials and trained violence prevention professionals globally on the implementation, adaptation, and management of the Cure Violence Model. Audiences included violence prevention program managers.
• Organizational lead for coordination of Department of Justice (DOJ) contracts and associated technical assistance projects (Supporting Male Survivors of Violence, Advancing Hospital-based Victims Services, etc.)
• Designed violence prevention models targeted to multiple forms of violence (domestic violence, interpersonal violence, etc.) and adapted to fit local conditions (urban, rural, tribal, etc.)
• Co-chair of the 2018 Healing Justice Alliance conference, the annual conference of the National Network of Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs (NNHVIP), Cure Violence replication sites, and other health-based.

Chicago, Illinois

• Defined and refined the Cure Violence Health Model to prevent lethal violence and retaliation through disease control methods
• Developed a coalition of cities and health departments who are engaged in health-related violence reduction work, including mental health, trauma, use of health workers, hospital and practitioner-based work, innovative.
• Led efforts in health and health policy partnerships, including federal policy work and identification of funding and support for health approaches to violence prevention
• Collaborated with American Public Health Association (APHA), The American Academy of Pediatrics, other health, and medical organizations, TEDMed, Mayo innovation, as well as city and state health foundations on.
• Focal point for all health and health policy related work, including membership and board support to national networks

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Primary Responsibilities:
• Administrator of Baltimore’s Cure Violence replication (Safe Streets Baltimore), including the implementation of all sites, development of program goals, the assigning of program funds, and the training of all staff
• Established relationships with community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, hospitals, colleges and universities and city government to support and enhance the public health education, public relations.
• Responsible for ongoing research and analysis of model effectiveness and efficiency
• Developed and managed the citywide request for proposals (RFP) process, including the selection of all new sites
• Developed and implemented all policies and procedures pertaining to the initiative

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Primary Responsibilities:
• Implemented new sites, including training of staff, development of documentation, and coalition building
• Assisted in the administering of the public health initiative, including the development of program goals, the assigning of program funds, and the supervising of program sites
• Responsible for ongoing research and analysis of model effectiveness and efficiency
• Provided daily technical assistance to community sites
• Monitored sites to ensure model fidelity

Master Of Science (M.S.), Criminal Justice, 4.0

B.S., Interdisciplinary Studies With A Concentration In Law Enforcement

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi