An article published in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice walks us through the Life Outside of Violence Program methods and preliminary outcomes.
Category: LOV in the Media
Life Outside of Violence staff featured on “Donnybrook” (Links to an external site)

Members of the Life Outside of Violence team discuss the program with the hosts of Donnybrook on KETC-TV in St. Louis.
Institute’s LOV program featured in Washington Magazine (Links to an external site)

The Life Outside of Violence (LOV) Program, in its fourth year, is featured in Washington Magazine as offering “an individualized approach to solving one of the biggest problems of our time.”
In St. Louis ERs, gunshot wounds are a daily occurrence — and a public health emergency (Links to an external site)
Institute Faculty Scholar and ER physician, Kristen Mueller, MD, is interviewed and talks about the Life Outside of Violence program.
Addressing Community Violence in the City of St. Louis (Links to an external site)
In this piece from the Giffords Law Center, LOV’s work in St. Louis discussed. Case Manager Keyria Jeffries is quoted.
President Biden Announces More Actions to Reduce Gun Crime And Calls on Congress to Fund Community Policing and Community Violence Intervention (Links to an external site)
This release from The White House Briefing Room discusses Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs.
Life Outside of Violence Program and mentor featured in hospital magazine
The Life Outside of Violence Program (LOV), an intervention program that helps those harmed by stabbing, gunshot or assault receive the treatment, support and resources they need to find alternatives to end the cycle of violence, and one of its case managers, Melik Coffey, are the subjects of an article in SSM Health Cardinal Glennon […]
How a St. Louis program is breaking the cycle of violence (Links to an external site)
KSDK shows how the Life Outside of Violence program helps victims of violent crime recover and find a path forward.
Life Outside of Violence: Helping Those Harmed By Violence Find Alternatives to End the Cycle (Links to an external site)
Listen to Kateri Chapman-Kramer, project coordinator, and Melik Coffey, program mentor, discuss Life Outside of Violence (LOV) on this podcast.
Life Outside of Violence program helps individuals, community end cycle of violence (Links to an external site)
Jane Doe* is a young woman with several children. For the majority of her life, she’s been in a violent environment. It began when she was a child and continued off and on as she became a young woman. For now, she’s violence-free…