Advocates say with violent crime and homicides down in Chicago, their work is more important than ever.

However, recent federal funding cuts have created a domino effect on state and local budget violence.

Prevention groups say they're seeing a decrease in funding that's already starting to have an impact on what they're able to do here with more on this are just Shaun Hill, executive director of Chicago's Survivors and Reverend Robin Hood, founder of Move, which stands for Mothers opposed to violence everywhere.

Thanks to both for joining us.

Thank So just on start with you.

Tell me a little bit about the work that your organization does.

>> Chicago survivors is a free service to families have been directly impacted by a homicide in the city of Chicago.

And we are for wrap-around services for those families who are seeking to live beyond the violent and traumatic loss of a loved one in the city of Chicago.

Reverend Hood.

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We've learned is that if we don't focus on that, you can stay but left community.

If you know, I have a house.

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>> Just showing you currently operate out of 16 schools across the why is it important to be in the schools?

>> Well, that's where children return after that exposure to a homicide, a traumatic event.

And no one would ever fathom to experience.

And we expect our children to be present to learn to retain information.

And we know that traumatic death, an exposure in Paris, how the brain functions and how they can be present.

But we want to intervene in the best way to do it is to be in the school setting so that they can be unhealthy in a safe environment to learn and to have choices beyond their community violence.

>> Robin Hood today, you some other anti-violence groups in North Lawndale and you met with some cities and state officials addressing specifically the shooting that took place in West Garfield Park last Sunday, which injured 4 teens.

What do you want to come of that meeting?

So and that reality.

I live 4 doors down from where the shooting happened.

>> And for the I'm here.

We have hit you jobs.

We hit a shooting 5 years.

And just the first 5 years on that particular that particular which was a block that the police, I should call it.

The disco block of the police their lights flashing around the club.

You know, all night long, 7 days a week, all going to win in the to go from that to no ballots.

If AB years and then.

The job's not some adoptable.

They call you for appointment.

Now, I don't know why should be jobs you need to be school, not focusing on job.

We recommend bit those jobs that pay too little money.

huge impact and to the community that is much needed.

So when that happened, it's in a long time.

yeah, hundreds of millions of dollars all around the community.

We couldn't see where the service will.

So we hit that meeting today with the other groups that that I working.

Yes, that's part of it to find a disconnect.

And to me, it felt just like if you have a electrician, the static.

There wasn't a total So we did get some dialogue you know, people So they contend it was very But guess what?

We have got to deal with the elephant in the little it speak truth to power.

These resources.

I'm not getting into the communities like they should.

obviously, I mean, since jobs, one of your your folks, I it sounds like you feel like the jobs are really getting to the young people the way they need to be no cut.

And then if you apply for one of the reasons why I know our people felt light.

>> not going to sign the papers for that money.

Here's what's going to happen.

You know, let's say the be there and all So, you know, it's little like a up to a lack of trouble, say nobody from left or government, right.

So is So just showing your organization, you are expected to receive 2 million dollars in state funding for next year.

That's been cut in half.

How has that impacted you already?

Well, we've had to already lay off 7 of our staff members.

>> And so in homicide work, we're 24 7 and the week that this had to happen.

Jones, 30 of if you know the numbers of homicides that took place over July 4th weekend, there were over 20 touches with half the staff to respond.

24 7 it's a 20 like need like calls for violence, intervention us to a homicide 90.

But we're not just talking about shooting victims who survived, which are other organizations, you know, who had to respond to those victims systems.

But our families, those victims represent just 20 but connected to them is an average of 4.5 people.

So we're talking about 90 individuals who were directly impacted and as staffing has cut because if yes, the reduction, but like any good medicine in a kid in the system, and is this a stay and continue on that path?

Not remove the resources while we see positive outcomes.

to be clear, this is state funding as of state sort of tightening up.

This is not federal that has been lost right?

Because, well, no, you know, their violence prevention.

It's a collaborative effort.

What else do you think needs to be done?

What else do you think government officials could do?

>> And other agencies to help fund the work that you do with with budget cuts that are happening like this.

Absolutely.

Just being able to communicate and be flexible about how we delegate those files and communities, especially when we know it's proven that it's working is reducing.

>> Ptsd in those family systems and our organization, we've been able to be here for over 10 years now.

This our 10th year since serving communities.

We have huge clinical services, as stated in the schools in the family's community of survivors, which number over 10,000 we're gonna have a whole reunion weekend.

What you can see that much.

But why remove at that time?

Not why not resolved and find ways to ensure we sustain and continue to reduce those impacts.

Because we're wraparound service.

We're not just intervention and they have their place right way interrupters.

But we stay with river.

got 10 seconds.

15 seconds.

What do you think the government needs to do?

What you like saying government government needs to be true for I'm talking about the state with the legislative.

The legislators do their job to get the resources.

>> And then they the got to hear from We're not receiving the resources great back to Springfield what it sounds like.

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