Due to recent increased awareness and advocacy, healthcare led efforts to advance firearm injury prevention have increased in recent years. From lethal means counseling to hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs), pediatric healthcare providers have embraced efforts to reframe firearm injury prevention as a public health issue. Despite this progress, current changes in funding availability and political climate threaten many programs engaged in this important work. This session aims to equip attendees with creative strategies and solutions to navigate current challenges in funding and political climate, to sustain this life-saving work. Attendees will be asked to share common barriers they have experienced in their own practice, and workshop presenters will facilitate a dynamic, solutions-oriented dialogue, drawing on their combined experiences operating HVIPs, lethal means counseling and secure firearm storage programs across the country. Workshop leaders will highlight innovative strategies for program continuity and empower attendees to apply these strategies in their own practice to address various types of firearm injury, including suicide, homicide, and unintentional injury. In this interactive session, participants will first hear from workshop leaders, followed by brief peer-to-peer conversations on individual challenges and solutions. Through these conversations, attendees will network and meet participants at varied levels of institutional engagement in firearm injury prevention efforts offering a broad spectrum of perspectives and possible future collaborations.

1. Describe common barriers among existing clinical programs for firearm injury prevention
2. Identify unique stakeholders to partner with to continue firearm injury prevention initiatives
3. Recognize institutional and community facilitators to strengthen and sustain firearm injury prevention programs