question: Violence is triggered by personal history, lack of choices and opportunities, substance use or trafficking, racism, homophobia, genderism, and other forms of discrimination.1 In 2017, Salas-Wright et al. noted that, even though the incidence of fighting and violence among young people in the United States declined from 2002 to 2014, the pattern of disparities in youth involvement in these violent behaviors and the rate of homicides remained stable-consistently the highest among non-Hispanic African American youths, followed by Hispanic youths, and then non-Hispanic White youths.2 The health, social, and economic impacts of COVID-19 and of the 2020 through 2021 restrictive measures aimed at bringing the pandemic under control on the incidence ofyouth violence and on its prevention and control initiatives have yet to be assessed at a national level. The policy calls for congressional and state legislation and funding for comprehensive and integrated programs, such as the Safe Schools/Healthy Schools Initiative, community schools with after-school programs, health education programs, family resource centers, collaborative research on the impact of community schools, and age-appropriate incarceration.3 Given that violence among youths is a complex, multifactorial phenomenon, reducing its occurrence and severity requires interventions targeting multiple risk factors and vulnerabilities that may holistically improve the lives of children and youths. Bradford N. Bartholow, PhD, is a Lead Behavioral Scientist in the Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.