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Resources Adults and Children Together Against Violence http://www.actagainstviolence.org/index.html ACT-Adults and Children Together-Against Violence is a violence prevention project that focuses on adults who raise, care for, and teach young children ages 0 to 8 years. It is designed to prevent violence by helping adults to be positive role models and learn the skills to teach young children nonviolent ways to resolve conflicts, deal with frustration, and handle anger.
Alameda County Violence Prevention Initiative http://www.preventioninstitute.org/alameda.html This four-phase process will culminate in a violence prevention blueprint in 2004. The phases are 1) defining the problem, 2) defining overall solutions, 3) defining sectoral solutions, and 4) building a strong implementation movement grounded in strategy.
The Alliance of Concerned Men www.allianceofconcernedmen.org
Backfire http://www.luckyucorp.com The BACKFIRE effort is a positive attempt to unite individuals, young and old. And to address issues and challenges that life will present.
Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/bestpractices.htm Best Practices, a resource from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looks at the effectiveness of specific violence prevention practices in four key areas: parents and families; home visiting; social and conflict resolution skills; and mentoring. These programs are drawn from real-world experiences of professionals and advocates who have successfully worked to prevent violence among children and adolescents. The sourcebook also documents the science behind each best practice and offers a comprehensive directory of resources for more information about programs that have used these practices. Spanish resource: Prácticas Óptimas para la Prevención de la Violencia Juvenil: Libro de Referencia para la Acción Comunitaria
Bureau of Justice Statistics Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/index.html Brings together data from more than 100 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States .
Center for the Study of the Prevention of Violence CSPV has a threefold mission: to conduct research on the causes of violence and the effectiveness of prevention and intervention programs; to collect research literature and resources on the causes and prevention of violence as well as providing direct information services to the public through topical searches on customized databases; and to offer technical assistance for the evaluation and development of violence prevention programs. C enter on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Provides information about preventing problem behavior; teaching and encouraging pro-social behavior; creating sustainable systems to support behavioral programming efforts; research on validated practices of positive behavior support; establishing collaborative systems with schools, families, and communities; positive behavioral interventions and supports; and functional behavioral assessments. Community ToolBox The Tool Box provides over 6,000 pages of practical skill-building information on more than 250 different topics. Topic sections include step-by-step instruction, examples, check-lists, and related resources. Concerned Parents of Pueblo www.concernedparentsofpueblo.org Concerned Parents of Pueblo was founded in response to the increasing levels of youth violence in local schools and the community of Pueblo , Colorado . This grassroots organization has operated on the philosophy that parents and youth need to have significant and meaningful opportunities for bettering community life through volunteerism. Concerned Parents of Pueblo uses a multifaceted approach to serving youth and families that includes engaging and rewarding youth for positive behaviors and service to the local community; educating parents and youth about critical issues through workshops; encouraging greater parent involvement in schools and communities; and providing mentoring services to local youth.
Evolution to Effective Prevention Diagnostic Scale http://www.preventioninstitute.org/pdf/Evolution_worksheet.pdf The Evolution to Effective Prevention Diagnostic Scale can help organizations, communities, and collaboratives assess the development of their prevention efforts, analyze current efforts, and assist groups to make their interventions more comprehensive and effective. Family and Community Violence Prevention Program (FCVP) The purpose of the FCVP is to impact the increasing incidence of violence and abusive behavior in low income, at-risk communities through the mobilization of community partners. The FCVP coordinates the activities of Family Life Centers (FLCs) at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and other minority-serving institutions in 17 states, the District of Columbia , Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The FLCs are engaged in violence prevention activities which address the academic, personal, cultural and career development of youth who are at risk for involvement in violent and other abusive behavior. Fight Crime: Invest in Kids a bipartisan, nonprofit anti-crime organization led by more than 2,000 police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors, victims of violence and leaders of police officer associations. It conducts research on and evaluates the effectiveness of crime-prevention strategies, develops policy recommendations, and analyzes the crime-prevention impact of public policy proposals. Flint 's Youth Violence Prevention Center http://www.sph.umich.edu/yvpc/ The mission of the Flint 's Youth Violence Prevention Center is to develop, implement, and monitor comprehensive strategies that help prevent youth violence and promote healthy development. Through collaboration among community, university and health department partners the Center focuses on interdisciplinary, ecologically and culturally relevant, and community-based approaches. The For Life Foundation http://www.forlifefoundation.org/index.html Provides educational and instructional services in the area of health and wellness for children. Institute for Community Peace www.instituteforcommunitypeace.org The Institute for Community Peace (ICP) serves as a leading national organization working to prevent violence and promote peace. ICP is guided by three fundamental beliefs: that violence is preventable, peace is possible, and that both are best achieved through community-driven strategies that demonstrate the power of collective local action. They support strategies that emphasize resident engagement and community empowerment and expanded national attention to the range of factors that contribute to and prevent violence and promote peace.
Join Together Provides news and funding coverage, resource links and advocacy tools supporting community-based efforts to reduce and prevent substance abuse and gun violence.
National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise The mission of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise is to empower neighborhood leaders to promote solutions that reduce crime and violence, restore families, revitalize low-income communities, and create economic enterprise.
National Crime Prevention Council The National Crime Prevention Council is the nation's focal point and voice for crime prevention as well as a source of help for individuals, neighborhoods, communities and governments. NCPC enables people to create safer and more caring communities by addressing the causes of crime and violence and reducing the opportunities for crime to occur. National Crime Prevention Council's "Embedding Prevention in State Policy and Practice" The Embedding Prevention in State Policy and Practice Initiative of the National Crime Prevention Council aims to create within five years, self-supporting movements in six states ( Arizona , California , Connecticut , Iowa , Kentucky and Oregon ) and their communities that promote and implement prevention as the policy of choice for reducing crime, violence and drug abuse. The Initiative's website serves as a repository of resources and information for key documents including its quarterly bulletin, The State of Prevention , initiative evaluation reports, and an inventory of prevention information and promising policies. OJJDP Model Programs Guide http://www.dsgonline.com/Model_Programs_Guide/Web/mpg_index.htm The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Model Programs Guide is designed to assist practitioners and communities in implementing evidence-based prevention & intervention programs. Prevention Institute http://www.preventioninstitute.org/home.html Prevention Institute is a non-profit national center dedicated to improving community health and well-being by building momentum for effective primary prevention. The organization has focused on injury and violence prevention, traffic safety, health disparities, nutrition and physical activity, and youth development.
Public/Private Ventures, Youth Policy and Programming www.ppv.org/ppv/youth/youth.asp Public/Private Ventures (P/PV) is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the effectiveness of social policies, programs and community initiatives, especially as they affect youth and young adults. One of P/PV's core areas of research is youth programming and policy, with a focus on mentoring, after-school programs, high risk youth and volunteering. Street Law Street Law, Inc.'s programs and curricula promote knowledge of legal rights and responsibilities, engagement in the democratic process, and belief in the rule of law, among both youth and adults. U.S. Department of Justice, Community Capacity Development Office (CCDO) The CCDO oversees the network of more than 300 Weed and Seed communities, enhances law enforcement and prosecution coordination among federal, state, and local agencies, and awards Official Recognition to unfunded sites
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Community Violence Prevention as a Family Strengthening Strategy