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August 2021
Strengthening Community Safety in California
As part of a statewide movement, Prevention Institute is strengthening community safety in California through strategies that promote health equity and racial justice. -
April 2021
Community Safety Through Racial Justice and Health Equity
Through partnerships with national gun violence prevention networks, Black-, Indigenous-, and People of Color-led organizations, public health departments and associations, and networks of young... -
October 2020
Cross-Department Alignment for Addressing Violence in Multnomah County
Over the course of 2018 and 2019, an internal “Violence Intersections” workgroup was convened in Multnomah County, requested by Commissioner Stegmann, to analyze how the county prevents and... -
August 2020
Updating the CDC Suicide Prevention Technical Package for Application During Catastrophic Events
Through a cooperative agreement with the CDC, PI has partnered with RTI International and CLASP to update the technical package content and develop modules that provide a foundation for activities ... -
August 2020
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Suicide Prevention Rapid Response Training & Technical Assistance Tools
COVID-19 and the national outcry for racial justice has illuminated a need for coordinated, culturally-specific and proactive ACEs and suicide prevention efforts. Through a cooperative agreement with... -
May 2018
Elevating a public health approach to preventing violence (2018-2020)
With support from The Langeloth Foundation, Prevention Institute (PI) is partnering with local communities and national networks to amplify support for a public health approach to preventing violence... -
July 2017
Sectors Acting For Equity (SAFE): Communities Preventing Intimate Partner Violence
With support from the Blue Shield of California Foundation, Prevention Institute’s SAFE initiative engages leaders in California to envision and design innovative, multisector, health equity... -
June 2017
Developing a Community Safety Framework for Annie E. Casey Foundation
Prevention Institute is helping the Annie E. Casey Foundation develop a community safety framework that is aligned with the foundation’s principles, priorities, and existing efforts to strengthen... -
May 2017
Adverse Community Experiences and Resilience: Understanding, Addressing and Preventing Community Trauma
Until now, there has been no basis for understanding how community trauma undermines resilience and mental wellbeing, especially in communities highly impacted by violence, and what can be done about... -
January 2017
PreventConnect: Primary Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence
For more than 10 years, PI and ValorUS have brought together this community of practice to strengthen primary prevention of sexual and domestic violence. -
June 2016
WHO Global Violence Prevention Alliance
Prevention Institute is a member of the WHO’s global Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA), a network of WHO Member States, international agencies and civil society organizations working to prevent... -
April 2016
Health Equity in Violence Prevention
Advancing health equity is a central piece of our work in preventing violence, as we aim to address the underlying systems and conditions of inequity that create and perpetuate violence in the first... -
March 2016
Cradle to Community: A Focus on Community Safety and Healthy Child Development
Prevention Institute and the Center for the Study of Social Policy collaborated to identify the strategic policy, practice, systems, and norms change levers to make communities safer, so that all... -
November 2015
Partnerships for Preventing Violence Satellite Training Model
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October 2015
Preventing Multiple Forms of Violence
Prevention Institute staff recognizes the links among multiple forms of violence and also has deep expertise in preventing specific types. This selection of projects illustrates our breadth in... -
October 2015
Exploring Interconnections
Links among Multiple Forms of Violence -
October 2015
Advancing a Multi-Sector Approach
Community Determinants of Domestic Violence -
October 2015
Promoting Community-Level Strategies
Community Trauma and Resilience -
October 2015
Tailored Guidance for Cities and Counties
Through intensive collaboration with local groups, Prevention Institute has directly shaped how cities and counties approach the issue of violence and has improved prevention practice broadly. -
October 2015
OJJDP Training and Technical Assistance Project
Prevention Institute provided training and technical assistance to the signature violence prevention initiatives funded by the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP),... -
October 2015
UNITY, Urban Networks to Increase Thriving Youth
Since 2005, Prevention Institute has supported dozens of large U.S. cities to prevent urban violence through the UNITY initiative. UNITY advances a public health approach and works closely with the...