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We provide tools that drive impactful change and elevate the field of prevention in general.
Our local partners advance equitable investment by organizing residents, advocating for community needs, and building leadership. Efforts focus on public budgeting, housing, and resource access—supporting low-income and immigrant communities through policy change, education, and grassroots mobilization.
Framing Community Safety is a guide for nonprofits, community-based organizations, public agencies, and others who want to communicate more effectively with the public about community-led efforts to prevent violence and promote safety and healing.
Summary and analysis of Governor Newsom’s 2023–24 California Budget Proposal, highlighting key investments and gaps related to community safety, healthy environments, and advancing health equity and racial justice.
In Cultivating a Healthier Policy Landscape: The Building Healthy Communities Initiative, a recent article penned by PI’s Juliet Simms, Rob Baird, Sarah Mittermaier, and Manal J. Aboelata, the authors examine how local public health departments can identify and secure policy and systems changes that will achieve health equity and improve health outcomes across diverse populations. “To achieve health equity, we must address factors that drive elevated rates of illness and injury—and challenge the decisions, decision makers, policies, and practices that create and perpetuate inequitable