National Partners and Advisors
FVPF helps women, children and communities
that are devastated by domestic abuse, through
cooperation with lawmakers, judges and law
enforcement officials.
Workplace Bullying Institute (WBI)
The WBI is the sole North American nonprofit organization dedicated to the eradication of Workplace Bullying through education and research. An affiliated organization is the WBI-Legislative Campaign, created in 2007 to separate the lobbying work to generate state laws from the public charity work of its parent, WBI.
World
Health Organization Violence Prevention
Alliance
The Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) is
a network of WHO Member State governments,
nongovernmental and community-based organizations,
and private, international and intergovernmental
agencies working to prevent violence. VPA
participants share a public health approach
that targets the root causes and risk factors
underlying the likelihood of an individual
becoming involved in violence and recognizes
the need for improved services to mitigate
the harmful effects of violence when it does
occur.
The Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP)
Model is a gender violence, bullying, and
school violence prevention approach that
encourages young men and women from all socioeconomic,
racial and ethnic backgrounds to take on
leadership roles in their schools and communities.
The MVP Model originated in 1993 with the
creation of the Mentors in Violence Prevention
Program at Northeastern University's Center
for the Study of Sport in Society.
The mission of the Minnesota Center Against
Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA) is to support
research, education, and access to violence
related resources.
Warm2kids
The WARM2Kids Charitable Foundation's goal
is to become the 21st century's leader in
providing financial, educational, and emotional
support for today's youth. The foundation
supports youth education, development and
mentoring programs nationwide; and awards,
scholarships and grants designed to inspire
role model behavior.
LINKS
NCADV is dedicated to the empowerment of
battered women and their children through
the elimination of personal and societal
violence.
The Prairieaction Foundation supports action-oriented
research that contributes to finding solutions
to the complex reasons behind societal violence.
The role of the Prairieaction Foundation
is to be an innovative funding partner for
the communities of Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and the rest of Canada by supporting solutions
to violence and abuse.
TOOLS
A comprehensive portal and search engine
providing a wide range of quality resources
for the purpose of enriching the lives of
all families.
Promising Practices Network (PPN) for children,
families and communities. The Promising Practices
Network highlights programs and practices
that credible research indicates are effective
in improving outcomes for children, youth,
and families.
REPORTS
Integrating Community
Building and Violence Prevention
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A report from Family Violence Prevention
Fund and the Institute for Community
Peace's project documenting the new
initativ: Building Collaboration Between
Communtity Building and Violence Prevention.
This very informative 28-page document
defines community building and its
important connection to violence prevention
To
view the document in its entirety,
click here for a pdf file.
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Institute for Community
Peace -- National Funding Collaborative
on Violence Prevention
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Case Studies
The National Funding Collaborative
on Violence Prevention has produced
case studies illustrating the development
of a community-based collaboration
to prevent violence. The case studies
include discussion questions that hightlight
the salient issues in collaborations
that prevent violence.
To view each document, click for pdf
files.
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