We work with Foundation grantees and community partners to bring the most effective and innovative intimate partner violence prevention programs to the public.
Our initiatives are multifaceted
and include the following:
Prevention
Primary Prevention, stopping IPV before it begins.
Focusing on education and understanding for young people, early.
Partner with organizations who focus on the important work of Secondary Intervention.
Education
Support School Curriculums
Communicate broadly the impacts of IPV
Develop University partnerships to educate college age young people more deeply on the problem of IPV
Awareness
Communicate with community leadership to increase awareness
Foster Employers Programs aimed at awareness
Leverage a speaker's bureau, and build on the Women of Courage event
Evaluate, and expand Courage Clubs.
Research
Fund innovative research and best practices that stop IPV/DV
Support the initiation of the Family Justice Center
Identify the latest trends regarding IPV
Look for ways to evaluate and support supportive laws and legislation
Leverage the research and work done by colleges and universities on this issue
Capitalize on the potential impact and support intern programs will have