Creating Safe Spaces in Communities: Lessons Learned from DELTA FOCUS

Creating safe community spaces in partnership with community leaders is intimate partner violence prevention!

Community conditions such as equitable access to resources, housing, and connectedness to community may make it less likely that children, families, and communities will experience violence. The prevention approaches highlighted in this story address community conditions that give rise to, protect against, or counter violence in communities and reflect a multi-generational approach that has the potential to create lasting safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments. In this story, the coalitions in Indiana, North Carolina, and Rhode Island sought to create safe spaces in the community by building parks, addressing housing stability, and strengthening community ties.