"The park can transform the neighborhood, not just aesthetically, but the state of mind, the state of wellbeing for people in general."
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.
Tools for Adaptation
- Barnes Park Violence Prevention Logic Model from the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- Barnes Park Rehabilitation Project Description & Evaluation Framework from the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- Video: Barnes Park Reopening (October 2017) from #SmallMoments: Barnes Park at the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- Illustrating Our Prevention Story by the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- Rapid Re-Housing for Domestic Violence Survivors and their Children Capstone 2015-2016 from the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence – Includes literature review (pp. 17-48) and community readiness assessment (pp. 80-114)
- Community Intake Center Policy and Procedure Manual (December 2017) from the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Continuum of Care – See Safety Planning and Domestic Violence (p. 12)
- Forsyth County Rapid Re-Housing Program Policies and Procedures (2015, updated January 2017) from the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Continuum of Care – See Domestic Violence Policy (p. 27)
- NC Balance of State Continuum of Care System Standards: Coordinated Entry from the North Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness – See Safety Planning (p. 16)
Highlighted Projects
- Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence’s Hands of Hope Community Coalition, a Division of Family Services Society, Inc. – Garfield Neighborhood Association
- North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence – Rapid Rehousing/Continuums of Care
- Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence’s Newport Community Coalition, Women’s Resource Center – Youth Connectedness Collaborative & Newport Health Equity Zone
Related Resources from DELTA FOCUS Grantees
- Web Conference Recording & Summary – A Safe Place to Call Home: Transforming the Physical/Built Environment for Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention (August 2017) from PreventConnect
- Peer Learning Forum: Implementing Community-Level Strategies to Prevent Sexual and Domestic Violence (October 2017) from PreventConnect
- New Hanover County: Building Community, Opportunity, & Equity through Place-Based Collaboration from Prevent Violence NC
- TA Question – How can my agency invest in building equitable community environments that support safe relationships? (November 2017) by Lisa Fujie Parks, with Morgan Croce and Alisha Somji for the Prevention Institute
