A joint initiative of Alliance for Safety and Justice and the Community Based Public Safety Collective
The report’s primary goal is to start talking about what kinds of investments are needed to equip communities with the capacity to prevent crime and violence and intervene in the cycle of crime. Specifically, this report estimates what cities/counties need to invest in community-based public safety programs.
Read the full report here.
Shared Safety envisions a world in which everyone can attain safety, and everyone takes responsibility for fostering it. Shared Safety is the pioneering work of diverse stakeholders who are rethinking how to understand, invest in, evaluate and achieve community safety.
Learn more about Shared Safety here.
This review summarizes research on policies and programs known to reduce community violence without relying on the police.
Read the full review HERE.
This report identifies proven, promising, and innovative strategies for identifying funds and using those resources to invest in a robust continuum of care and opportunity, particularly in historically disenfranchised communities in which youth and families may be particularly susceptible to justice system involvement.
Read the full report HERE.
The report’s primary goal is to start talking about what kinds of investments are needed to equip communities with the capacity to prevent crime and violence and intervene in the cycle of crime. Specifically, this report estimates what cities/counties need to invest in community-based public safety programs.
Read the full report here.
The National League of Cities
This toolkit provides extensive context and examples for city leaders to replicate, reference, and adapt as they implement reimagined approaches to public safety that work well in a local context.
Find the toolkit HERE.
This guide, to a process known as “community asset-mapping,” rejects the habit of describing communities in which many of our children live by listing their problems. Instead of focusing on deficits, asset-mapping spotlights methods of tapping into the hidden wealth of knowledge in all communities for the benefit of children.
Read the full guide HERE.
This report presents its strategy for developing a community community-led public safety and health infrastructure.
Read the full guide HERE.
In 2022, the Alliance for Safety and Justice (ASJ) released a report outlining model policies states could adopt to strengthen their victim compensation programs. This brief serves as an update and addendum to that report, and includes a comprehensive roundup of positive changes that state legislatures enacted between 2020 and 2022.
Read the full report HERE.
This strategy implements preventative measures that are proven to reduce violent crime, and attacks the root causes – including by addressing the flow of firearms used to commit crimes.
Read the fact sheet HERE.
Read the fact sheet HERE.
The NCSS represents leading organizations that are advancing community safety solutions and joining together to promote the most effective strategies to achieve public safety for all. It includes critical assistance providers supporting crime survivors and people living with past convictions, as well as public health providers and business leaders. The organizations in the coalition specialize in trauma recovery, health, mental health, violence prevention, and reentry support.
Learn more about NCSS here.
Alliance for Safety and Justice
American Public Health Association
A New Way of Life Reentry Project/SAFE Housing Network
Center for Employment Opportunities
Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice
Dave’s Killer Bread Foundation
Futures Without Violence (watch video)
The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention
National Alliance of Trauma Recovery Centers (watch video)
National Center for Victims of Crime
The Professional Community Intervention Training Institute
The NCSS represents leading organizations that are advancing community safety solutions and joining together to promote the most effective strategies to achieve public safety for all. It includes critical assistance providers supporting crime survivors and people living with past convictions, as well as public health providers and business leaders. The organizations in the coalition specialize in trauma recovery, health, mental health, violence prevention, and reentry support.
Learn more about NCSS here.
Alliance for Safety and Justice
American Public Health Association
A New Way of Life Reentry Project/SAFE Housing Network
Center for Employment Opportunities
Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice
Dave’s Killer Bread Foundation
Futures Without Violence (watch video)
The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention
National Alliance of Trauma Recovery Centers (watch video)
National Center for Victims of Crime
The Professional Community Intervention Training Institute
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