The Violence Prevention program is federally funded through the Rape Prevention Education grant that focuses on preventing sexual violence (SV) perpetration and victimization. The program utilizes a public health approach to decrease risk factors and increase protective factors related to SV.
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Building organizational and community capacity for the prevention of sexual violence.
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Providing evidence-based education to promote healthy relationships, decrease sexual harassment, and educate on risk and protective factors among middle and high school youth.
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Increasing economic support for families through connection to resources.
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Changing community-societal norms to ones that do not tolerate sexual violence.