Violence Prevention Information

 

  • County Programs

 

    • Zero Tolerance for Domestic Violence:  A multi-jurisdictional partnership designed to reduce domestic violence, family violence, and elder abuse in Contra Costa County.

http://www.contracostazt.org/

 

    • Health Services
      • Violence and Violence Prevention:  Current efforts, reports, and publications to reduce violence.

http://www.cchealth.org/topics/violence/

      • Public Health Outreach, Education and Collaborations Unit:  Inventory of Health Services programs related to violence prevention, and Health Services recommendations to support street violence prevention.

http://www.cchealth.org/groups/phoec/

 

    • Employment and Human Services
      • Emergency Response to Child Abuse:  Description of available services and how to report child abuse.

http://www.ehsd.org/child/child001.html

      • Safe and Stable Families:  Information and referral, parenting classes, domestic violence counseling.

http://www.ehsd.org/child/child010.html

      • Adult Protective Services:  Description of available services and how to report abuse of elder or dependent adults.

http://www.ehsd.org/adult/adult001.html

 

    • Sheriff
      • Community Relations and Crime Prevention Unit:  Public awareness and crime prevention programs.

http://www.cocosheriff.org/patrol/Comm%20Rela%20Media%20Homeland%20Sec/crime_prevention/crime_prevention.htm

 

    • Child Abuse Prevention Council:  Coordination of services, information sharing, public education and advocacy to prevent child abuse.

http://www.capc-coco.org/index.jsp

 

  • Community Partners

 

    • Contra Costa Crisis Center
      • Contra Costa Crisis Center:  Crisis hotlines and counseling, suicide prevention, and classroom presentations to prevent youth violence.  Includes 24-hour school violence hotline.

http://www.crisis-center.org/

      • County Online Resource Database (CORD):  Online resource database for community services in Contra Costa County.

http://www.cccord.org/

      • Regional Guides:  Community service guides for East, Central, and West Contra Costa County, in English and Spanish.

http://www.crisis-center.org/info_regional.html

 

    • STAND! Against Domestic Violence:  Prevention, intervention, and treatment services for domestic violence.

http://www.standagainstdv.org/

    • Community Violence Solutions:  Prevention, crisis services, and treatment for sexual assault and family violence.

http://www.cvsolutions.org/

    • Familias Unidas:  Counseling, advocacy, and information services.

http://www.familias-unidas.org/

    • Asian Pacific Psychological Services:  Prevention work with youth, and violence and conflict resolution.

http://www.appsweb.org/home.htm

    • Bay Area Community Resources:  Youth leadership and mentoring.

http://www.bacr.org/

    • Family Stress Center:  Counseling, educational programs, social services and in-home support to strengthen families and to treat and prevent child abuse and neglect.

http://www.familystresscenter.org/

    • Richmond Improvement Association:  Project Clean Slate, a San Quentin Reentry Project.

http://www.riafbo.org/

    • Richmond Police Activities League:  Provides recreational, educational, cultural, and social programs while building positive community relations between police officers, youth and citizens.

http://www.rpal.org/History.asp

    • Youth Together:  Creates safe and proactive spaces within schools that support partnerships between students and adult allies.

http://www.youthtogether.net/mcm/index.php

    • Arts Change:  Visual arts to engage youth and community, including work on violence prevention.

http://www.artschange.org/

    • Contra Costa Police Activities Association, Violence Prevention Coalition:   Provides athletic, educational, and social programs for youth in Contra Costa County.

www.cocopaa.org