What Communities Can Do To Make a Difference

• Build communitywide collaborations.
• Develop a broader array of culturally competent early intervention programs for children exposed to community, youth, and family violence.
• Integrate these programs into sites that serve children and young families.
• Identify and remove disincentives to participation in intervention programs.
• Increase the ability of child protective services, courts, and domestic violence agencies to work collaboratively.
• Design and expand programs specifically for children exposed to domestic violence.
• Develop more programs for children and youth during afterschool hours.
• Define school policies related to all forms of violence.
• Design and implement core training for all school personnel.
• Make the safety and well-being of adult and child victims a priority for fatherhood programs.

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