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Neighborhood Violence Prevention Collaborative Evaluation
10/1/97-10/1/01
Thomas Reischl, Principal Investigator
The goals of the Neighborhood Violence Prevention Collaborative
are: (1) to increase the capacity of neighborhood groups to
plan, implement and evaluate neighborhood-based primary prevention
programs; (2) to create an environment which fosters the promotion
of peace through the realistic assessment of the causes and
the understanding of violence in our community; and (3) to
work to establish linkages between existing efforts and agencies
involved in the promotion of peace. During the first two years
of NVPC's operation, an evaluation was conducted by the UM
School of Public Health. The evaluation focused on NVPC's
small grants program for neighborhood groups and its relationship
to changes in the capacity of these organizations to carry
out prevention programs. The results of the first phase of
the evaluation are summarized in a report available from the
Prevention Research Center of Michigan. The second phase of
the evaluation will continue to follow the progress of the
small grants program through the year 2001. In addition, the
evaluation will assess the extent to which NVPC has achieved
its goals of increasing public awareness and in establishing
linkages between Genesee County organizations involved in
violence prevention. The evaluation methods will include surveys
of neighborhood organizations, semi-structured interviews
with community leaders, Geographic Information System mapping of programs and crime rates, and archival analysis of NVPC
documents. The local evaluation is funded by the Community
Foundation of Greater Flint. It is guided by an advisory committee
composed of community members, representatives from non-profit
organizations and faculty members from the UM School of Public
Health. The NVPC evaluator is also participating in a national
cross-site evaluation funded by the National Funding Collaborative
on Violence Prevention.
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