About Us

History

Partners for Violence Prevention (PVP) was founded in 1996 to reduce the impact and incidence of violence on youth and families.  It began in response to a community need to promote safe neighborhoods and provide effective intervention and prevention alternatives.  PVP’s unique collaborative strategy has provided the basis for its success and in May 2004, PVP earned its 501(c)(3) non-profit status.  Since its inception, PVP has acted as an innovative service provider and a pivotal bridging point in violence prevention for youth, programming for over 50 health care and social service agencies, law enforcement agencies, foundations, schools, businesses, churches, and other community organizations. PVP is regarded as a local and national model for replication in other communities, school and neighborhoods.

Mission

Partners for Violence Prevention’s mission is to promote peace, reduce the incidence and impact of violence, and build the capacity for violence prevention in the Twin Cities.  PVP is dedicated to facilitating education, providing resources and building a coalition of community organizations committed to the eradication of violence in their communities.  PVP offers a unique vision of peace promotion.   

Geographic and Demographic Service Area

PVP provides services that address at-risk youth, domestic violence and sexual assault survivors. PVP’s work is focused in the Twin Cities metro area.  Statewide and nationally, PVP shares its violence prevention protocols with other organizations and institutes, to facilitate understanding and revolutionize violence prevention services.  In addition to servicing a diverse geographic area, PVP maintains a commitment to diverse populations with outreach and programs to Hmong, African-American, African, Latino/Latina and Native American communities.   

Organizational Goals

Goal #1: We will deepen and strengthen our work in existing areas of service to build capacity within partner and collaborative agencies.

Goal #2: We will diversify our approaches to be culturally responsive and inclusive of new communities, groups, and topics.

Goal #3: We will broaden our resources through purposeful and responsive growth.