National Center for the Prevention of Community Violence -

"We are passionate about prevention, intervention, enforcement and re-entry strategies. We are passionate about measurement and even more passionate about saving our children from bullying, gangs and community violence."

NCPCV Mission

Our Mission is to create new pathways for communities to react with passion to the wave of youth violence sweeping America and Canada, and to share what we have learned with every community we can engage in the crisis.

THERE IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THE EPIDEMIC OF YOUTH VIOLENCE

NCPCV Accomplishments

Since its’ inception, the organization of NCPCV has accomplished the following initiatives

•Creator of No COLORS: 100 Ways to Stop Gangs from Taking Away our Communities

•Partnering with Virginia Tech’s Center for Applied Behavioral Sciences. This joint partnership will work in developing new practice models to combat bullying, gangs, and youth violence.

•Developed model bullying policy for the Virginia Department of Education

•Developed and implemented a Gun Safety Program for the Commonwealth of Virginia Board of Education for students K-5

•Developing Athlete-Coach mentoring for anti-gang programs at Old Dominion University Athletic Department

•Training and educating police officers in working with troubled youth in Memphis, TN, Newport News and other communities

•Co-sponsoring series of Annual Bullying Conferences for educators with Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters (CHKD) and Christopher Newport University

•Directed America’s top crime prevention efforts in Richmond, Virginia: Gang Reduction and Intervention Program (G.R.I.P)

We welcome your inquiries regarding helping your community reduce youth violence and gangs. Send us an email at and let us know how we can help.