About the Coalition
The Lane County Violence Prevention Coalition (LCVPC) was established in the fall of 2022 with funding from the Lane County United Way (LCUW) to form a coalition that would develop a county wide violence prevention plan.
LCVPC is committed to building a comprehensive, sustainable, community-based approach to primary prevention of violence including domestic and sexual violence, child abuse, and identity-based violence.
The original Core Agency Partners (CAP) were the executive directors from Hope & Safety Alliance, Sexual Assault Support Services (SASS), Siuslaw Outreach Services (SOS), Kids First, 90by30, and Center for Childhood Safety and Wellbeing (CSAW). Ophelia’s Place joined CAP in 2024.
The Prevention, Action, Coordination Team (PACT) was created in the fall of 2023 to implement the strategies identified by the Core Agency Partners (CAP) group. CAP agencies assigned staff to participate in PACT. In addition to the CAP agencies, PACT includes representatives from other community based organizations who are also dedicated to violence prevention and add important perspective and networking opportunities.
Milestones & Reflections
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VPC Launched with a Mission to Create a Comprehensive Violence Prevention Plan
“Dedicated and passionate folks starting this!”
“How lucky we were to have a year of capacity building.”
“Unique (and not that common) opportunity to get 5 different organizations to be on the same page and work toward shared goals!”
“Shoutout to organization leaders for following through on this and sticking with it!”
“Thanks to LCUW for 1 year grant to form a coalition.”Inventory of Resources (Prevention Programming Asset Mapping)
“It became clear that so many folks in Lane
County have the same organization struggles.”
“Comprehensive and also ever changing!”
“Smart to acknowledge resources (and gaps). Not starting from scratch.”
“Beautifully chaotic spreadsheet is born.”Publication of "Envisioning a Violence Free Lane County” (PEACE Report)
“Helping create an identity in the community.”
“Terrific foundation for youth-led direction.”
“Useful to have documented markers – demonstrating youth engagement.”
“PEACE Report helped us prioritize goals, subjects, and tracks for Think Sessions.”Strategic Communication and Outreach Plan
"Taking the next step."
“Infusing YAC and youth insights throughout. A core value enacted.”
“Creating plans is hard in these times, but I’m glad we are all willing to try.”
“Prioritized youth voice and feedback in a big way!”Group Think Sessions
“Lots of recruitment efforts with 4 different tracks – great turnout!”
“Fascinating result that evolved
organically – great structure.”
“Real human connection, so cool to watch folks network in real time!”
“Think Sessions have been such a great way to hear other organizations voices.”
“Showing incredible strength and persistence. Coalition building and co-learning is intense and demanding – and worth it.”Branding, Social Media Plan, Website Progress
“Logo, LinkedIn created, brand colors established.”
“This has made us feel so much more united!”
“Branding instrumental in accessibility by community at large.”
“Seeing a metaphorical vision become a
real one is very fun.”
Coalition Core Partners
