Antelope Valley Violence Prevention Coalition: Building a Regional Movement for Safety & Healing

The Antelope Valley Violence Prevention Coalition is building a regional movement for safety and healing through a community-driven, trauma-informed coalition model. With support from CACHI, the coalition formalized as the Antelope Valley – Violence Prevention ACH, expanding its work as an Accountable Community for Health focused on violence as a public health issue. The ACH connects survivors, youth, residents, service providers, schools, health care, and public safety partners in coordinated prevention and healing efforts. Through initiatives including a Hospital Violence Intervention Program, Pathways to Peace toolkits, healing arts workshops, firearm safety campaigns, school-based “Kindness Heals” collaborations, and Stop the Hate support, the coalition is helping survivors navigate care while creating new pathways for residents and young people to shape violence-prevention strategies and long-term systems change.