DOI: 10.3886/icpsr38128.v1
title: Bridge of Faith: Aim4Peace Community-Based Violence Prevention Project, Kansas City, Missouri, 2014-2017
title: Version 1

description: This study followed the outcomes of the Bridge of Faith program. Bridge of Faith is an expansion project based on efforts of the Aim4Peace Violence Prevention Program, serving youth 13-24 years of age living in a prioritized area of Kansas City, Missouri. Bridge of Faith created goals and objectives that strategically address a continuum from response to violence exposure, intervention for violence survivors, and preventing of violence exposure. Activities were designed to target a reduction in risk factors and improvement in resiliency factors associated with the use of violence, as well as improve access to care and quality of services for those who are survivors of violence to reduce the probability of violence and exposure to others in the future. The overall purpose was to improve the health, social, and economic outcomes for youth and families who have been exposed to trauma and/or violence and prevent further violence from occurring. The project will facilitate these outcomes in specific goals and objectives to expand access to evidence-based programs and services for youth survivors through a new platform for collaborating agencies to link survivors of violence to additional wrap around services, and enhance the performance of service agencies through training, strengthening knowledge and skill development to ensure quality, trauma-informed, and culturally competent care. This study on the Bridge of Faith Project was split into two datasets, Participant Survey Data and Police Data. Individuals were the unit of analysis measured in the Participant Survey Data, and criminal acts were the unit of analysis measured in the Police Data. Participant Survey Data contains 22 variables and 12 cases. Police Data contains 26 variables and 9 cases.
description: The overall purpose of the Bridge of Faith Project is to improve health (physical, mental and emotional), social, and economic outcomes for youth and families who have been exposed to trauma and/or violence and prevent further violence from occurring. The overall purpose of this study on the Bridge of Faith Project is to measure these objectives.
description: Data collected includes secondary archival police data and de-identified participant interview data. The secondary archival police data consists of annual data of frequency and rates for homicide and aggravated assault data provided by the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department. The participant interview data are de-identified and consist of individuals who are part of the Aim4Peace program. There were twenty program participants randomly selected and invited by program staff to participate in the interview process. The interview participants were clients served by the program.
description: Variables in the Participant Survey Dataset include the participant's perceptions of violence in the community, their ability to mediate conflict, and satisfaction with the program. Variables in the Police Dataset include frequency and rates for homicide, aggravated assault, and aggravated assault with a firearm data.
description: None.
description: Census data include all members of the universe, and crime data provided by the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department include all victims of homicide and aggravated assault in the target geographical area.
description: Datasets: DS0: Study-Level Files DS1: Participant Survey DS2: Police Department Data
description: Residents of the target geographical area in Kansas City, Missouri with high rates of shootings. Smallest Geographic Unit: Police beat
description: record abstracts; face-to-face interview