The first is to work in cooperation with organizations statewide and nationally to develop higher education programs that prepare professionals to provide safety and services to victims of violence, hold perpetrators accountable for their actions, and address the root causes of violence. The second is conduct research projects on services aimed at ending violence. Located at San Francisco General Hospital, the Center serves as the policy headquarters for the Violence Prevention Initiative funded by The California Wellness Foundation.
Violence is a complex issue with multifactorial causes, and as such requires complex solutions.
The VPC includes members from public health, the medical community, the judiciary, law enforcement, education, university researchers, the media, the faith community the business community and many, many community based organizations. It is a network of almost 200 full time member organizations. It has working relationships with several thousand local and regional NGOs and regularly sends urgent appeals and cases of serious violations of human rights to more than 1000 institutions. You are visitor on LDB's web-site.