In 2001, the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) launched the Embedding Prevention in State Policy and Practice Initiative (“the Initiative”). The goal of the Initiative is “to create, within five years, self-supporting movements within selected states and their communities that promote and implement prevention as the policy of choice for reducing crime, violence, and drug abuse.” To achieve this goal, NCPC provides funding and technical assistance to help six states embed the prevention of crime, violence, and substance abuse in state policy and practice. Each of the Initiative states-Arizona, California, Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, and Oregon-have created an embedding team charged with leading the project at the state level. Community Science provided evaluation and capacity building services for the Initiative.
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