Center for Public Violence Recovery

Center for Public Violence Recovery The Center for Public Violence Recovery helps communities prepare and respond to incidents of public violence.

Public violence -- a random violent incident that traumatizes a community -- is often an invisible disaster. When well-meaning leaders try to short-circuit the recovery cycle, promising to quickly restore life to normal, it can produce a “crisis after the crisis” as unaddressed collective trauma festers. Without a plan for response and recovery that involves the whole community, the result is misi

nformation, fragmentation of services and a growing sense of hopelessness. Comprehensive plans and an understanding of the phases of public violence resilience help reassure residents that their lives are not out of control, that violence is not normal and that there are resources to help them. The Center for Public Violence Recovery collaborates with local religious, nonprofit, business and government leaders to ensure prevention and response to public violence is an integral part of a community resilience plan.

While many school districts look to add guards or more barriers designed to prevent shootings, new reports of the mental...
10/10/2019

While many school districts look to add guards or more barriers designed to prevent shootings, new reports of the mental health impacts of the school shootings in Parkland and Santa Fe paint a grim picture of the impact of these acts of violence. See:

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, which used to rank near the bottom of high schools in Broward County, Florida for instances of substance abuse, has shot up 20 places on the list since the 2018 shooting. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images

07/30/2019

HELP FOR SURVIVORS: A family assistance center has opened to help people who have been impacted by the shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival.

Our new Website is now online. See it here:
03/27/2019

Our new Website is now online. See it here:

With an emphasis on Whole Community resilience, the Center for Public Violence Recovery helps communities transform a culture of fear into a culture of hope.

What is the true impact of violence? Scary article reported by BBC suggests the trauma of violence can be inherited!
03/27/2019

What is the true impact of violence? Scary article reported by BBC suggests the trauma of violence can be inherited!

Our children and grandchildren are shaped by the genes they inherit from us, but new research is revealing that experiences of hardship or violence can leave their mark too.

A new blood test for PTSD may provide a new way to identify those who are at risk as well as those who have been traumat...
03/15/2019

A new blood test for PTSD may provide a new way to identify those who are at risk as well as those who have been traumatized by violence.

A groundbreaking new blood test for genetic biomarkers of PTSD could improve accuracy of diagnosis, precision of treatment, and prediction of future risk.

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The Center for Public Violence Recovery assists organizations prepare, prevent and respond to public violence.

Every day new incidents of violence occur in large and small communities across the United States. Law enforcement and emergency responders follow established protocols designed to ensure public safety; but there are no comprehensive protocols to guide community response to violence. Whether a major incident has occurred, or the community is on tenterhooks fearful of the future, without protocols to guide local long-term response, residents experience misinformation, fragmented social services, unaddressed emotional trauma, a growing sense of hopelessness, and recurring cycles of violence.

The Center for Public Violence Recovery advocates a Whole Community strategy to combat community trauma beginning at the grassroots level with leadership from local faith-based, public health and human services organizations. This focus will help those who have been traumatized by violence to transform the fears that are entwined so deeply in their memories into hope for their lives and communities.

The Center is a program of the Village Life Company, a 501(c)(3) organization that has researched and developed public violence resilience and disaster response programs in collaboration with religious organizations, community nonprofits and educational institutions since 1996.