Advised local, state, and national initiatives for health, safety, and wellbeing.

Prevention Institute’s staff participated on multiple advisory committees and working groups at the local, state, and national levels. In these roles, our staff provided guidance across topics like health equity, mental health, and community violence prevention to various national nonprofits, state governments, and policy advocacy groups. Through this work, we help to advance policy and systems change that is rooted in health equity and prevention. Such groups included:

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Collective Wellbeing Workgroup
• The Gravity Project’s Neighborhood Safety Workgroup
• Los Angeles Park Needs Assessment Steering Committee
• Health Equity Collective, Social Determinants of Health Policy Workgroup (TX)
• Keep Harris Housed Coalition Core Team
• State of Equity Advisory Group (CA)
• Prop 64 Advisory Committee (CA)
• The Community Prevention and Population Health Task Force

Funders: The Gravity Project, National Philanthropic Trust Operating Support, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The California Endowment, and The California Wellness Foundation 

Image from iStockPhoto.