# Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention

> **NIH ALLCDC U01** · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · 2020 · $1,199,999

## Abstract

Project Summary
Since funded in 2015, the Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention has focused its efforts on
implementing the Communities that Care (CTC) model in Bronzeville, a primarily African American community
located on the southeast side of Chicago. More than 70 community partners, representing a diverse set of
stakeholders from school leaders and residents to government/civic leaders, nonprofits and businesses and
guided by the CTC process, have come together to use data to inform the development and implementation of
a Community Action Plan to reduce violence. Recognizing the long-standing structural inequities contributing to
the disproportionate burden of violence in the community, the plan moves beyond the usual focus solely on
implementation of evidence-based programs, to addressing factors related to the social and economic health
of the community as underlying risk for violence. The plan builds from the existing strengths in the community,
identifies gaps in resources and services, and outlines plans to fill those gaps by supporting programs and
policies that are based on evidence of effectiveness. Engaging thousands of community residents over the
past three years, this partnership has achieved substantial progress in efforts to 1) identify and deliver high-
quality programs for youth and families; 2) advance education equity for all schools in Bronzeville; 3) increase
the resilience of people affected by trauma; and 4) provide employment and placement services for residents
of Bronzeville.
We will continue implementation of this community-level strategy, deepen and extend evaluation of community-
level effects on violence, evaluate community coalition functioning, and enhance dissemination strategies with
a particular focus on developing materials to be used by other urban communities. The Center's primary aims
are: 1) to extend the implementation of CTC to continue to build community-level infrastructure and capacity to
implement, build upon, and advance the community action plan to reduce youth and other forms of violence; 2)
to advance youth civic action activities by providing opportunities to learn about, research, and critically
analyze policy-level decisions while developing leadership skills; 3) to examine coalition functioning within the
ecological context of the community, conducting social network analyses to understand engagement and
barriers to participation;4) to evaluate the extent and process through which the Community Action Plan
developed is adopted and implemented across the community; 5) to further evaluate the diffusion of knowledge
and impact of CTC through the faith community; and 6) to enhance and extend disseminate activities,
particularly materials to be used by other urban communities.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10150282
- **Project number:** 3U01CE002712-05S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
- **Principal Investigator:** DEBORAH GORMAN-SMITH
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $1,199,999
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2015-09-30 → 2021-09-29

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10150282

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10150282, Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention (3U01CE002712-05S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10150282. Licensed CC0.

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