An Overview of the

North Carolina Youth

Violence Prevention
Center

Kayla Hunt

SWK 4910-004

3.4.21
 Table of
Contents
01 Agency Mission

02 Core Values & Ethics

03 History

04 Needs & future direction

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 01 Agency
Mission
Mission Statement:

The North Carolina Youth Violence

Prevention Center supports the needs of
youth and families by providing a seamless
continuum of services to prevent future
violence, support victims, and promote
resiliency in coping with life stressors.

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02
Core Values
• Empowerment - We believe survivors. We
support individuals and families in empowering
themselves as they seek safety and healing from
all forms of violence.
• Acknowledgment – We acknowledge the impact
of vicarious trauma and the exposure to vicarious
resilience.
• Social Justice – We are advocates for oppressed
individuals, families and communities. Our
actions are aligned with the intersectionality of
feminist, anti-oppressive principles.
• Taking Action Towards Nonviolence – We belong
to a cross
-section of other community boards to join a
collective effort towards eradicating violence of
all forms.
 & Ethics
A) Services must be accessible to all survivors in the rural counties we serve.
B) All survivors deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, to be valued and to have the
violence they have experienced be taken seriously.
C) All survivors are to be believed, have their voices heard and have control over their lives.
D) Everyone has the right to live free from violence and abuse.

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 03History
In 2010, NC-YVPC was created with funding
from the United States Centers for Disease
Control (CDC). Paul Smokowski, Ph.D. founded
the Center when he was a Professor at the
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill’s
School of Social Work. This center was the only
CDC-funded Academic Center for Excellence in
Youth Violence Prevention to focus on rural
communities.

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04Needs and future direction
Needs Future direction

• Expanded advocacy • STOP Violence grant

• Fundraiser for • Proposal to develop a Child Advocacy Center
Southeastern Grant in Robeson County
• Volunteers • CDC Grant Proposal on Prevention of
Community Violence,
• Longer-term grants
• SAMHSA Proposal to Provide Mental Health
• Increase Community Treatment for Children with ACE’s,
Partnerships • SAMHSA Proposal to Provide National
• Develop an Technical Assistance & Information on
Outreach/Fundraisr PT Working with Children with ACE’s
Position
 References

North Carolina Youth Violence Prevention Center. (2010). Retrieved

March 03, 2021 from http://nc-yvpc.org/

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