The National Coalition for Shared Safety represents leading organizations that are advancing community safety solutions and joining together to promote the most effective strategies to achieve public safety for all. It includes critical assistance providers supporting crime survivors and people living with past convictions, as well as public health providers and business leaders. The organizations in the coalition specialize in trauma recovery, health, mental health, violence prevention, and reentry support.
In an unprecedented moment of a global health pandemic and racial justice awakening, we have a rare national opportunity to build consensus on the solutions that work, solutions that, if scaled up, can replace mass incarceration with a new shared safety that’s better for everyone. The National Coalition for Shared Safety envisions a world in which everyone can attain safety and everyone can work together to take responsibility for fostering it.
The coalition supports federal investments and legislation that advances shared safety in states and localities across the nation, including those that would:
Scale up public health solutions: Expand critical Assistance to address public health challenges such as substance abuse, mental health needs, access to emergency housing, and other health supports
Scale up violence prevention: Expand community solutions to stop the cycle of violence, such as community outreach, interventionists, mentors and more
Scale up support for survivors: Expand services and financial support to crime survivors
Scale up meaningful redemption: Remove all barriers for people living with convictions to reenter society and access jobs
Allocate funding to what works: Reprioritize public safety investments to incentivize reduced incarceration and increased investments in shared safety solutions
Members of the coalition include:
Alliance for Safety and Justice
American Public Health Association
A New Way of Life Reentry Project/SAFE Housing Network
Center for Employment Opportunities
Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice
Dave’s Killer Bread Foundation
Futures Without Violence (watch video)
The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention
National Alliance of Trauma Recovery Centers (watch video)
National Center for Victims of Crime
The Professional Community Intervention Training Institute
Responsible Business Initiative for Justice
Coalition Advocacy
NCSS ltr to House and Senate Leadership re Stimulus
Congressional Briefing on Shared Safety Solutions
Press Conference for Report Release: National Survey of America’s Safety Gaps
