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Regional Prevention Coordinators Increase Awareness of Terrorism and Targeted Violence Prevention

Regional Prevention Coordinators (RPCs) work to strengthen the capacity of communities to engage in terrorism and targeted violence prevention. Based across the United States, RPCs increase awareness of targeted violence and violence prevention; provide resources, training, and technical assistance; advise on prevention programs and strategies; and improve information sharing between partners related to terrorism and targeted violence prevention.  

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CP3 Supports Law Enforcement Efforts to Prevent Terrorism

During the National Sheriff's Association conference, the CP3 team also strengthened partnerships with sheriffs, other law enforcement professionals, and government agencies by exhibiting a booth. Through driving important conversations with law enforcement partners at the NSA Conference, CP3 spread its mission of bolstering our homeland’s ability to prevent terrorism and targeted violence, and how law enforcement is a crucial component of that prevention.  

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Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Partner One Pager

The Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) connects targeted violence and terrorism prevention (TVTP) providers, curates research and best practices, and helps states and communities build strategies and programs. 

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Exploring the Use of Three-Digit Call Lines

Three-digit helplines provide communities with an outlet to help them gain access to available information about relevant and local intervention resources. 

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Promising Prevention Practice

The Center of Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) provides partners with financial and technical
assistance to improve the national capacity to prevent terrorism and targeted violence. CP3 offers a
range of support, including educational resources, funding opportunities, and technical advice, to
help communities develop their own prevention strategies tailored to their unique needs.

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Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management

Behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) is an evidence-based and systematic process to identify, inquire, assess, and manage potential threats. 

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Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management in Practice

The Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) has created this prevention resource to provide education on behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) and its benefits in targeted violence and terrorism prevention (TVTP).

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Preventing Targeted Violence Saves Lives — and Money

This publication illustrates estimated costs of targeted violence and compares those costs to those of the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grant Program, which supports training programs to help people headed down a path toward violence.

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Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships Fiscal Year 2024 Report to Congress

Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships Fiscal Year 2024 Report to Congress

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Voices of Resilience: Real People, Real Impact

Targeted violence and terrorism prevention practitioners share stories of how they ended up in this work.