Community Safety

Position Statement

The CHNA9 supports policies that improve the safety and security of all people, such as:

• Policies that improve access to services, resources, and justice for survivors of violence
• Policies that curtail economic abuse as a means of controlling victims and survivors of domestic and/or sexual violence and that promote economic stability for survivors through access to affordable housing, access to basic benefits, employment protections, and more
• Protection for those most impacted by structural violence and policies that promote the wellbeing and safety of BIPOC communities, immigrant and refugee communities, LGBTQIA+ communities, sex workers, those in the foster care system, people living with disabilities, religious minorities and other identities that increase vulnerability to violence and oppression
• Policies that apply a trauma-informed lens to criminal justice practices
• Increased accountability for those who use positions of power to abuse, control, or terrorize others
• Ensuring safe, confidential, and affordable access to all reproductive health services for all residents
• Policies that decrease reliance on police and the criminal justice system in situations where a clinical or social service response is more appropriate
• Encouraging communities to pursue Aging and/or Dementia Friendly designations
• Increasing awareness of human trafficking in our local communities
• Identification of and support for people who are in toxic relationships, before those relationships become violent