Futures Without Violence

Children/youth/young families - in 2024, our children's team conducted more than 478 direct support engagements--including trainings, consultations, and tailored information services--reaching over 3,678 professionals across community-based organizations, healthcare systems, education settings, courts, and public agencies. These engagements supported the implementation of trauma-informed, two-generation strategies to enhance safety, stability, and outcomes for children and families impacted by multiple forms of violence. We developed and disseminated 77 specialized tools and resources. Our digital platforms significantly expanded access to actionable guidance, generating over 140,000 user engagements, including 138,000+ page views across promising futures, bridges to better, and the children's team landing page. Popular content included tools for strengthening parent-child relationships, supporting judicial decision-making in dv-related cases, and improving service coordination without unnecessary child welfare involvement. In total, 48,688 unique visitors accessed our online resources--signaling widespread demand for field-informed, practical strategies. Based on conservative to moderate modeling, our combined in-person and digital work may have benefited between 100,000 and 270,000 children and families nationally through improved provider practices and systems-level changes. Our work remains grounded in evidence-informed practices and continuous learning to support sustainable improvements in service delivery and public policy.

The courage museum and education center - an immersive learning experience to be located on the main post of san francisco's historic presidio national park, will inspire visitors to engage in solutions for safer, healthier, and less violent homes, schools, and communities. The museum and education center is a strategy for public education and engagement, providing an innovative new platform for place-based and virtual learning, leadership and action. Through storytelling, scientific insights, and cultural analyses, the museum will offer visitors pathways for healing and prevention, challenging the notion that violence is inevitable. The museum and education center will be a place where individuals are inspired and challenged through the stories and experiences of individuals and organizations that are working toward change. In 2024, futures focused on engaging with subject matter experts on re-envisioning one particular gallery that addresses the science of trauma and recovery with plans of delving into a final design phase in 2025. In addition, we collaborated with professionals in curriculum design, development, and professional learning to develop educational resources and opportunities for high school education students and teachers that will precede, integrate with, and follow on the museum's visitor journey. The museum is scheduled to open in early 2027.

Learning & leadership - futures' learning & leadership department hosts multiple initiatives that improve individual, organizational, and community strength, sustainability, and acumen to prevent and respond to violence and trauma. These programs focus on domestic violence, elder abuse, and exploitation and specifically support justice system professionals and community-based organizations to improve their knowledge and practice their skills to spread and scale promising violence prevention efforts.workplace and economic opportunity - futures workplace and economic opportunity programs aim to ensure women, families, and all people can pursue economic choice, dignified employment, and safety and well-being. This is achieved by supporting survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, trafficking and sexual harassment across the lifespan, through research and public education that disrupts and prevents economic abuse in adolescence; trauma-informed workforce development strategies and cross-systems collaborations between the workforce systems and victim services; and, training and technical assistance offered through the national resource center, workplaces respond to domestic and sexual violence, on model workplace policies and practices for employers, labor organizations, employees, and other workplace stakeholders to prevent and respond to the impacts of domestic and sexual violence in the world of work.public education campaigns & programs - for thirty years since futures launched the very first national domestic violence prevention public service campaign, we have led numerous initiatives to build individuals, families, organizations, and systems' capacity to respond to and prevent violence. Particularly, we created the only evidence-based program, "coaching boys into men," endorsed by the cdc to train coaches to teach their young male athletes healthy relationship skills. Futures also spearheads the "team: changing minds" initiative to help caring and consistent adults better identify, understand, and respond to youth mental health challenges before a crisis occurs. Most recently, "catapult: campus action" is an initiative designed to grow the leadership of young men on college campuses to end violence through care, connection, and accountability. It seeks to challenge harmful norms, foster healthier relationships, and create a safer and more welcoming environment for all. Training, resources, and programs extend to over 200 colleges reaching over 1 million students. Futures continues to craft violence prevention efforts that have been adapted and localized in hundreds of communities in the us and around the world.strategic initiatives - futures without violence's (futures) strategic initiatives program area serves as our engine for idea incubation, strategic partnerships/development and exploration of bold, transformative approaches. At futures, we believe big social challenges aren't solved alone, and we strive to be thoughtful, strategic, and bold in the way we develop solutions and the way in which we partner across sectors and movements to help children, families and communities thrive. This program area has supported an investment in a cohort of partners who are incubating new, pioneering approaches in partnership with futures, as well as the expansion of our strategies to advance economic security and mobility.policy - futures without violence works to advance policy and legislation that prevents violence against women, children and youth, supports healthy families and communities and helps all victims of violence and abuse in the united states and around the world to survive, heal and thrive. Based in washington dc, the futures policy office serves as a go-to source for information, ideas and policy solutions that create safety and reduce violence. We advocate in partnership with survivors of violence to bring their voices to policymakers, regularly testify at briefings and hearings, educate and mobilize constituencies and lead multiple coalitions to address child trauma, improve health and build economic security for women and survivors of gender-based violence, advance youth mental health and combat violence against women and girls globally.public engagement & corporate relations - futures collaborates with public-facing organizations and corporations to develop and implement programs, campaigns, and initiatives that educate individuals, employees and consumers about gender-based violence, harassment and discrimination, inclusive of bullying and child abuse. Our efforts focus on public awareness and engagement in positive solutions designed to change harmful cultural norms and promote healthy relationships. In 2024, the public engagement team offered a variety of event and engagement opportunities throughout the year and focused on their largest public facing program, the courage museum and education center. The courage museum and education center will be available to the public at-large, with a recommended audience of high school age students and above.