The National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan (NPEIV) is an overarching network of state, regional, and national multidisciplinary, multicultural organizations, agencies, and coalitions.

Mission:

To make the prevention of interpersonal violence a national priority and to encourage healthy relationships by linking science, practice, policy, and advocacy.

Vision:

To end all types of interpersonal violence, for all people, in all communities, at all stages of life.

Overall Goals:

• Be a major influence for ending interpersonal violence across the lifespan
• Be in the forefront for policy, research, and practice
• Identify gaps and issues facing the field of interpersonal violence prevention
• Develop a blueprint for action for one, three, and five years
• Key will be integration across: disciplinary fields; research, practice and policy; organizations; and types of violence
• Use action teams to develop and implement tasks to meet our objectives within the given time frame
• Translate and disseminate current information through special journal issues and web-based media
• Plan for the continued development and expansion of the NPEIV

Guiding Principles:

• Acknowledge and understand the impact interpersonal violence has on individuals and society
• Recognize the mental, physical, legal, social, and economic burden of interpersonal violence
• Respect an individual’s basic right to live without violence; value human dignity
• Promote consensus-based practices while maintaining cultural sensitivity
• Consider and address the unique needs of vulnerable populations

Strategies:

• Increase public awareness
• Enhance education
• Promote training
• Include mentoring
• Unite grassroots organizations
• Translate research findings into useable information
• Emphasize working together to build best practices in research, service provision, policy, and practice