The Cardiff Violence Prevention Model provides a way for communities to gain more complete information as to where violence occurs and how to prevent it by forming partnerships between hospitals and law enforcement and others interested in violence prevention. Grady Memorial Hospital and DeKalb County Police Department have created a local Cardiff Model partnership through a CDC Foundation grant funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

In co-creating a power-building model for community violence prevention, alongside community members, organizations and health departments, this program aims to develop a scalable model with a shared understanding of health equity and community power-building strategies as well as how best to center the voices and experiences of the local people that are most impacted by community violence.

To work toward the prevention of substance misuse among youth aged 13-19 in rural communities by offering integral health education, facilitating access to health services and cultivating safe and supportive environment.