The Ivanhoe Neighborhood East Quadrant Safety Initiative is focused on reducing violent crime in a targeted area of the Kansas City neighborhood that lies east of Highway 71 between Euclid Street and Prospect Avenue from 31st to Emanuel Cleaver Boulevard. With identified "hotspots" along Prospect, this portion of Ivanhoe experiences over two-thirds of all the violent crime in the entire neighborhood.

This project in conjunction with the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council's health, youth and family programs focuses on increasing resiliency and collective efficacy in residents, engaging neighborhood groups and encouraging businesses to implement Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) practices. Specific strategies include implementing Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) mapping and engagement activities, reviving Block Contact initiative, providing trauma-informed workshops and training, and increasing crime prevention skills for all ages. 

Through a collective impact strategy, the Neighborhood Council will work with key stakeholders to meet four overarching outcomes: 

• Increased neighborhood social cohesion, advocacy and organization 
• Improved neighborhood capacity and sustainability 
• Decreased violent crime and illegal activities 
• Increased long-term economic development opportunities and investment

Ivanhoe's overall vision is to create a thriving neighborhood for its residents, consistent with the COMBAT STRIVIN' (Striving Together To Reduce Violence In Neighborhoods) Initiative. Instrumental to accomplishing that vision is the identification and implementation of policies, programs and structures to positively affect three domains: people, place and equitable opportunity.

COMBAT Funding: $53,700.00