Community Safety, Community healing.
One Long Beach is a coalition of 30 organizations working across Long Beach. The collaborative prevents violence before it happens and supports healing when it does. Anchored by Centro CHA, it brings together hospitals, schools, neighborhood groups, government agencies, and the residents most affected to build safer neighborhoods from the ground up.
Centro CHA has worked alongside Long Beach families since 1992.
Long Beach is what three decades of community work made possible.
In 2025, Centro CHA and the One Long Beach Collaborative published the deepest study of community violence Long Beach has ever produced. The 56-page Roadmap combines historical crime analysis (1967 to 2023), 1,736 citywide survey responses, five focus groups, and five community listening sessions across the priority ZIP codes.
of crime victims surveyed received no support services.
These are the gaps One Long Beach was built to close.
Long Beach has more than 129,000 residents between the ages of 5 and 24. Investing in mentorship, after-school programming, and paid youth employment is one of the strongest violence prevention strategies on the table.
Residents in the most affected ZIP codes named economic disinvestment, lack of job opportunities, and underfunded schools as key drivers of violence. A paycheck is community safety.
The One Long Beach CVIPI Initiative is a community-driven violence prevention and intervention effort focused on reducing gun violence and creating safer, healthier neighborhoods. Through the One Long Beach Collaborative, our goal is to transform local systems and strengthen the ecosystem that supports community violence intervention and prevention (CVIP) by working across sectors, building community partnerships, and connecting residents to culturally responsive resources and opportunities.
Goal 1: Expand Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Strategies
Prioritize the needs of violence-impacted communities, raise public awareness, and improve access to support services.
Goal 2: Engage Residents and Stakeholders
Actively involve those most affected by violence in co-creating solutions and contributing to program development, implementation, and evaluation.
Goal 3: Build Key Partnerships
Strengthen collaborations with community-based organizations (CBOs) and leverage city and community resources—including youth and family centers, parks, libraries, schools, and faith-based institutions—to expand access to safe spaces and reentry services.
One Long Beach works through four community-based programs. Each program addresses violence prevention in a different way and in a different part of our community: in Long Beach parks, on school routes, as someone returns home from incarceration, and at the hospital after harm has happened.
One Long Beach Be S.A.F.E.
Each Thursday, Centro CHA and its partners host a free community BBQ and serve meals to youth, families, and community members. Youth ages 16–24 can also enroll in Centro CHA’s MVP Youth Safety Ambassador Summer Work Experience Program, gaining paid work experience while helping activate the park and create a safe, welcoming, and positive environment for the community.
West Long Beach School Safe Passage – Cabrillo High School
Centro CHA’s trained Community Intervention Workers (CIWs) provide year-round safety and support for Cabrillo High School students on campus and throughout the surrounding West Long Beach community. CIWs patrol designated school routes, respond to and de-escalate high-crisis situations, prevent and mediate conflicts, and provide mentoring and individualized support to students.
The work extends beyond Safe Passage routes. CIWs maintain a trusted presence on and off campus and support after-school programming at Cabrillo High School, creating additional opportunities to engage and mentor students, strengthen relationships, connect youth to resources, and promote a safer and more supportive school community.<
The MVP Youth Safety Ambassadors Program engages youth ages 16–24 in paid work experience, leadership development training, and community violence prevention. Youth Ambassadors work alongside trained Community Intervention Workers and community partners year-round to help activate safe spaces, connect with their peers, support community events and programming, and promote and advocate for positive alternatives to violence.
Through hands-on experience and mentorship, participants build job skills while becoming trusted youth leaders and advocates for safer communities.
One Long Beach CVIPI Collaborative
The One Long Beach Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Collaborative, led by Centro CHA, brings together community-based organizations, violence intervention professionals, youth-serving partners, and key stakeholders to strengthen Long Beach’s community violence prevention network.
The Collaborative coordinates outreach, resources, training, and community-driven strategies and engages in research and crime data analysis to identify trends, better understand community needs, and inform violence prevention strategies.
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Whether you need support, know someone who does, or want to be part of the work, here’s how to find us. All services are bilingual (English and Spanish), trauma-informed, and free or low-cost.
Phone
Hours
Monday–Friday, 7:30am–5pm (after-hours support available)
Languages
English, Spanish
Walk-in
200 Pine Ave., Suite 550
Long Beach, CA 90802
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