NCVC participated in the MacArthur Foundation’s Safety & Justice Challenge, a collaborative effort to reimagine and rebuild criminal justice systems. During this decade-long project that ended in 2025, NCVC focused on caring for survivors of crime who also experienced incarceration. We partnered with peer organizations to host roundtables with survivors, hosted summits that brought together reform advocates and victim advocates to discuss shared priorities for safety, and created a series of reports – co-authored by survivors – about supporting victims during and after their interactions with the criminal justice system. 

Read the reports we created through the Safety & Justice Challenge below. 


Empowering, Not Exploiting:Centering the Voices of Individuals with Lived Experience in Storytelling
Changing the story: How communities can empower young people and build pathways from adversity
Mitigating the Impact of Incarceration on Children and Families
Implementing Domestic Violence Peer-Support Programs in Jail: A Starting Point
5 Best Practices for Trauma-Informed Reentry