Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances: Achieving Health Equity through Addressing Disparities

Background

In 2002, CDC developed the Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancements and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA) Program to focus on primary prevention of intimate partner violence. DELTA funded 14 state domestic violence coalitions from 2002-2013 to engage in statewide primary prevention efforts and to provide training, technical assistance, and financial support to local communities for primary prevention.

DELTA PREP (Preparing and Raising Expectations for Prevention) was implemented from 2008-2011. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in collaboration with the CDC and the CDC Foundation, DELTA PREP provided an additional 19 state domestic violence coalitions with training and technical assistance. It also provided support to incorporate primary prevention into their organizational, local, and state intimate partner violence efforts.

DELTA FOCUS (Focusing on Outcomes for Communities United with States) funded 10 state domestic violence coalition recipients from 2013-2018 and supported the implementation and evaluation of intimate partner violence primary prevention strategies that address the social and structural determinants of health at the community and societal levels of the social-ecological model (SEM).

DELTA Impact funded 9 state domestic violence coalition recipients from 2018-2023 to implement strategies and approaches designed to at the community and societal levels while also funding local communities to do the same. DELTA Impact focused on strategic, data-driven planning and evaluation and sustainability.

Please visit CDC archive for more information on previous programs including DELTA, DELTA PREP, DELTA FOCUS, and DELTA Impact.

Overview

In March 2023, CDC began funding 13 state domestic violence coalition recipients through the Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA): Achieving Health Equity through Addressing Disparities (AHEAD) program. The purpose of DELTA AHEAD is to decrease risk factors and increase protective factors related to intimate partner violence.

Goals

DELTA AHEAD builds on the accomplishments and outcomes of a previous program, DELTA Impact. DELTA AHEAD funding recipients will address intimate partner violence, social determinants of health, and health equity. Recipients will also work with rural communities and indigenous populations to create population-specific plans and outcomes for this work.

DELTA AHEAD recipients will be implementing intimate partner violence primary prevention strategies to promote health equity at state and community levels. They will also be developing or enhancing a state action plan and a community action plan that demonstrate how each program and policy effort works comprehensively to address social determinants of health.

Funding recipients

There are two categories of DELTA AHEAD recipients. Category A includes state domestic violence coalitions with demonstrated previous experience and capacity to implement and evaluate program and policy efforts. Category B includes state domestic violence coalitions that will work on establishing and building initial primary prevention capacity to implement and evaluate program and policy efforts.

Category A:

• Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Inc.
• California Partnership to End Domestic Violence.
• Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
• Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence Inc.
• Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence.
• North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
• Ohio Domestic Violence Network.
• Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
• Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
• Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence.

Category B:

• Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence.
• Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence Inc.
• New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence.

National partners and national engagement

CDC is working with national partners to foster leadership and support for primary prevention throughout the field. This includes all state, territorial, and tribal domestic violence coalitions, local programs, national organizations, and allied partners interested in advancing intimate partner violence prevention. CDC will assist DELTA AHEAD grantees in participating in and contributing to the national dialogue around strategies for preventing intimate partner violence. Current national partners include:

• Family Violence Prevention and Services (FVPS) office of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF).
• National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV).
• Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Council.
• Prevent Connect.
• National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV).

Strategies

DELTA AHEAD recipients will implement complementary, evidence-based violence prevention strategies focused on the community and societal levels of the social-ecological model.

• Community-level strategies focus on improving conditions in communities, including those in schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods. Addressing social, economic, and environmental factors can protect against violence.
• Societal-level strategies focus on the broad societal factors that create a climate that promotes positive norms and supports policies that protect against violence.