Strategy & Impact
Our staff, board, and community partners from across Kansas City work together to create and implement insight-driven, data-supported strategies to reduce violence in the region.
Strategic Priorities & Goals
KC Common Good staff and board developed a concise, focused, and action-oriented five-year roadmap that guides our organization towards achieving desired outcomes that support our mission and vision through sound operational and financial execution.
Center neighborhoods most impacted by violence.
Expand the Village Initiative to 10 neighborhoods.
Identify and advocate for policy improvements that strengthen neighborhoods
Achieve operational and financial stability for long-term impact.
Hire five new staff members to support programming and expand funding.
Advance third-party evaluation of collective impact and program outcomes and learnings.
Lead the ecosystem for comprehensive public safety in the Kansas City region.
Manage and collectively implement a comprehensive public safety plan.
Enhance community and institutional collaboration by leveraging real-time technology to provide expanded research and analytics for residents, the business community, institutions, and community-based organizations.
Strengthen the violence prevention capacity of youth and adults.
Expand the capacity of organizations to serve justice-involved youth, youth from high-crime neighborhoods, and their families.
Launch a public awareness campaign to increase community resilience, perception of safety, and comprehensive public safety.
Secure meaningful and sustainable support from civic and business communities to improve public safety, opportunity and wealth creation.
Grow public safety investments that support KC Common Good and community-based organizations.
Increase economic and community development initiatives in neighborhoods most impacted by crime.
Our Impact
Community safety is built through long‑term, community‑based strategies that prioritize trust, coordination, and shared accountability. As the city’s visibility grows nationally and globally, Kansas City is demonstrating what meaningful, sustainable community safety looks like: neighbors, local organizations, business leaders, and city resources working together reduce harm and support communities.
Since our founding, Kansas City has measurably improved its community safety, resulting in significant reductions in crime across the city. In 2025, our community recorded its lowest homicide rate in 8 years. This remarkable change is partially the result of collective community-based violence reduction actions powered by our KC 360 network and expansion of our Village Initiative. As laid out in our latest impact report, we are working to further strengthen our neighborhoods and violence prevention capacities as part of our five-year strategic plan.
