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Therefore, the field of violence prevention has called for the development and evaluation of community-level interventions for prevention. Close to Home (C2H) is a community-driven community mobilization primary prevention program that aims to have community-level effects on reducing SV and DV, as well as improving community connection and social norms related to SV and DV, yet it has never been rigorously evaluated.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n This research study aimed to rigorously evaluate the C2H model at three levels of the social ecology (individual, interpersonal, and community) in 22 diverse communities in California.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n This protocol outlines a quasi-experimental cluster-matched control trial to evaluate the 24-month effects of C2H on SV and DV among youth ages 14\u201024 years. The study used a social network (SN) sampling design to assess the diffusion of intervention effects across youth and their SNs, as well as community-wide school-based data from the California Healthy Kids Survey to provide critical evidence on the effectiveness of community mobilization as a viable community-level approach for SV and DV prevention. Primary outcomes included experiencing SV and DV with a 12-month incidence for youth ages 14\u201024 years, including sexual assault, in-person and online sexual harassment, and DV. Secondary outcomes included protective social norms rejecting SV and DV and community connection. Further, 11 preselected implementation sites from across California participated in the evaluation and were matched with 11 control program sites based on key demographics and county-level factors related to SV.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n This study was funded in September 2020, and institutional review board approval was obtained in February 2021. Baseline survey data were collected on a rolling basis between October 2021 and June 2023 from 953 participants of the SN sample. Follow-up survey data were collected from September 2023 to November 2025 from 746 participants. Data analysis will be conducted from summer to fall 2026. Study findings will be published in late 2026.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n This study is among the first to rigorously evaluate a community mobilization approach to SV or DV prevention in the United States. 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