2005

* The Joyce Foundation awards the Partnership a one year grant for operating expenses.

* The Partnership continues to function as a program of the IU School of Medicine and also becomes a collaborating program with the IU School of Law - Indianapolis, Hall Center for Law and Health.

* The Partnership changes it’s name to Indiana Partnership to Prevent Violent Injury and Death to expand research and education related to homicides and suicides and all underlying causes.

* The Partnership continues it’s firearm violence and suicide prevention program for faith leaders and presents the project at the Centers for Disease Control and the American Public Health Association annual meetings.

* The Partnership applies for a National Institutes of Health grant to expand the education and research components of the faith-based program.

* The Partnership hires a new epidemiologist, Jodi Hackworth to continue the data surveillance efforts.