The Intimate Partner Violence Center for Implementation, Research, and Evaluation (IPV-CIRE)

Welcome to the Intimate Partner Violence Center for Implementation, Research, and Evaluation (IPV-CIRE). Our mission is to advance innovative, high-quality, Veteran-centered, and trauma-informed practices for promoting relationship health and safety and enhance the detection, prevention, and treatment of intimate partner violence (IPV) among Veterans, their families, and support networks.

Through program development, implementation, evaluation, and translational research, The IPV-CIRE is dedicated to transforming findings into actionable healthcare innovations and policy recommendations. Our mission is to create a healthcare system where relationship health concerns are detected early, prevented proactively, and treated comprehensively.

The Intimate Partner Violence Center for Implementation, Research, and Evaluation (IPV-CIRE) is an Innovation Hub established in November 2020 within the Veterans Affairs (VA) National IPV Assistance Program (IPVAP). The IPV-CIRE is comprised of three Cores:

1. Innovation and Implementation Core: focused on developing innovative IPV practices and strengthening current programming through program development and implementation; and provision of training, consultation, and external facilitation to support large-scale implementation of best practices for IPV.
2. Research Core: focused on informing IPV practice and policy by conducting translational research and determining factors for successful implementation of IPV innovations.
3. Evaluation Core: focused on developing and executing a highly partnered, systematic, multi-phase program evaluation of the VA National IPV Assistance Program (IPVAP).

The IPV-CIRE is the first of its kind at any VA Medical Center.