In 1999, Turnaround for Children was invited by the Department of Justice to Washington, D.C. to organize and co-host the launch of President Clinton’s national Children Exposed to Violence Initiative. “Safe from the Start: the National Summit on Children Exposed to Violence” took place on June 21, 1999. It convened national leaders, scientific experts, and law enforcement to work together on the creation of community-based strategies to protect children from the effects of violence and to break the cycles of family violence and abuse sadly prevalent in our country.