The Asian/Pacific Islander Youth Violence Prevention Center was funded by the CDC to investigate various forms of interpersonal youth violence with communities in Hawaii. Current Scholar research directed towards Pacific Islanders and/or Asian Americans on Youth violence prevention is scant at best and frequently lumps all Asian/Pacific Islanders into one homogenous category, thereby erasing distinct differences between specific ethnic groups. It is our mission to reduce and prevent Interpersonal Youth Violence for Asian/Pacific Islanders by developing an effective, comprehensive, public-health, and culturally competent model for an API community—ie.Kailua-Waimanalo- to serve as a national prototype. To accomplish this mission, six aims were established.