March 2008
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
The City of Richmond received great news in the form of three grant awards totaling $960,000 from the California Governor’s Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy. The grants will fund programs aimed at gang prevention and intervention, and the development of job training and education programs for youth impacted by gangs. Two City of Richmond departments, the Office of Neighborhood Safety and the Employment and Training Department, each received awards of $400,000 to support programs that include street and school outreach, life skills training, intensive case management, employment training, and supportive services. An additional award of $160,000 to Neighborhood House of North Richmond will enable the organization to offer a similar range of services to young people in the community. A unique feature of the three proposals was the level of collaborative planning involved in their development-the common partners and program elements shared by all will enable these important efforts to be fully integrated with one another. Richmond was one of 18 cities to received funding out of 46 that applied — the $960,000 received by the city was second only to Los Angeles in the size of the total award. The Glen Price Group played a key role in the facilitation of the project partnerships and the development of these three funding applications. (For further information see the press release from the Governor’s office.)