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| Juvenile Offender Treatment Extended |
| By baltimoresun.com |
| Published: 01/19/2010 |
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A program that aims to keep juvenile offenders in treatment and out of jail in Anne Arundel County that was threatened with cancellation because of state budget cuts will continue for the next year and expand to Baltimore City with federal stimulus funds. The Juvenile Intervention & Family Independence Project, or JIFI, was told in October that state funding for the 10-year-old program would cease at the end of 2009 because of budget constraints, said Ivan Leshinsky, executive director of the Baltimore-based Chesapeake Center for Youth Development, which administers JIFI and also runs an alternative school and an after-school program. JIFI received about $120,000 in funding for the past two years from the state Department of Juvenile Services. Kristen M. Mahoney, executive director of the governor's office of crime control and prevention, said JIFI received a grant that was part of $26 million in federal stimulus funds the state received in support of saving jobs. "The governor was pleased that we were able to put the recovery act funds to use," Mahoney said. "It's going to save jobs. It's going to save a program that supports at-risk youth. It's great." Read More. |
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