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Attorney General Holder Announces $37 Million in Grants - Youth Mentoring Initiatives
pr-usa.net ^ | 09/12/09 | pr-usa.net/DOJ

Posted on 10/12/2009 5:33:57 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder today announced more than $37 million in Recovery Act and Fiscal Year 2009 grants have been awarded to support organizations in developing, implementing and expanding youth mentoring activities.

"These funds allow us to invest further in the future of today's youth by providing mentoring opportunities to help children reach their full potential," said Attorney General Holder. "These grants will help steer young people away from criminal activities by providing them with healthy life alternatives, positive role models, and direct contact with caring adults."

The Recovery Act, signed into law by President Obama, provides the Office of Justice Programs' Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) with more than $12 million for local mentoring programs to reduce juvenile delinquency, violence, gang participation, school failure and dropout rates. The Recovery Act Local Mentoring grant recipients are:

-- El Centro for the Study of Primary and Secondary Education, Tucson, Ariz. ($125,000) -- Turlock, Modesto, Merced Youth for Christ, Modesto, Calif. ($499,989) -- Sacramento County Office of Education, Sacramento, Calif. ($494,534) -- Poudre R-1, Fort Collins, Colo. ($496,483) -- Fighting Back Partnership, Vallejo, Calif. ($500,000) -- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado, Inc., Denver, Colo. ($500,000) -- Helping Services For Northeast Iowa, Inc. Decorah, Iowa ($499,829) -- Clinton Community Schools, Clinton, Iowa ($450,214) -- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Acadiana, Inc., Lafayette, La. ($482,175) -- The Wellspring Alliance for Families, Inc., Monroe, La. ($500,000) -- Family Services, Inc., Lawrence, Mass. ($499,830) -- Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation, Minneapolis, Minn. ($500,000) -- Great Southwest Council Boy Scouts of America, Albuquerque, N.M. ($499,998) -- Smart Choices for Youth, Inc., Goldsboro, N.C. ($401,272) -- Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C. ($498,203) -- DREAMS of Wilmington, Inc., Wilmington, N.C. ($480,296) -- Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Central Ohio, Columbus, Ohio ($500,000) -- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Columbia Northwest, Portland, Ore. ($500,000) -- South Carolina Department of Education, Columbia, S.C. ($486,169) -- Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, S.D. ($499,908) -- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn. ($500,000) -- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas, Inc., Austin, Texas ($489,962) -- Communities in Schools of the Heart of Texas, Waco, Texas ($500,000) -- Volunteers of America Western Washington, Everett, Wash. ($500,000) -- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound, Seattle, Wash. ($500,000)

-- University of Wisconsin Parkside, Kenosha, Wis. ($497,691)

The statutes appropriating funds for Fiscal Year 2009 authorize OJJDP's awards of more than $26 million to programs that target mentoring initiatives for foster care children, gang prevention, and programs designed to give a second chance to juvenile offenders who are transitioning back into their communities. The Fiscal Year 2009 grant recipients are:

-- Luz Academy of Tucson, Tucson, Ariz. ($481,643) -- Let Our Violence End, Inc., Little Rock, Ark. ($499,971) -- Friends for Youth, Inc., Redwood City, Calif. ($500,000) -- Sacramento City Unified School District, Sacramento, Calif. ($500,000) -- San Diego Youth Services, San Diego, Calif. ($500,000) -- San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco, Calif. ($1 million) -- Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Santa Barbara, Calif. ($450,354) -- Forget Me Not Children's Services, Santa Rose, Calif. ($500,000) -- Vista Community Clinic, Vista, Calif. ($500,000) -- Aurora Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center, Aurora, Colo. ($500,000) -- City of Hartford, Hartford, Conn. ($500,000) -- City of Norwalk, Norwalk, Conn. ($500,000) -- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Delaware, Wilmington, Del. ($525,435) -- Apel Health Services Center, Jacksonville, Fla. ($226,190) -- Baptist Health System Foundation, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla. ($358,782) -- Cobb County Community Services Board, Smyrna, Ga. ($428,990) -- Berea College, Berea, Ky. ($499,997) -- Metropolitan Family Services, Chicago, Ill. ($500,000) -- Heartland Human Care Services, Chicago, Ill. ($495,929) -- Helping Services For Northeast Iowa, Inc., Decorah, Iowa ($492,651) -- Serve Our Youth, Des Moines, Iowa ($625,000) -- Children's Home Society of Florida, West Palm Beach, Fla. ($166,660) -- Bagley Youth Development, LLC, College Park, Ga. ($500,000) -- Youth Organizations Umbrella, Inc., Evanston, Ill. ($499,998) -- Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Indiana, Inc., Gary, Ind. ($500,000) -- Covenant House of New Orleans, New Orleans, La. ($124,449) -- Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis, Ind. ($557,357) -- The Kennedy Center of Louisiana, Shreveport, La. ($499,935) -- Board of Education St. Mary's County, Leonardtown, Md. ($251,956) -- Old Colony Y, Brockton, Mass. ($329,800) -- Roca, Inc., Chelsea, Mass. ($500,000) -- Dunbar Community Center, Springfield, Mass. ($500,000) -- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit, Detroit, Mich. ($500,000) -- Michigan Community Service Commission, Lansing, Mich. ($494,893) -- Sherburne County, Elk River, Minn. ($489,637) -- Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, Minneapolis, Minn. ($499,973) -- Red Lake Boys and Girls Club, Red Lake, Minn. ($496,658) -- Center for Survivors of Torture and War Trauma, St. Louis, Mo. ($500,000) -- Sullivan County Commissioners, Newport, N.H. ($205,360) -- Boys and Girls Clubs of Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y. ($625,000) -- Children of Promise NYC, New York City, N.Y. ($165,000) -- Family Services of Westchester, Port Chester, N.Y. ($473,788) -- The Academy for Career Development, Inc., Rochester, N.Y. ($390,274) -- Cincinnati Youth Collaborative, Cincinnati, Ohio ($500,000) -- Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest, Portland, Ore. ($500,000) -- Metropolitan Family Service, Portland, Ore. ($493,584) -- The Guidance Center, Bradford, Pa. ($499,755) -- School District of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. ($500,000) -- Boys and Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley, Knoxville, Tenn. ($498,779) -- Big Brothers Big Sisters of El Paso, El Paso, Texas ($500,000) -- Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas, San Antonio, Texas ($625,000) -- Northern Virginia Family Services, Oakton, Va. ($247,161) -- Child & Family Services of Eastern Virginia, Inc., Norfolk, Va. ($500,000)

-- National Organization of Concerned Black Men, Inc., Washington, D.C. ($500,000)

The Office of Justice Programs, headed by Acting Assistant Attorney General Mary Lou Leary, provides federal leadership in developing the nation's capacity to prevent and control crime, administer justice, and assist victims. OJP has five component bureaus: the Bureau of Justice Assistance; the Bureau of Justice Statistics; the National Institute of Justice; the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; and the Office for Victims of Crime. Additionally, OJP has two program offices: the Community Capacity Development Office, which incorporates the Weed and Seed strategy, and the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART). More information can be found at http://www.ojp.gov/.

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Source: Office of Justice Programs - U.S. Department of Justice


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhodoj; faithedbased; federalfunding; holder; obama; obamayouth; stimulus; yoots
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1 posted on 10/12/2009 5:33:57 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
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To: TornadoAlley3

Yeah, right.

Throw more taxpayer money at a disaster, and down a rat hole that the Democrats created years ago with their welfare state, great society which broke apart the black family.


2 posted on 10/12/2009 5:37:00 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: TornadoAlley3
Frank Marshal Davis as the model mentor?
3 posted on 10/12/2009 5:37:08 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Youth Indoctrinating Initiatives is more like it.


4 posted on 10/12/2009 5:37:25 AM PDT by marstegreg
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To: TornadoAlley3

I can only imagine what that money’s for.


5 posted on 10/12/2009 5:38:38 AM PDT by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Community organizers Rejoice, you getting $$$’s for yourself and you organization......kids get nothing but brainwashing and you have to sing in the Obama choir.


6 posted on 10/12/2009 5:39:42 AM PDT by 4Speed
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To: TornadoAlley3

Midnight basketball with Barrack.


7 posted on 10/12/2009 5:39:44 AM PDT by Tarpon (Oba-Mao is a reader, not a leader ...)
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To: marstegreg
Youth Indoctrinating Initiatives is more like it.

We'll give you this money, but first, I want to teach you this song....

8 posted on 10/12/2009 5:41:14 AM PDT by stayathomemom (Beware of cat attacks while typing!)
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To: TornadoAlley3
National Organization of Concerned Black Men....$500,000

WTF????

9 posted on 10/12/2009 5:44:25 AM PDT by digger48
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To: TornadoAlley3
Handouts for votes continues...plus, payoff's to Dem operatives/relatives/friends in inner-city cesspools, disguised as the usual "help".

How about not using TAXPAYERS' earnings to fund this crap? Why not require ALL recipients of handouts to WORK, GET DRUG-TESTED, or forfeit the entitlement?

10 posted on 10/12/2009 5:44:33 AM PDT by traditional1 (;)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Can’t wait for more youtube chants and raps


11 posted on 10/12/2009 5:46:21 AM PDT by silverleaf (If we are astroturf, why are the democrats trying to mow us?)
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To: TornadoAlley3
Contemporary version of plague and locusts visited upon our society.
12 posted on 10/12/2009 5:46:58 AM PDT by verity (Obama Lies)
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To: b4its2late

Holder guarantees that some of the money is to plan
attacks on a large swath of American white voters
on election day.


13 posted on 10/12/2009 5:47:10 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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To: TornadoAlley3
"These funds allow us to invest further in the future of today's youth by providing mentoring opportunities to help children reach their full potential," said Attorney General Holder. "These grants will help steer young people away from criminal activities by providing them with healthy life alternatives, positive role models, and direct contact with caring adults."

There must be a typo?
I seemed to have missed the parts about a strong Family, Marriage, and ...( drum roll) ... a FATHER

Or maybe I just need new glasses. /s

ps: When you see or hear any Pol say "invest", grab your wallets!

14 posted on 10/12/2009 5:48:35 AM PDT by Condor51 (The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Just what does this have to do with the Dept of Justice?


15 posted on 10/12/2009 5:49:05 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: digger48
National Organization of Concerned Black Men....$500,000

I'm sure they inadvertently left off the money for the National Organization of Concerned White Boys/Cracka's/Whities
16 posted on 10/12/2009 5:49:09 AM PDT by Overtaxed Patriot (Lock and load)
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To: TornadoAlley3

More $$ for “organizers”.


17 posted on 10/12/2009 5:51:08 AM PDT by capt. norm (Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

bookmark


18 posted on 10/12/2009 5:52:31 AM PDT by massmike (...So this is what happens when OJ's jury elects the president....)
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To: TornadoAlley3

The back-door to the One’s domestic army. I just read today that fishing was going to be forbidden by a UN treaty which once signed can’t be undone.

I can’t wait until 2010 and then 2012!!!


19 posted on 10/12/2009 5:52:49 AM PDT by bronxville
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To: TornadoAlley3
I don't see Kings Kids, AWANA, CYO or the like in the list.

I guess a life based on good and holy isn't proper for America?


The admistration is a bunch of evil b*stards.

20 posted on 10/12/2009 5:56:00 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: marstegreg

ummm, ummm, ummmm - You’re correct


21 posted on 10/12/2009 5:58:06 AM PDT by Cathy
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To: TornadoAlley3

Wouldn’t it be more effective to just hand out $37 million in birth control pills on every corner in those neighborhoods?


22 posted on 10/12/2009 5:59:36 AM PDT by Happyinmygarden (Yes, actually, I have pretty much seen and heard it all before...)
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To: Diogenesis
Holder guarantees that some of the money is to plan attacks on a large swath of American white voters on election day.

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"Get ready to be ruled by the black man, cracker"

23 posted on 10/12/2009 6:00:24 AM PDT by digger48
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To: TornadoAlley3
Shovel Ready

Obama Puts Our Tax Dollars To Work


24 posted on 10/12/2009 6:02:39 AM PDT by Iron Munro (I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take a beating.)
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To: Condor51

Unfortunately, they’re still trying to REMOVE fathers from the equation.


25 posted on 10/12/2009 6:08:20 AM PDT by BillyBonebrake
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To: bronxville
I can’t wait until 2010 and then 2012!!!

I am afraid most republican candidates are the type that don't have the backbone to cut all the socialist programs Obama puts in place and they definately won't fire all the racists, moocher advocates, communists, pedophiles, homos and lesbos he has put in government jobs.

26 posted on 10/12/2009 6:09:17 AM PDT by Iron Munro (I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take a beating.)
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To: digger48

Rednecks riding Harleys in their face!


27 posted on 10/12/2009 6:26:52 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (ACORN: Absolute Criminal Organization of Reprobate Nuisances)
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To: KeyLargo

Throwing money at any problem solves it. In addition it makes them feel good.


28 posted on 10/12/2009 6:31:41 AM PDT by phormer phrog phlyer
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To: TornadoAlley3

Money out the window for drugs


29 posted on 10/12/2009 6:42:18 AM PDT by dalebert
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To: TornadoAlley3

The U.S. Department of Justice has no business being a granting agency.


30 posted on 10/12/2009 7:02:30 AM PDT by rod1
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To: TornadoAlley3

More good money down a rat hole.


31 posted on 10/12/2009 7:03:39 AM PDT by RU88 (Bow to no man)
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To: TornadoAlley3
I see a lot of Big Brother/Big Sister programs. Unlike the Boy Scouts, Big Brother/Sister programs allow homosexuals to be 'mentors'. Should we be worried?
32 posted on 10/12/2009 7:27:14 AM PDT by sportutegrl (If liberals could do math, they would be conservatives.)
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To: rod1

This Justice Dept. has already failed. This man Holder failed as an American when he gave freedom to terrorists as Bill Clinton left office. He was asked not to agree to pardons even when the next of kin and victims begged him to rethink his decision. Holder has an agenda and it is not for the average American and the well being of taxpayers.


33 posted on 10/12/2009 7:33:37 AM PDT by oldironsides
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To: TornadoAlley3

“Pedophiles for Obama” says YES!!


34 posted on 10/12/2009 7:58:11 AM PDT by Clioman
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To: TornadoAlley3

Somehow this does not seem like something that should fall under the Attorney General and Dept of Justice spending time on. ??


35 posted on 10/12/2009 8:09:03 AM PDT by NEMDF
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