Youth gangs continue to have a significant adverse impact on youth, families, and communities across America.
A growing number of communities have adopted multi-strategy, multi-disciplinary approaches to reducing and preventing gang activity.
The OJJDP FY 2010 Youth Gang Prevention and
credit:
Intervention Program provides funding for localities to replicate selected secondary gang prevention and intervention programs that are considered promising or effective.
These programs must be a part of an existing community based comprehensive anti-gang initiative.
This program is authorized by the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2010, Pub.
L.
No.
111-11 7.