Milwaukee summer youth program funding announced, nearly $500K

MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Workplace of Violence Prevention (OVP) on Thursday, July 21 introduced practically $500,000 in funding for summer time youth packages.

A grant from the Substance Abuse and Psychological Well being Providers Administration will fund maintain youth programming by Aug. 31. The funding kicked in on June 1.

The Resiliency in Communities After Stress and Trauma (ReCAST) grant is concentrated on serving folks ages 12 by 24 and their households.

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The Milwaukee OVP summer time youth packages present protected alternatives for a lot of younger folks within the metropolis to be taught and have enjoyable, the workplace mentioned in a information launch.

“Younger folks want a optimistic place to go in the course of the summer time once they don’t have the security web of faculty programming, and that’s precisely what this funding will assist present,” mentioned OVP Director Arnitta Holliman. “This is only one instance of how we use our workplace and our funding to make an influence within the metropolis of Milwaukee.”

Arnitta Holliman, Milwaukee’s Workplace of Violence Prevention director

Chosen by a aggressive request for proposals course of, 12 youth-serving organizations have been chosen to obtain a complete of $430,000 {dollars} to help their summer time programming:

“By supporting these companies, we’re including to public security. We’re reaching younger folks in ways in which presents help and path, and that advantages Milwaukee now and into the longer term,” Mayor Cavalier Johnson mentioned.

For extra details about the grant-funded summer time packages, please attain out to the linked organizations immediately.