YSU gets $200,000 for Weed and Seed program

WASHINGTON – Assistant Attorney General Regina B. Schofield recently announced a $200,000 grant award to Youngstown State University for continuing support of the Youngstown Weed and Seed program designed to fight crime and restore community infrastructure on the city's North Side.

The funding is administered by the Community Capacity Development Office (CCDO), a component of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP).

“This funding helps rebuild and restructure communities that have suffered because of criminal activity and social decay,” Schofield said. “These strategies encourage residents to work with law enforcement agencies to deter crime, identify resources, and restore community cohesiveness.”

Weed and Seed is a strategy designed to prevent, control, and reduce violent crime, drug abuse, and gang activity in targeted high-crime neighborhoods and bring in services that promote crime prevention and neighborhood revitalization.