Judge Dellick details gang-prevention funding for Austintown
AUSTINTOWN — Judge Theresa Dellick of Mahoning County Juvenile Court announced federal funding to help keep gangs from getting a foothold in Austintown schools.
That programming will begin this fall also in Boardman, Struthers and Mahoning County High School, which deals with high-risk students in Youngstown, she noted at tonight’s Austintown trustee meeting.
It is the School Justice Partnership, a three-year federal grant worth $600,000.
“We’re trying to make sure that if there is a gang problem — and there is — in Youngstown and different areas, that it doesn’t seep into Austintown. That it doesn’t seep into Boardman,” said Anthony D’Apolito, juvenile court administrator. “We keep it where it is and contain it.”
“This was a grant that met our community needs” and her court can “really see it bringing a lot of good prevention, early intervention and providing the resources needed in the community,” Judge Dellick said.
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