$1 million in federal grants awarded to Youngstown schools, United Way

YOUNGSTOWN — The U.S. Department of Education awarded $1 million total for programming in the Youngstown area.

The Youngstown City School District received about $600,000 to be divided among Paul C. Bunn, William Holmes McGuffey and Martin Luther King elementary schools.

The United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley has received $400,000 for Success After 6 programming at Williamson Elementary School in Youngstown and other Valley schools. Success After 6 provides tutoring, physical fitness, arts and warm meals to kindergarten through third-graders.

The grants, called the 21st Century Community Learning Center grants, focus on academic enrichment at inner-city and rural schools.