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Clark County OIC director says DOJ grant termination disrupted violence-prevention work, outlines community services
Summary
Leslie Crew, executive director of Clark County OIC, told the City Commission that a Department of Justice grant intended for a gun-violence prevention initiative was terminated days after a budget revision was approved; Crew described program work, spending, and an appeal and summarized OIC’s ongoing HEAP, workforce and education programs.
Leslie Crew, executive director of Clark County OIC (Opportunities Industrialization Center Springfield), told the Springfield City Commission at an informal work session that a Department of Justice grant for a community violence intervention and prevention initiative was terminated shortly after a budget revision was approved and that OIC has an appeal pending.
The matter matters to residents because OIC administers several direct services in Springfield and Clark County — including home energy assistance, vocational training and an alternative school for credit recovery — and Crew said the grant termination interrupted implementation of a multi-agency violence-prevention strategy that OIC had been coordinating.
Crew said OIC was awarded the federal grant in 2023 and served as the fiduciary agent for nine partner organizations working on the community violence intervention and…
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