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Residents and service providers urge council to target violence-prevention dollars and expand transitional housing
Summary
Speakers at the May 6 City of Racine Common Council public-comment period urged the council to reconsider how community violence-prevention grants are awarded, promoted a local "backyard" prevention project, and described a new transitional housing nonprofit seeking city support.
Dozens of residents used the public-comment period at the City of Racine Common Council meeting on May 6 to press elected officials to rethink local violence-prevention funding and to request support for community housing services.
Several speakers said they had recently reviewed proposals for violence-prevention grants and believe some awards do not meet local needs. "I went over all of the proposals," Stanley Mezi said, and said he felt the groups recommended for funding did not "fit the criteria." Dejuan (Dwan) Bostic said programs that bring youth outside and offer positive activities can prevent violence and argued the Backyard Grama project would…
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