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Youth leaders and community groups urge prevention funding, $300,000 DCYF request
Summary
The Budget Justice Coalition and youth organizers asked the committee to invest $300,000 through DCYF in youth leadership and organizing programs as part of a prevention‑first approach to public safety, and community members urged investments in housing, jobs and diversion instead of expanded incarceration.
Community groups closed the hearing with a call to prioritize prevention and youth leadership as a complement to enforcement.
Representatives of Larkin Street Youth Services, Casa Justa and other groups described youth organizing, school‑based mediation, and street‑level outreach that connect marginalized young people to services and employment. Krista…
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