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Norristown residents urge council to release funds for youth anti-violence programs
Summary
Residents and community leaders told the Norristown Borough Council on Dec. 16 that faith-based groups and nonprofits are ready to deliver youth anti-violence programs and urged the council to release municipal funds earmarked for that work; commenters also criticized council infighting that they say hampers action.
NORRISTOWN — Several residents and community leaders urged the Norristown Borough Council on Dec. 16 to release funds the municipal administration has earmarked for youth anti-violence programs, saying local faith groups and nonprofits are prepared to deliver services and that delay risks further harm to young people.
"I come tonight not in opposition but in partnership," Pastor Byron Craig told the council, saying the municipal administrator and the police chief had engaged more than 20 faith-based organizations prepared to work on youth violence prevention. He listed churches and the Islamic Society of Norristown among those ready to support programs.
Nicole Skinner, youth…
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