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Community groups urge Newport News to dedicate 2% of general fund to citywide street-team intervention
Summary
Dozens of residents and nonprofit leaders asked council to create a recurring 2% general-fund line item to support a coordinated Newport News Community Street Team focused on prevention, intervention and stabilization; speakers described local program results and said city funding is the remaining gap.
Several community leaders and residents used the Jan. 13 public comment period to press the Newport News City Council to fund a coordinated community street team that would provide intervention and stabilization services for youth and neighborhoods.
Adrian Cook (Let Our Voice in Power) opened the cluster of comments, describing the group's work with more than 400 youth and asking council to examine a submitted proposal. Latanya Biss Denson, executive director of Abu Unity Incorporated and program director for the VICTOR program, said intervention work "activates when there's imminent violence or violence has already taken place" and asked council to…
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