Earmark - Juvenile-based services for prevention, control, or reduction of juvenile delinquency

Agency:		Department of Justice
Bureau:		Office of Justice Programs
Account:		Juvenile justice program (15-0405)
Certifying Official:		Deputy Director, OBMS
Contact Information:		http://WWW.USDOJ.GOV 202-514-2007

Juvenile-based services for prevention, control, or reduction of juvenile delinquency - Project Choice, Syracuse, NY.

1 recipient will receive $296,000. This is a first-time earmark.

Year Enacted: 2005

Code: 180

Description: Syracuse Middle Choice program will assign a Youth Advocate to provide intensive intervention and supervision to 40 City of Syracuse middle school students. The goal of the program will be to improve the student's school attendance, behavior and academic skills. The program will serve middle school students or students who have been placed in the district's alternative programs for disciplinary reasons. The program will accept referrals from school officials, law enforcement personnel, social service agencies and family members. The program will submit in GMS categorical progress reports that report on sixteen (16) performance measures that include improved school attendance, reduction in disciplinary referrals in alternative placements, reduced school suspensions and reduced arrests.

Beneficiary/Recipient	Amount ($K)	Program	Type	Address
Syracuse City School District Educational Foundation Inc (191225494)	$296		Non-Profit	725 Harrison street Syracuse, NY

Citation

Source: Appropriations Report Language - Conference

Reference: Pub. L. No. 108-447

Method: User entered excerpt

Citation Excerpt: $300,000 for Project Choice, a gang prevention program in Syracuse, NY;

Last Modified: 16-Apr-2007