United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron announced today that the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today announced grant awards totaling $5,446,796 to three Baltimore community-based organizations to help reduce gun crime and other violence. The grants are part of $100 million being awarded across the U.S. under OJP’s Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative. OJP Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon announced the awards during a roundtable meeting yesterday with Baltimore youth hosted by ROCA, Inc., one of three organizations in Baltimore receiving funding. The other two Baltimore organizations receiving grants are the Black Mental Health Alliance for Education and Consultation, Inc., and the Living Classrooms Foundation, Inc.
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