$250,000 Grant Focuses on Delaware County Effort to Reduce Gun Violence

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Image via Abdul R. Sulayman/Philadelphia Tribune. Heeding God's Call Executive Director Bryan Miller and CeaseFirePA Executive Director Shira Goodman lead the call for closure of a loophole in federal gun laws.

Delaware County will use $250,000 in state grant money especially earmarked to reduce gun violence, writes Elizabeth Hardison for the Philadelphia Tribune.

The county will use the money to expand its Anti-Violence Strike Force by increasing community policing and repairing blighted homes.

Funds will also support overtime for detectives, costs for town hall meetings and trainings, billboards, trash receptacles, gift cards, and youth coloring books.

The combined $2.3 million in grants were approved recently by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. They are funded with money from the Gun Violence Reduction Fund, which helps municipalities implement community- and evidence-based violence prevention programs.

This is the second round of funding the commission has approved since the Gun Violence Reduction Fund was established last year by Gov. Wolf.

It’s too early to tell if the programs are reaping good results.

“The models are good, but we need a longer run to see if we’re getting results,” said Derin Myers, acting executive director of the commission.  “This is a newer program in our [budget,] but there’s strong interest for it. We’re hoping we can [eventually] tout some good results to say we need additional funding.”

Read more about this anti-gun violence effort here.

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