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City of South Bend Weed and Seed Receives $100,000 Department of Justice Grant Page 1 of 1 <br /> � v%• 'Building a 21St Century City " <br /> ' rs Stephen J. Luecke, Mayor <br /> RELEASE FROM: FOR RELEASE: <br /> Office of the Mayor Friday, September 30, 2005 <br /> City of South Bend Weed and Seed Receives $100,000 Department of Justice Grant <br /> Mayor Stephen J. Luecke announced today that the Weed and Seed Alliance (SBWSA) has received a <br /> Supplemental Grant from the Department of Justice for$100,000. SBWSA was one of only forty Weed and <br /> Seed sites selected to apply for this grant, and one of thirty-eight sites to receive the award. This grant is a <br /> part of the Public Housing Safety Initiative sponsored by the Department of Justice and Housing and Urban <br /> Development Department. <br /> Grant funds are earmarked for investigating, prosecuting and preventing violent crime and drug offenses, in <br /> the LaSalle Park Neighborhood, along with the continuance of police bicycle and foot patrols in the area. <br /> The grant allows at-risk youth residing in the LaSalle Park Homes to receive enhanced educational <br /> opportunities, life skills training workshops, and GED assistance at Weed & Seed Safe Havens and other <br /> facilities in the area. The grant also provides funding for the inclusion of a Citizens Police Academy for <br /> residents, a Logo/Bumper sticker design contest, and Emergency Response Training. As a result of the <br /> grant, instructors will be added to the After School programs at Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist <br /> Church and the Charles Black Recreation Center to accommodate newly created cultural arts and <br /> recreational programming at these two Safe Havens. <br /> The Weed and Seed program is a federally sponsored community-based program whose purpose is to <br /> "weed out" negative and "seed in" positive influences in our neighborhoods. Weed and Seed strategy <br /> embraces a multi-level approach to neighborhood restoration. The South Bend Weed and Seed program is <br /> in its third year of a five-year strategy plan. <br /> Contact: Mark Dollinger, Weed &Seed Coordinator, (574)235-7619 <br /> Back I City Home Page I City Directory I Site Map I Search Go <br /> powered by FreeFind <br /> Created by the City of South Bend Department of Information Technologies. <br /> Copyright©2005 City of South Bend.All rights reserved. <br /> http://www.ci.south-bend.in.us/Press/Releases 2005/093005 WeedSeed.htm 1/13/2006 <br />