Colorado River Indian Tribes Receive Nearly $500,000 in Federal Grant Funds to Support Juvenile Offenders and At-Risk Youth

     PHOENIX – Today, U.S. Attorney John S. Leonardo announced that $487,578 in federal grant funds have been awarded to the Colorado River Indian Tribes to reduce juvenile offender recidivism on the Colorado River Indian Reservation.  The grant funds were awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (“OJJDP”), which is a component of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (“OJP”).

Information about OJP and its programs can be found at: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov.

Information on OJJDP can be found at: http://www.ojjdp.gov/about/about.html

RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-092_COLORADO_RIVER_INDIAN_GRANT (2015-TY-FX-0004)

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