Gila River Indian Community Receives Over $300,000 in Federal Grant Funds to Support Juvenile Offenders and At-Risk Youth

     PHOENIX – Today, U.S. Attorney John S. Leonardo announced that $314,975 in federal grant funds have been awarded to the Gila River Indian Community’s juvenile drug court – an alternative program for juvenile offenders and at-risk youth.  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:   2015-091_GILA_RIVER_GRANT (2015-DC-BX-0114)

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