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EPIC Youth TN: Empowerment Perseverance Innovation and Community in Tennessee

Award Information

Awardee
Award #
15PJDP-22-GG-03268-SCAX
Funding Category
Competitive Discretionary
Location
Awardee County
Tennessee(TN)
Congressional District
Status
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
Total funding (to date)
$750,000

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2022, $750,000)

Persevere and its partners will serve a minimum of 180 juvenile reentrants, ages 10-17, over the next 36 months, providing culturally-relevant and trauma-informed services through eight mutually supportive components to decrease recidivism, improve youth resilience and decrease health risk behaviors, improve ability of families to locate, access, and engage with community resources and increase family engagement.

Date Created: September 27, 2022