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FY 2003 OJJDP DISCRETIONARY CONTINUATION PROGRAMS-CHILD PROTECTION

Award Information

Award #
2000-JW-VX-K005
Location
Awardee County
Monroe
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2000
Total funding (to date)
$3,181,964

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2000, $669,465)

Project Summary for 2000-JW-VX-K005 S-2

The purpose of the Safe Start Initiative is to prevent and reduce the impact of family and community violence on young children, primarily from birth to six years of age. Safe Start seeks to create a comprehensive service delivery system by helping communities to expand existing partnerships among service providers in the fields of early childhood education/development, health, mental health, family support and strengthening, domestic violence, substance abuse prevention and treatment, crisis intervention, child welfare, law enforcement, courts, and legal services. This comprehensive service delivery system should improve access to, delivery of, and quality of services for young children at high risk of exposure to violence or who have been exposed to violence, along with their families and their caregivers, at any point of entry into the system.

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Date Created: May 3, 2000