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Award Information

Award #
2001-JG-FX-0003
Location
Awardee County
JEFFERSON
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2001
Total funding (to date)
$210,000

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2001, $210,000)

Project summary for 2001-JG-FX-0003
The Jefferson County Juvenile Justice Center in Pine Bluff, Arkansas in partnership with The Literacy Council of Jefferson County and the Pine Bluff School District will implement a school based mentoring project. Eighty percent (80%) of the targeted youth will be adjudicated youth who are committed to the Juvenile Justice Center and twenty percent (20%) will come from local school districts and from referrals from the Literacy Council of Jefferson County.

Date Created: April 5, 2001