El Museo del Barrio's Bronx Educational Programs for At-Risk Youth

The OJJDP FY 10 Earmarks Program furthers the Department's mission by providing grants, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, to organizations identified in the Conference Report to accompany the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (P.L. 111-117), H.R. Conf. Rep. No. 111-366 at 702-714.

El Museo del Barrio's educational outreach program promotes diversity, equity and access to the arts by increasing the availability of arts programs to disadvantaged children in low-income under-served schools and community based organizations. El Museo is particularly interested in increasing school participation in District 16 through its Arts Partners programs, which promotes arts education as a crucial component of K-12 curricula and encourages positive inter-cultural experiences, creative self-expression, and pride through arts education. NCA/NCF