Roanoke records a $2.95 million Safer Communities appropriation

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Council accepted and appropriated the state grant on September 21; the public record still needs later budgets, contracts and outcome reporting.

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The recorded action

Roanoke says City Council accepted and appropriated a $2,951,158 Safer Communities grant from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services on September 21. The city describes the program as support for community-based strategies addressing the roots of community violence and says Roanoke is one of nine Virginia cities selected.

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The city notes that earlier Safer Communities funding supported police community outreach, a gun-lock ambassador program and teen apprenticeships. Those examples help identify the program family, but they do not by themselves show how every dollar of the new appropriation will be contracted, spent or measured.

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City of Roanoke Safer Communities announcement

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