Middle Neck News

Virginia Allocates More Than $37.5M in Criminal Justice Grant Funding

Virginia awards grants totaling $37.5 million to support local criminal justice programs. This includes $6.8 million for local school resource officers and school security officers. Additional grant awards include funds to support local victim witness programs, gun violence prevention programs, juvenile delinquency prevention programming and hospital-based violence prevention programming. Governor Glenn Youngkin has proposed an additional $22.5 million in fiscal years 2023 and 2024 for additional school resource and school security officers.

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