Author: Mike Wood
ReviewJournal.com
CLARK COUNTY, Nev. ā The Department of Justice awarded $1.2 million in grants in an effort to prevent youths in Clark County from joining gangs.
The departmentās Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded the money to develop programs to combat transnational gang MS-13, a Wednesday release said.
The funding will go toward the U.S. attorneyās officeās Project Safe Neighborhoods program, with the hopes of dismantling MS-13 and putting away its members. Grant money will help develop āculturally-specific and culturally-sensitive programs,ā outreach efforts, create a custom gang suppression strategy and ābuild information exchange protocolsā among law enforcement agencies and jurisdictions, the release said.
Full story: $1.2M grant aims to suppress gangs in Southern Nevada