Gila River Indian Community Receives Over $300,000 in Federal Grant Funds to Support Juvenile Offenders and At-Risk Youth

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Sept. 23, 2015. It is reproduced in full below.

PHOENIX - Today, U.S. Attorney John S. Leonardo announced that $314,975 in federal grant funds have been awarded to the Gila River Indian Community’s juvenile drug court - an alternative program for juvenile offenders and at-risk youth. The grant funds were awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (“OJJDP"), which is a component of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (“OJP").

Information about OJP and its programs can be found at: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov.

Information on OJJDP can be found at: http://www.ojjdp.gov/about/about.html

RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-091_GILA_RIVER_GRANT (2015-DC-BX-0114)

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys