Given that the project will
have a small increase in funding over this year's allocation, the Fall
River Shannon Community Safety Initiative will be able to expand some of
the projects it has developed to reduce gang violence in Fall River. At
a proposal review meeting held on October 11, 2011, agencies participating
in the Shannon
Initiative, a sub-committee of the Youth CHOICES Collaborative
composed of community organizations city agencies, and local law enforcement dedicated to
addressing gang and youth violence in the City of Fall River, met to
review the various program components for the coming year. Using a
collaborative and comprehensive approach, the group actively addresses prevention, intervention, and gang suppression
strategies to attempt to address all components of gang involvement and
youth violence. Click
here for photos of last year's program announcement. For more information about
the project, contact Fall River Youth Services Director
Christian McCloskey at
508-324-2419.
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(Top row, left) City
grant writer Jane Dibiasio talks with CD-Rec
Program Director Jamison Sousa about the next steps in the process. (Top
row, center) Fall River Youth Services Director
Christian McCloskey opens the review process held in the second floor
community room at CD-Rec. (Top row, right) Fall
River YouthBuild director Jay Casilli talks with Frank Duffy
of the Fall
River YMCA prior to the meeting. (Middle row) Jamison Souza outlines
his proposal for coordination of services as Youth Outreach Program
Supervisor Sean Flannery, Lisa Tavares and Terri Belliveau of the Fall
River Youth Court listen. (Bottom row, left and right) Members of the
community advisory group meet to discuss how to balance the various
program elements. (Bottom row, center) Rev. Donald Mier of First
Baptist Church listens as Michele Streitmater from the Brockton
Shannon Initiative describes some of the goals of the program.
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