Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, Inc. receives $3 million

Global Ministry Center

Friday, September 4, 2009

Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, Inc. (NCMI) Director Tom G. Nees announced the reception of a $3 million grant for at-risk youth mentoring. The $3 million will be distributed among 17 Compassionate Ministry Centers in the U.S. during the next three years.

Nees praised the efforts of Althea Taylor, Jerry Appleby, Colleen Copple, Miles Zinn, and others on the NCMI team for the challenging assignment of putting the grant application together in very limited time.

Kara McDonagh, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in Washington, D.C. congratulated Nees and NCMI on their reception of this national mentoring award grant.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder recently announced more than $129 million in Recovery Act and Fiscal Year 2009 funds have been awarded for mentoring services to help prevent at-risk youth from becoming involved in delinquency. The grants will also preserve and create jobs throughout the U.S.

The Recovery Act, signed into law by U.S. President Barack Obama, provided the Office of Justice Programs' Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) with more than $85 million for national mentoring programs to reduce juvenile delinquency, violence, gang participation, school failure, and dropout rates.

Nees expressed gratitude for this grant and pledged the untiring efforts of Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, Inc. to facilitate its distribution to Nazarene compassionate ministry centers.
-NCN News (All funds expressed in U.S. dollars)
 

 

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