Organization seeks letters of support
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – The West Plains Safety Alliance discussed its progress in securing federal and state grants during a Sept. 21 meeting.
Consultant Alise Mnati provided updates on grants, including $1.5 million secured in just over two months and a Human Trafficking Grant application extension
Mnati encouraged Alliance members to send letters of support for the Spokane Tribe of Indians’ Human Trafficking Grant application to show a “concerted effort to establish a human trafficking task force for the region, with a focus on survivors within the Indigenous population.”
She said the grant corresponds with plans to provide counseling services to women and the potential hiring of a female detective as a regional liaison.
The grant is meant to fund a human trafficking task force for the region and provide counseling service for the survivors in the Indigenous population, Mnati said.
In another grant, Jessica Deutsch of Youth Substance Use emphasized the importance of collecting 250 surveys by mid-November, a requirement to gauge community perceptions regarding youth substance use.
“There are two goals,” Mnati said. “To increase collaboration between law enforcement and community partners to enhance youth prevention strategies, and to reduce youth violence through coordinated early intervention programming for students and their families.”
To obtain the grant, the community will have to show it accomplished the goals by having a number of anonymous community surveys completed and see the
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Additionally, the number of community engagement events, crime reduction strategies implemented, joint training among steering committee members and police department and of steering committee meetings will help strengthen their bid for the grants.
Mnati emphasized the need to create subcommittees charged with pursuing grants, specifically youth, human trafficking and domestic violence subcommittees.
Clare is an Eastern Washington University graduate and a reporter at Free Press Publishing.
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