Programa de Subsidios para la Prevención de Pandillas en Comunidades

Explicación Simple

Este programa ayuda a las comunidades a conseguir dinero para actividades que mantengan a los jóvenes ocupados y alejados de pandillas. Les da fondos para proyectos como trabajos de verano o programas después de la escuela.

Es como cuando un grupo de amigos decide juntar dinero para comprar una pizza; el programa proporciona más dinero si la comunidad también pone algo de su bolsillo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que el condado de San Andrés quiere crear un programa de empleo de verano para jóvenes. Solicitan un subsidio bajo este programa y, si ponen $10,000, el estado les da otros $20,000 para ayudar a más jóvenes a trabajar y aprender habilidades.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

SECTION 16-8-340. Community anti-gang matching grants program. There is established in the appropriate office of the Department of Administration a Community Safety Anti-Gang Matching Grants program to provide funding for local programs to prevent youth idleness and intervene with at-risk youth. These grants may be awarded to counties and municipalities upon application for after school programs, summer youth employment programs, and police and sheriff anti-gang task forces. Grants must be awarded on a two-for-one matching basis with the local match component consisting of cash. Grant applications must be reviewed and rated by the Governor's Committee on Criminal Justice, Crime, and Delinquency, but responsibility for the award of grants is solely with the board. Funding for these grants must be in the amount as the General Assembly shall provide by law. HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 82, SECTION 7, eff June 12, 2007. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.