Rep. Lofgren Announces Grant for Weed and Seed Program
May 27, 2005
Media Contact: Heather Wong, 202.225.3072
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has approved $175,000 grant for the Weed and Seed Program for East San Jose. The Weed and Seed program is a community-based, comprehensive, multi-agency approach to combating violent crime, drug use and gang activity in at-risk neighborhoods.
“This funding will help support the partnership between law enforcement and the community to focus on crime prevention. I am pleased that East San Jose will receive this much needed money to meet the goal of creating safer neighborhoods, and keeping young people off the streets and drug free,” said Rep. Lofgren. “Everyone in San Jose knows that drug and crime prevention programs are essential.”
During this project period, law enforcement efforts will focus on reducing the amount of drug-related crime, gang activity and substance abuse in East San Jose. Neighborhood policing strategies will improve community-police relations while working to address safety concerns. Prevention, intervention and treatment goals will leverage additional services for the area and build capacity for safe havens to provide relevant programs. Neighborhood restoration activities will implement neighborhood initiative plans to revitalize the area.
The goal of the Weed and Seed program is to weed out crime from designated neighborhoods and seed the designated sites with a wide range of crime and drug prevention programs and human service agency resources to prevent crime from recurring. The implementation of this strategy is overseen by a steering committee made up of a collaboration of key stakeholders in the area, including the U.S. Attorney’s office; federal, state and local law enforcement; the business community; educational institutions; and area residents.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has approved $175,000 grant for the Weed and Seed Program for East San Jose. The Weed and Seed program is a community-based, comprehensive, multi-agency approach to combating violent crime, drug use and gang activity in at-risk neighborhoods.
“This funding will help support the partnership between law enforcement and the community to focus on crime prevention. I am pleased that East San Jose will receive this much needed money to meet the goal of creating safer neighborhoods, and keeping young people off the streets and drug free,” said Rep. Lofgren. “Everyone in San Jose knows that drug and crime prevention programs are essential.”
During this project period, law enforcement efforts will focus on reducing the amount of drug-related crime, gang activity and substance abuse in East San Jose. Neighborhood policing strategies will improve community-police relations while working to address safety concerns. Prevention, intervention and treatment goals will leverage additional services for the area and build capacity for safe havens to provide relevant programs. Neighborhood restoration activities will implement neighborhood initiative plans to revitalize the area.
The goal of the Weed and Seed program is to weed out crime from designated neighborhoods and seed the designated sites with a wide range of crime and drug prevention programs and human service agency resources to prevent crime from recurring. The implementation of this strategy is overseen by a steering committee made up of a collaboration of key stakeholders in the area, including the U.S. Attorney’s office; federal, state and local law enforcement; the business community; educational institutions; and area residents.
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