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Bluebag Media
Two school
districts to have in-house youth advocates
GREENVILLE – Two Family Mentor/Youth Advocates should be in place by
the beginning of the school year, according to Jeff Vaughn, Director of
Gateway Youth Programs. One will be at Tri-Village High School; the
other at Mississinawa Valley High School. Interviews will begin shortly
for the two part-time positions.
The original grant application had called for a third one at the
Gateway office in Greenville. However that won’t happen this year.
“We’re happy to be awarded,” Vaughn said. “The Department of Education
set aside $10 million, but did not anticipate the 181 organizations
that submitted grant applications. We asked for $176,178; we got
$89,716.” It has also been changed to a one-year grant. He has made
adjustments in his plan accordingly.
Vaughn has just returned from Columbus where he and the other
organizations were given training within the parameters of the grant.
“It’s scary in a sense (one year grant); it just means we need to
establish a good program and get the community behind it.”
The purpose of the program is to reach at-risk kids. “The whole idea is
to provide a support system for the students, be positive role models.
They need to know there is a future for them...
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