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| Appropriations Request | |
| Posted: April 3, 2009 | |
LISC Community Safety Initiative |
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| Amount Requested: $ 500,000 |
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| The Local Initiative Support Corporation's Community Safety Initiative (CSI) supports strategic alliances between police, community developers and other stakeholders to reduce crime and spur economic investment in troubled communities across the nation. CSI projects are customized to address crime concerns in cities around the country as diverse as Milwaukee, Providence, Detroit, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. By facilitating action-oriented public-private partnerships, CSI has resulted in the transformation of nuisance properties into quality affordable housing; struggling commercial districts into vibrant business destinations; and parks overrun by drugs and disorder into clean and safe recreational areas. The CSI strategy has been endorsed by police chiefs and leading community developers, who have noted that it results in greater efficiency in deployment of public law enforcement resources. In Providence, the funding is being used to support the police department’s partnerships with two neighborhood organizations, the Olneyville Housing Corporation and Greater Elmwood Neighborhood Services. |
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| Recipient's address: Local Initiative Support Corporation, 501 7th Ave., New York, NY 10018} | |