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DeWitt, Piatt County HRC Teaming Up For Prevention Grant

DeWitt County's Human Resource Center will be applying for a grant to help keep a couple of their programs funded and running.

A grant HRC has been applying for a non-competitive prevention program grant, that grant will now become competitive. Roger Larson, Executive Director at HRC says the new way the state is dividing up the grant could make things interesting for DeWitt County now that they have to compete for their funding.

[audio:hrcgrant1.mp3]Larson on The Grant[/audio]

The grant DeWitt/Piatt HRC are applying for would providing funding for a youth prevention and education program, and also funding for a communication campaign. Larson explains the youth prevention and education program would continue to keep HRC active in the various schools around DeWitt and Piatt Counties.

[audio:hrcgrant3.mp3]Larson On Their Programs[/audio]

Larson explains, because the prevention program grant requires organizations to be servicing at least 20-thousand people through the grant, DeWitt County sought out other organizations to partner with, and they came up with Piatt County's HRC program. Now DeWitt and Piatt County's are working together to write  the grant.

[audio:hrcgrant2.mp3]Larson On The Grant[/audio]

Larson says because the grant is so competitive, HRC is working to provide a high level service to DeWitt County at a low cost to the state. Receiving the grant would provide a big boost to DeWitt County's Human Resource Center after having so much funding cut recently with the state's budget woes.

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