U.S. Attorney Michael J. Moore announced that Bibb and Twiggs counties received the grants. The two counties have joined forces to fight gun and gang violence along their shared border.
The $150,000 in grant funds are to be used to: complete a community-wide gang assessment; create a gang database; implement a gang intervention program for 40 juvenile offenders; implement cognitive behavioral treatment for 15 adult offenders; modify the Bibb government website to include graffiti reporting; implement an abatement program for abandoned homes; create a public education campaign; and create a crime review panel.
The initiative is called Project Safe Neighborhoods.
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