ORLANDO, Fla. — A program aimed at helping to protect Orange County could get approval Monday for more funding.
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The Community Violence Intervention model aims to reduce gun violence.
The program’s leaders want to increase mentors in Carver Shores, Holden Heights, Parramore, Mercy Drive and Rosemont.
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The program hires people who have been in trouble before but turned their life around.
“We create a map, and the NCA signs it, and the young person, and this agreement that, hey, we’re gonna walk together to walk you to what you feel l like success is,” said strategy director Raysean Brown.
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CVI will learn Monday if it will officially get an additional $1.5 million to expand its efforts to Signal Hill, Richmond Heights, and Lake Mann.
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