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Advocacy Group in Meriden Receives $350K Grant

The Department of Justice has awarded Meriden Wallingford Chrysalis with a three-year grant to prevent teen dating violence.

 

Meriden Wallingford Chrysalis has been awarded a three-year, $350,000 grant that will be used in efforts to reduce dating violence among teens.

The organization was one of 20 chosen by the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women to receive the grant. The organizations will split a total of $12.6 million in grant money.

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Acting Associate Attorney General Tony West announced the grants to a room full of high school and college students at a White House event commemorating Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.

“Teen dating violence is about our community, our schools and our relationships. And that means it’s about us. Each one of us, as well as, importantly, those of us who are men,” West said.

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"We are so excited to receive this grant, and look forward to the next three years with our partners and the larger community," Chrysalis Executive Director Sharlene Kerelejza told the Meriden Record Journal.

The agency plans to partner with Women and Families Center, Spanish Community of Wallingford and Beat the Street Community Center, the report says.


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