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From YouTube: Shannon Grant & Youth Development Grant Announcement
Description
The Shannon Grant represents a significant investment by the State in the continued safety and well being of Boston Residents. Funds from this grant support Boston's comprehensive strategy aimed at reducing gun, gang, and youth violence in the city by targeting services and interventions to at risk youth. Ultimately, this funding initiative will help increase the number of youth development programs available to Boston youth.
B
A
We're
here
today
for
a
very,
very
good
announcement,
we're
talking
about
helping
the
youth
in
our
community
we're
talking
about
bonding
the
communities
in
our
Boston
area.
All
of
them
together
hopes
for
making
this
a
better
future
for
everyone
through
the
development
of
our
unity,
which,
quite
frankly,
are
our
future.
A
You
know
we're
pleased
to
invite
everyone
here
to
formally
announce
the
2019
Boston
Police
Youth
Development
Fund
recipients.
If
we
don't
take
stock
in
our
future
with
early
youth,
so
in
quite
City
trade,
frankly,
the
city
would
be
lost.
The
youth
development
fund,
funded
by
the
city
of
Boston,
provides
$25,000
to
20
organizations.
A
That's
saying
something
just
like
putting
your
money
where
your
mouth
is.
When
we
talk
about
the
future
of
our
programs
and
our
youth,
as
you
can
see
here
today,
we
have
a
fair
representation
and
the
mayor
will
introduce
everyone
later
because
you
know
I
could
stand
up
here
and
talk
all
day,
but
we
will
be
hearing
from
Candice
Gartley
as
well
and
she's
from
the
all
Dorchester
sports
and
leadership,
educational
enrichment
programs.
A
These
funds
go
towards
a
better
opportunity
for
all
of
them
as
well.
We
will
be
able
to
provide
you
with
the
20
organizations
listed
here.
I
want
to
read
them
all
at
live
and,
as
you
can
see,
we
have
many
caretakers
and
community
stakeholders
and
clergy
and
people
of
all
faiths
and
denominations
in
this
room
for
the
purpose
again,
I've
been
showing
that
this
funding
goes
to
the
right
place
and
trust
me.
It
will.
C
Thank
you
very
much.
I
want
to
stop
by
I
think
mr.
grass,
in
the
Boston
Police
Department
and
the
members
of
the
Shannon
Grant
steering
committee
for
the
incredible
work
they
do
and
I'm
going
to
talk
about
them.
A
little.
A
little
more
I
want
to
thank
chief
mighty
mighty
Nez
who's
with
us
today
who
worked
on
the
youth
development
fund
and
I
want
to
thank
all
the
partner
organizations
here.
C
The
folks
that
are
here
behind
the
cameras
are
the
ones
actually
doing
a
lot
of
the
work
in
our
city,
making
our
city
safe
for
our
young
people
and
it's
something
that
we
have
to
work
at
every
single
day
in
the
city
of
Boston.
I
want
to
give
a
special
shout
out
to
behind
us
as
state
representative
Adrienne
Madero
and
send
a
Jovan
Cory
who
worked
to
increase
the
funding,
and
this
year's
Shannon
grant
community
safety
initiatives,
not
just
here
in
Boston,
but
throughout
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts.
C
These
state
representatives
have
worked
hard
working
with
their
colleagues
across
the
across
the
Commonwealth
to
make
sure
that
these
funds
not
only
get
gets
sent
out
and
distributed
to
the
most
vulnerable
communities
and
areas
that
need
to
happen,
but
to
make
sure
the
money
is
there,
and
this
is
the
first
time
in
a
couple
years
that
we've
had
an
increase
in
this
line.
Item.
So
I'd
like
to
thank
both
of
you.
C
C
It
became
a
vicious
cycle
and
every
time
you'd
witness
over
years,
these
crimes
that
young
people
committed
as
they
got
older,
got
more
and
more
serious
and
to
a
point
where,
with
too
many
people
are
spending
time
now
for
the
rest
of
their
life
in
jail,
have
taken
a
life
for
somebody
and
when
we
should
have
really
put
intervention
in
the
front-end
like
what's
happening
here
today,
and
that's
something
that
is
important
for
us.
I
talk
priority
here
in
the
city
is
prevention,
intervention,
opportunity
and
that
gets
lost.
C
Sometimes
in
the
day
to
day
shuffle
we
spend
too
much
time
focusing
on
negative.
We
don't
focus
on
what
we
really
need
to
focus
on
in
the
positive
stuff
of
prevention
and
in
get
intervention
and
getting
out
there
with
our
people
again.
Thank
you
to
other
organizations
in
this
room
that
do
that.
You
do
this.
You
do
that!
Well
and
you
do
it
every
single
day
and
often
times
you
don't
get
recognized
for
that,
but
it's
very
real,
and
today
we
celebrate
the
partnership
that
makes
all
of
this
possible.
C
That's
how
we
designed
our
public
safety
budget
this
year.
We
invest
in
a
full
spectrum
of
strategies
from
youth
programs
to
trauma
responses
and
something
that's
really
important
for
us.
It's
true
for
our
law
enforcement
strategy.
Strengthening
the
community
is
what
the
Commissioner
is
all
about
before
he
was
the
Commission
and
was
the
chief
when
he
was
the
knight
commander
when
he
was
a
sergeant
at
c11.
All
his
whole
entire
career
is
about
strengthening
those
relationships
and
strengthening
those
bonds.
It's
why
our
Health
and
Human
Services
team
is
so
full
partner
in
our
work
vention.
C
It's
why
we
work
hand
in
hand
with
the
community
every
single
day
to
make
sure
that
we're
all
on
the
same
page
and
we're
all
moving
the
same
direction
to
make
sure
that
we
give
our
young
people
an
opportunity
and
a
shot.
That's
why
we're
listening
and
standing
with
people
the
most
closely
affected
and
people
who
are
working
directly
with
our
youth
in
the
street
and
the
most
powerful
impact
occurs
when
we
come
together
and
do
this
work
as
partners?
C
We've
seen
a
couple
times
this
year,
where
we've
had
an
increase
in
homicides
and
in
this
very
room
we
come
together
and
we
mean,
and
we've
met
at
the
12
in
Center,
we've
met
at
City,
Hall
and
the
partners,
don't
come
and
point
fingers
each
other.
It's
a
blame
game.
It's
how
do
we
do
something?
That's
really
important
and
we
talk
about
youth.
C
Sometimes
we
think
of
youth
is:
is
babies
and
young
people
sometimes
I
youth
for
20
and
25
and
30
years
old
that
we
need
to
continue
to
work
with
them,
because
we
did
a
lot
of
that
what's
happening
in
the
street?
Is
they
never
had
the
opportunity
and
we
need
to
make
sure
we
continue
to
support
them
and
that's
what
these
grants
make
possible.
Then
we
can
advance
our
work
of
proven
providers
and
exciting
new
programs,
whether
it's
job
training
or
actual
employment,
whether
it's
arts
and
culture,
leadership
and
mentoring.
C
It's
about
opening
up
new
avenues
and
new
opportunities
for
our
young
people.
It's
about
better
pathways
to
help
our
young
people
on
the
streets.
It's
the
kind
of
programming.
That's
been
effective
and
I
hope
that
before
you
leave
here,
the
Preston
CIT
I
want
to
thank
you
for
covering
this
I.
Want
you
to
grab
some
of
these
organizations
in
this
room
today
and
ask
exactly
what
do
you
do
and
see
exactly
the
young
people
that
they're
targeting
and
with
the
tagging
in
a
positive
manner
to
try
and
help
them
move
them
forward?
C
Violent
crime
and
youth
crime
has
been
down
in
the
last
five
years.
It's
happened
because,
by
increasing
the
funding
increasing
the
number
of
grants
that
we
can
provide
continue
to
work
with
our
organizations
that
do
incredible
work
in
the
city
of
Boston
I'm
grateful
for
everyone,
who's
made
these
grants
possible
and
everyone
that
we
work
with
and
works
with
our
young
people
in
the
city
of
Boston
every
single
day.
C
These
grants
will
strengthen
and
focus
the
work
of
these
nonprofits
community
groups
and
city
agencies
and
they'll
help
our
young
people
rewrite
their
future,
and
that
is
one
of
the
things
that
we
have
to
continue
to
be
diligent,
on
making
sure
that
our
young
people
can
rewrite
their
future.
If
they
had
made
mistakes,
how
do
we?
How
are
we
able
to
put
the
safety
net
around
them
to
be
able
to
move
them
for
in
a
positive
manner?
C
They
will
take
potential
tragic
stories
and
turn
them
into
real
stories
of
resilience
and
success
and
again
I
want
to
thank
the
elected
officials
that
are
with
us
today.
I
want
to
thank
Anna,
Scott
Lee
runs
a
DSL
or
daughter
sports
league.
It
started
out
as
an
organization
that
had
a
baseball
team.
It
started
out
as
an
organization
that
had
sports,
it's
turned
into
an
organization
of
tutoring,
of
mentoring,
of
helping
young
people.
C
Most
organizations
in
this
room
had
a
single
focus
when
they
started,
and
those
organizations
now
have
a
broader
focus,
because
we
understand
the
importance
of
making
sure
that
we
just
not
help
the
child
in
the
young
people,
but
we
help
the
families
as
well
moving
forward.
So
again,
I
want
to
thank
all
the
partner
organizations
in
the
room.
I
want
to
thank
the
elected
officials
behind
me,
in
particular
the
rep
and
the
senator
for
fighting
for
this
money,
because
over
the
last
few
years,
we've
seen
a
decrease.
C
C
So
with
that
outside
with
that
I'm
gonna
turn
it
over
Maddy
Martinez
that
she
for
health,
Human
Services,
probably
his
cabinet
touches
almost
every
single
aspect
of
young
people
in
the
city
of
Boston,
whether
it's
brought
DCYF
will
helping
the
service
for
Public
Health.
All
of
those
different
areas
are
important
part
of
making
sure
that
we
continue
to
touch
our
young
people
at
all
different
points.
So,
chief,
my
fingers.
B
So
good
morning,
everyone
and
thank
you
mayor,
Walsh
and
Commissioner
grass,
for
not
only
being
here
but
showing
your
support
and
investment
in
these.
These
grants,
from
both
the
Youth
Development
Fund
and
the
Shannon
grants.
We
see
a
common
theme
that
the
city
is
investing
in
and
that's
investing
in
prevention.
It's
making
sure
that
when
we
think
about
the
issues
that
impact
our
community,
that
we
understand
that
as
much
as
we
want
to
deal
with
the
after-effects
or
think
about
the
intervention
pieces,
we
must
invest
in
prevention.
B
We
must
invest
in
resources
that
bring
education,
opportunities,
enrichment
opportunities
and
resources
to
every
corner
of
our
neighborhoods
and
across
the
city,
and
that's
what
these
two
grant
opportunities
do
do
given
us
the
ability
to
do
that.
We
have
representatives
and
the
mayor
mention
is
specifically
behind
the
cameras.
We
have
organizations
that
are
doing
the
hard
work
and
we
see
representatives
from
these
organizations
doing
that
work.
Whether
it's
high
Square
task
force
so
see
that
Latina
project
right
Zoo
makes
others
that
I
shouldn't
do
that,
because
I'm
gonna
miss
them
now.
B
But
there
are
many
great
organizations
that
are
doing
important
work
in
our
community,
because
they're
investing
in
prevention,
like
the
city,
is
doing
as
well
as
the
city
looks
to
make
sure
that
what
we're
doing
is
making
an
impact
in
the
lives
of
young
people.
We're
also
want
to
make
sure
we're
making
an
impact
on
the
lives
of
families
and
through
the
Health
and
Human
Services
cabinet.
B
That's
the
work,
we're
trying
to
do
whether
it's
through
our
partners,
some
of
which
are
here
from
our
Boston
centers
for
youth
and
families,
whether
it's
the
work
we
do
in
remote,
Eames
and
intervention
through
the
Boston,
Public
Health
Commission,
or
whether
it's
dealing
with
other
issues
impacting
youth
in
the
community,
like
youth,
homelessness
or
addiction,
and
treatment
and
recovery.
We're
working
to
invest
in
resources
that
have
all
Bostonians
succeed
and
Health
and
Human.
B
Services
is
glad
to
be
a
partner
when
we
think
about
public
safety
and
a
partner
when
we
think
about
is
incredibly
valuable.
Work
to
ensure
all
Bostonians
have
access
to
the
resources.
They
need
to
be
healthy.
I
can't
say
it
enough
in
many
cities
and
towns
when
you're
thinking
about
outside
of
Massachusetts
when
you're
thinking
about
crime
or
you
think
about
Public
Safety,
the
prevention
messages
and
the
prevention
community
isn't
at
the
table,
and
that's
not
the
case
here.
B
In
Boston,
we
are
at
the
table
collaboratively
we're
out
there
stressing
issues
we
know,
make
a
difference
and
ensuring
that
all
neighborhoods
are
the
resources
necessary
to
make
sure
that
all
people
can
have
access
to
what's
gonna
help
them
be
healthy
and
thrive
in
our
community
and
I'm,
proud
to
be
at
the
table
with
everyone
along
that
way.
We
couldn't
do
this
to
work
without
important
organizations,
and
you've
heard
several
folks
mention
Candace
Gartley
with
ADSL
who's.
B
The
executive
director
who
I'm
gonna,
bring
up
here
in
just
a
second
but
the
way
I
know
Candace
is
I,
know
her
from
being
an
advocate
earlier.
When
I
saw
her
today,
she
said
you
know:
I,
don't
want
to
always
be
complaining
or
I.
Don't
always
want
to
be
pushing,
but
I
welcome
it.
I,
welcome
to
pushy
and
I
welcome
the
advocacy
and
she
was
at
a
table
when
we
were
talking
about
how
do
we
make
our
specific
neighborhoods
safe?
What
services
are
needed?
What
programs
are
needed?
B
D
D
Not
since
the
inception
of
all
Dorchester
sports
in
leadership
in
1983
has
there
been
a
greater
urgency
to
provide
a
safe
and
nurturing
space
for
children,
adolescents
and
teenagers
who
live
in
the
center
of
Dorchester
'he's.
Most
diverse
neighborhoods
in
1983
adsl
was
created
to
be
a
uniting
force
for
the
youth
of
our
diverse
community
to
see
each
other
as
teammates
and
not
as
adversaries.
D
Now,
35
years
later,
the
founding
notion
of
creating
a
place
of
respect
for
children
and
young
adults
of
all
backgrounds
to
come
together
to
play
sports
to
stretch
themselves
academically
to
become
fit
to
make
healthy
food
choices
and
to
become
leaders.
It
still
resonates
as
strongly
today
as
it
did
in
1983,
and
we
have
not
done
it
alone
being
an
organization
that
was
born
of
community
and
city
services.
D
Our
partners
in
this
room
have
understood
for
a
long
time
and
with
their
continued
support,
we
will
demonstrate
that
we
are
here
for
the
long
run
and
while
we
face
challenging
times
in
our
journey
to
provide
quality
programs
to
the
next
generation.
The
difference
we
make
at
this
moment
with
all
of
you
in
this
room
keeps
us
coming
back
day
after
day
to
ensure
that
we're
here
for
those
who
ask
us
for
help
our
deepest
thanks
go
out
to
mayor
Walsh,
Commissioner
gross
superintendent,
Basten
and
chief
Martinez.
D
We
are
so
grateful
to
them
for
providing
us
with
this
youth
development
grant
and
we
are
so
lucky
to
have
you
on
our
team.
I.
Have
this
annoying
habit
of
posting
motivational
quotes
around
my
desk?
It
sort
of
gets
me
through
my
day,
I'm
sure
some
of
you
do
the
same
thing,
but
the
one
I
refer
to
the
most
is
most
often
is
a
quote
from
Franklin
D
Roosevelt,
which
captures
how
all
of
us
feel
at
adsl
and
I'm
willing
to
bet
most
of
you.
D
E
Good
morning,
okay,
this
is
a
celebration
we're
giving
up
money
good
morning.
I
will
be
brief.
I
just
want
to
first
thank
the
mayor
for
the
partnership
as
well
as
TV.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
grants,
division,
Maria
Jomon
for
their
hard
work
and
your
whole
team
I'm
superintendent
Daly
as
well.
This
is
a
special
day.
E
Earlier
we
have
s
syi
we
have
the
Shannon
grant,
which
is
great,
but
one
of
the
things
I
noticed
is
that
we
didn't
necessarily
have
the
funding
and
a
line
item
in
the
city's
budget
for
these
programs.
That
was
my
first
budget
ass
as
a
counselor,
and
so
the
mayor
I
brought
it
to
the
mayor,
and
he
said:
okay,
let's
do
it.
So
this
is
a
special
day
and
we
started
with
250,000
dollars.
E
I
wanted
to
I'm
sure
we'll
get
there,
but
we
doubled
it
to
$500,000,
but
the
first
round
of
funding
we
had
almost
120
organizations
applied.
We
could
only
grant
11,
so
I'm
dedicated
to
continuing
to
increase
founding
the
council
side.
I
want
to
thank
also
my
colleagues
who
couldn't
be
here,
who
also
advocates
for
this
fund.
E
I
also
wanted
knowledge
shake
from
councillor
Flaherty's
office
who's
cheering
a
hearing
right
now,
but
this
work
happens
because
all
of
the
organizations
behind
the
cameras
show
up
advocate
for
our
young
people
every
single
day
they
do
the
tough
work
they
make.
Frankly,
our
jobs
a
little
bit
easier.
So
thank
you
for
your
advocacy.
Thank
you
for
pushing
us
to
be
better
and
to
do
better
and
thank
you
again
thank
you
and.
A
Right
everybody
here,
because
we
sincerely
care
about
the
youth
in
our
community.
Oftentimes
we've
seen
too
many
tragedies.
So
are
we
passionate?
Yes,
we
will
never
give
up
on
our
youth.
We
will
never
give
up
on
our
communities
and
I
just
like
to
thank
the
BPD
Dean
team
for
ensuring
that
opportunities
will
be
provided
for
our
communities.
So,
let's
give
them
a
hands
full.
A
D
A
A
We
all
know
about
a
mission
statement
where
we
must
have
a
vision
to
where
we
want
to
be
in
the
future
and
what
we
want
to
see
for
the
young
men
and
women
in
the
city
of
Boston
in
all
of
our
neighborhoods
that
need
our
services
in
our
house
in
our
home.
You
have
a
strong
team
right
here
and
that's
a
part
of
our
policy
is
to
educate
folks
about
the
needs
and
the
benefits
of
providing
apologies.
C
D
C
A
F
I
speak
at
the
share
initiative.
Is
it's
a
thirteen
year
old
grant
for
the
city
from
this
from
the
state
I'm
the
executive
office
of
public
safety
and
security?
It
goes
to
probably
21
different
municipalities,
Boston
being
one
of
them.
In
Boston,
we've
used
the
Shannon
funds
to
support
city
led
and
nonprofit
organizations.
City
led
efforts
like
DCYF
city
left
was
like.
Why
are
you
Boston
and
then
nonprofits
like
project
right,
like
ministerial
Alliance
in
the
past
and.
B
F
Have
new
organizations
that
were
awarded
this
year?
We
don't
have
a
monetary
value
yet
to
provide
those
organizations,
because
we
haven't
received
a
grant
from
the
state
which
is
still
pending
that
as
I
said,
so
something
that
we
love
I've
been
doing
this
for
five
years.
We
have
a
lot
of
my
partners,
all
the
Shannon
partners
in
the
back
here
new
and
current
really
loved
this
grant,
and
really
supportive
of
state
Reps
for
us
to
to
get
us
to
where
we
are
so.
D
F
Probably
receive
about
60
applications,
we
have
a
steering
committee
that
goes
over
and
evaluates
every
application.
We
can
only
pick
around
15,
so
they
kind
of
go
through
it
and
whoever
has
the
strongest
application.
Those
they
start
like
their
overall
impact.
Is
that
a
bigger
impact
based
on
the
impact
you
served
their
program
areas
they're
at-risk
youth
that
they
serve.
So
it's
a
lot
of
different
variables
into
their
warden
Haitian.
The
partners
see.
C
Up
here
right,
it
was,
it
was
started
by
Senator
Shannon
BladeCenter
Shannon,
who
was
a
retired
police
officer
who
thought
it
was
important
to
get
money
into
fighting
crime,
not
in
the
way
of
again
locking
people
up,
but
by
getting
money
to
cities
and
towns
throughout
the
cromwell.
That's
where
it
started,
and
over
the
last
few
years
it's
had
edging
depending
on
the
economy,
but
the
two
sent
the
Senate
and
the
right
behind
muster.
She
were
able
to
get
more
money
in
the
grant
to
do
more,
more
opportunities
for
grazing
around
the
Carmel.