{"id":148739,"date":"2026-04-19T11:14:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=148739"},"modified":"2026-04-19T11:14:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:14:45","slug":"tiburcio-announces-500000-in-pccd-vip-boost-grant-for-allentown-violence-prevention-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=148739","title":{"rendered":"Tiburcio announces $500,000 in PCCD VIP\/BOOST grant for Allentown violence-prevention program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ALLENTOWN,\u00a0<\/strong> \u2013 State Rep. Ana T. Tiburcio, D-Lehigh, announced that Communities in Schools of Eastern Pennsylvania received $500,000 in grants from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency\u2019s School Safety and Security Committee.<\/p>\n<p>These grants are awarded to violence-prevention programs. The funding will grow their advocacy efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI worked for youth empowerment organizations in Allentown before I took office, and it remains one of my greatest priorities as a state representative,\u201d Tiburcio said. \u201cThis funding supports mentorship, prevention strategies, increased opportunities and mental health support. It ensures that this vital organization can expand its programs to reach more at-risk youth, support their staff and provide life-changing services for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A total of $500,000 was awarded to CISEPA to continue providing school\u2011based prevention services for approximately 5,800 students each year. Services include individualized case management, goal setting, attendance and behavior interventions, mental\u2011health and social\u2011service referrals, and school\u2011wide prevention activities aligned with positive climate, engagement and safety goals. Through these services, CISEPA\u2019s mission is to reduce early-warning indicators before they escalate into more serious safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Tiburcio added, \u201cAs their former Program Coordinator, I am also thrilled that $119,000 was awarded to Fine Feathered Foundation Inc., a nonprofit empowering youth through creativity, education and mentorship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These grants are provided by PCCD\u2019s Violence Intervention and Prevention and the Building Opportunities Through Out-Of-School Time programs.<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMadeline Lylo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALLENTOWN,\u00a0 \u2013 State Rep. Ana T. Tiburcio, D-Lehigh, announced that Communities in Schools of Eastern Pennsylvania received $500,000 in grants from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency\u2019s School Safety &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=148739\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tiburcio announces $500,000 in PCCD VIP\/BOOST grant for Allentown violence-prevention program<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148442,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rep-ana.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148739"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148740,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148739\/revisions\/148740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/148442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}