Making a difference: New board to help tackle juvenile-offender problem
Jun 10, 2009, Karina Donica, Town Talk
They come from various walks of life, but a group of local residents is taking a step together in the hopes of making a difference in the lives of at-risk youths in Rapides Parish. The group of 10 took their oaths Tuesday in the Rapides Parish Courthouse as members of the parish's first Neighborhood Accountability Board (NAB). NAB, funded through a $200,000 grant from the Catherine D. and John T. MacArthur Foundation, will act as an alternative route in the processing of minor criminal…
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