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In October of 2008, The Near Northwest Management District was awarded a Weed & Seed Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. The first year award was for $175,000 and but the Grant offers the site the opportunity to receive as much as $1million over a five year period.
The goals of the Weed and Seed program are to control violent crime, drug trafficking, and drug-related crime in designated high-crime neighborhoods and to provide a safe environment free of crime and drug use for residents. The Weed and Seed strategy brings together Federal, State and local crime-fighting agencies, social service providers, representatives of the public and private sectors, prosecutors, business owners, and neighborhood residents under the shared goal of weeding out violent crime and gang activity while seeding in social services and economic revitalization. |
The strategy is based on collaboration, coordination, community participation and leveraging resources. Weed and Seed sites maximize existing programs and resources by coordinating and integrating existing Federal, State, local and private sector initiatives, criminal justice efforts and social services. The strategy also puts heavy emphasis on community participation. Residents of Weed and Seed neighborhoods are actively involved in problem solving in their community. Neighborhood watches, citizen marches and rallies, cleanup events, drug free zones and graffiti removal are some of the common programs that encourage community participation and help prevent crime.
The Near Northwest Weed and Seed site is the four square miles centered around the intersection of Antoine and DeSoto, the District’s SuperBlock One.
For more information go to the Near Northwest Houston Weed & Seed Grant Web Site: www.houstonweedseed.com |
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