A total of 69 English councils will be £700,000 each over the next three financial years to pay for the anti-crime initiatives outlined in the Youth Crime Action Plan earlier this year. In addition every local authority will get £90,000 this financial year.
The money comes from the £100m announced by the government to support its anti-youth crime strategy.
As well as detached youth workers and after school police patrols, the government wants the money to provide more activities for young people and to place youth offending team staff in police stations.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said: “The money demonstrates the government’s determination to tackle youth crime and improve the quality of life for young people, their families and their communities.”
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