The money, from Coventry City Council, will be used to identify children at risk of getting involved in crime and anti-social behaviour, supporting them with specialist workers posted in schools and input from a range of people, including teachers, parents, health workers and behavioural specialists.
Andy Pepper, the council's head of Youth Offending Services, said the project would mean that education and youth offending teams came together in a structured way for the first time.
"You have children of eight to 11 years of age causing mayhem, not engaging with education. This project will try to address that and pull resources and expertise together," he said.
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