MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. — Mecklenburg County commissioners are expected to vote on Tuesday night to spend millions of dollars to tackle juvenile crime.
Of the $2 million, the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council is recommending that $240,000 go to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Youth Diversion Program.
There would be $219,000 that would go to the McLeod Center for substance abuse treatment and $111,000 to Promise Youth Development for mentoring.
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