HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN CO. (WOLF) \u2014 More than $1.4 million in new state funding is headed to Lackawanna and Luzerne counties to bolster public-safety initiatives, trauma treatment, and victim-services programs, State Sen. Marty Flynn announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) approved $1,432,092 in grants for a wide range of local agencies that work on the front lines of substance-use response, advocacy for crime victims, and trauma-informed counseling. Officials say the funding will help expand treatment options, maintain essential service programs, and strengthen support systems for residents navigating the criminal-justice system.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese grants give our local partners the tools they need to continue work that is essential to families in our region,\u201d Flynn said. \u201cThe organizations receiving this funding deal with challenging situations every day, and this support helps them reach more people and offer care that is consistent and dependable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Funding Breakdown: Lackawanna CountyGeisinger Clinic \u2013 Project PATH; Federal State Opioid Response (SOR) Grant IV: $494,530Lackawanna County Commissioners \u2013 Improving Justice System Response to Substance Use Disorder; Federal SOR Grant IV: $180,000Integrative Counseling Services \u2013 Healing Through Evidence-Based Trauma Care; State Endowment Act Funds: $29,500Children\u2019s Advocacy Center of Northeastern PA \u2013 Compliance With National Children\u2019s Alliance Standards (2026); State Children\u2019s Advocacy Center Funds: $50,000 Women\u2019s Resource Center \u2013 STOP Program; Federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) STOP Funds: $125,000Lackawanna County Commissioners \u2013 RASA\/VOJO Victim Services; VOCA Victim Services Funds: $150,460Women\u2019s Resource Center \u2013 VOJO Services; VOCA Victim Services Funds: $15,702Funding Breakdown: Luzerne CountyLuzerne County Chief Executive Officer \u2013 STOP Program (2025\u20132027); Federal VAWA STOP Funds: $125,000Luzerne County Chief Executive Officer \u2013 2025 VOJO\/RASA Victim Services; VOCA, CVSC & Victims of Juvenile Offender (VOJO) Funds: $261,900<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN CO. (WOLF) \u2014 More than $1.4 million in new state funding is headed to Lackawanna and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-57747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-scranton","9":"tag-scranton-headlines","10":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}