Published December 16. 2025 12:24PM<\/p>\n
Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh\/Northampton) and Sen. Lisa Boscola (D-Lehigh\/Northampton) announced that nine grants have been awarded to aid crime victims, promote crime prevention and aid in the administration of criminal justice administration in both Lehigh and Northampton counties by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, totaling $1,662,307.<\/p>\n
\u201cInvesting in community safety and violence intervention is essential to building stronger, healthier neighborhoods,\u201d said Miller. \u201cThis funding strengthens the long-term stability of essential programs, from expanded mental health responses to effective firearm-intervention and prevention efforts. Today\u2019s awards deliver the resources our Lehigh Valley communities need to stay safe, support recovery, and ensure these critical initiatives continue making a real difference.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boscola said, \u201cIt is essential that our Commonwealth partner with our counties and organizations such as the Crime Victims Council to ensure crime victims receive the services they need. Additionally, these PCCD grants will provide critical funding for \u2018Resilient LV: Prevent, Intervene, Heal\u2019 program of the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley that aims to address issues caused by childhood trauma.\u201d<\/p>\n
The following grants were approved:<\/p>\n
Federal FY 2024 Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program:<\/p>\n
\u2022United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley \u2013 Resilient LV: Prevent, Intervene Heal $362,652<\/p>\n
\u2022 City of Bethlehem \u2013 Improving Response to Mental Health $156,044<\/p>\n
Federal State Opioid Response Grant IV (SOR) Funds<\/p>\n
\u2022 Valley Health Partners Community Health Center \u2013 VHPs SM-CJN Program $423,386<\/p>\n
Federal STOP Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Funds<\/p>\n
\u2022 Lehigh County \u2013 Lehigh County STOP Violence Against Women $125,000<\/p>\n
State Children\u2019s Advocacy Center Funds<\/p>\n
\u2022 Lehigh County \u2013 Lehigh County Developing CAC 2025 $47,000<\/p>\n
Federal Victims of Crime Act, Crime Victim Services and Compensation Funds, Victims of Juvenile Offender Funda<\/p>\n
\u2022 Lehigh County: Lehigh County Victim\/Witness Unit (VW\/RASA)\t$217,428<\/p>\n
\u2022 Crime Victims Council of Lehigh Valley, Inc.: RASA Northampton County and VOJO Lehigh County\t $93,846<\/p>\n
\u2022 Crime Victims Council of Lehigh Valley, Inc.: RASA Northampton County and VOJO Lehigh County $21,000<\/p>\n
\u2022 Northampton County: Victims Right Project Year 2025 $215,951<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published December 16. 2025 12:24PM Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh\/Northampton) and Sen. Lisa Boscola (D-Lehigh\/Northampton) announced that nine grants…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":{"0":"post-62505","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allentown","8":"tag-allentown","9":"tag-allentown-headlines","10":"tag-allentown-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62505","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=62505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}