Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson have announced investment in a program that will help end youth-involved gun violence.
Lightfoot has pledged more funding to "Choose to Change," this program provides students at a higher risk of gun violence involvement in positive mentoring, therapy, enrichment activities and more. The announcement was made during a roundtable with CPS students at Wendell Phillips Academy High School. The city is contributing f $1.1 million toward the district's summer-model program based on C2C, Summer for Change.
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