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New funding aimed to reduce gang activity in Hobbema

Two Hobbema programs will get funding as part of the province’s Gang Reduction Network.

Two Hobbema programs will get funding as part of the province’s Gang Reduction Network.

Healing Life, a program to help Samson Cree Nation youth and adults recover from grief, trauma and abuse and make healthy lifestyle choices, will receive $125,000.

Leader in Me, an early intervention program to help children resist gang recruitment and self-destructive behaviours, received $65,000.

The money comes from $1 million granted through the Alberta Civil Forfeiture Fund, which will fund eight gang reduction programs province-wide.

The fund uses proceeds from the sale of property gained through crime to support victims’ groups and crime prevention programs.