UNA receives Bentley grant to push HOPE over gun violence

[Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs] A project to reduce gun violence in north Alabama recently received a $272,939 grant from Gov. Robert Bentley.
The University of North Alabama’s Helping Our Partners Excel project seeks to reduce and prevent violent crime. The three-phase project includes law enforcement training, school-based violence prevention programs and rehabilitation to help criminals avoid returning to a life of violence.