CeaseFire Needs Funding ... Now!

Proven violence prevention group suffers amid state's budget problems

By Carol Marin
|  Tuesday, Jul 28, 2009  |  Updated 1:19 PM CST
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CeaseFire Needs Funding ... Now!

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The shootings on Chicago's on the West and South sides have been escalating.

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The shootings in Chicago on the West and South sides have been escalating.

But the budget crisis in Springfield has left CeaseFire, a proven community-based system of violence prevention, without operating funds at this most crucial time.

Columnist and political reporterCarol Marin takes a closer look in today's Sun-Times.

Posted Tuesday, Jul 14, 2009 - 1:44 AM CST
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