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Article: Pennsylvania Governor Schweiker Thanks Scranton Communities That Care for Outstanding Youth Violence-Prevention Efforts; CTCs Implemented in 127 Pennsylvania Communities in 58 Counties.
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- November 23, 2002
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SCRANTON, Pa. -- Pa. Gov. Mark Schweiker tonight thanked community leaders, parents and children involved in the Scranton Communities That Care (CTC) for their outstanding efforts to reduce youth violence.
Communities That Care is a national violence-prevention process which has been implemented in 127 communities in 58 counties by the Governor's Community Partnership for Safe Children (Children's Partnership), created in 1995 by Gov. Tom Ridge and now chaired by First Lady Kathy Schweiker.
"Several years ago, Scranton CTC was one of the first grassroots organizations to join the Children's Partnership on a historic journey to change the lives of at risk ...