CINCINNATI — As the city of Cincinnati ramps up efforts to curb violence through a new curfew , residents in North Fairmount are tackling this challenge in their own way.

The neighborhood community center is expanding after-school programs to provide structured activities during critical hours between school dismissal and the city's curfew time.

"It helps with [my] future self," said William Simpson, an attendee of the Movement with a Purpose Program based out of the North Fairmount Community Center.

"Idle hands are the devil's hands, so we need to get those hands busy in the evening," said Denise Collins, North Fairmount Program Director.

The goal for the North Fairmount Community Center and Movement with a Purpose is to provide a buffer zone for young people once they're home.

"If

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