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New Hanover County has recently reduced funding for youth violence prevention programs.

Port City United, a violence-prevention program, was defunded in 2024, and Voyage Wilmington, a nonprofit working to address youth violence, received no county funding in the 2025-2026 budget.

The funding cuts have forced Voyage to significantly reduce its staff, in-school support, and after-school programs.

While county funding has decreased, the New Hanover Community Endowment has issued new grants to other local organizations to address youth violence.

In the aftermath of a shooting at New Hanover High School in August 2021, local government and other community organizations swarmed to address youth violence.

Initial action in 2021 included New Hanover County's Board of Comm

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