Port St. Lucie's Project Lifesaver secures funding to keep helping families track at

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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — A safety program that helps track individuals prone to wandering will continue operating in Port St. Lucie after receiving new funding.

Project Lifesaver provides tracking devices to individuals who may be at risk of eloping, like those with autism, Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. The devices allow law enforcement to quickly locate missing persons using specialized transmitters.

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Sarah Durgee enrolled her 17-year-old son Dylan, who has autism, in the program seven years ago.

“He requires a lot of assistance [and] constant supervision so there’s always that concern that there could be elopement or that he could encounter people in publ