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State to receive funding for gun violence prevention

Pennsylvania will receive $8.5 million for gun violence prevention and crisis intervention.

Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Casey announced the funding on Wednesday. The money comes from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and will go to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime & Delinquency to enhance behavioral health and crisis care programs and combat gun violence.