(Photo Provided by and Courtesy of Commonwealth Media Services: Caption for Photo: Lt. Gov. Austin Davis joined state and local leaders to highlight more than $11 million in state grants to provide afterschool programming and help make Pennsylvania communities safer at a news conference in Erie, Pennsylvania. Pictured here is a moment from the event. In attendance were State Sen. Dan Laughlin; State Rep. Patrick Harkins; Erie County Executive Brenton Davis; Erie Mayor Joe Schember; Erie Police Chief Dan Spizarny; Erie Police Lt. Tom Lenox, PAL program coordinator; Lt. Governor Austin Davis.)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Erie, PA) Over $11 million in grants were announced on Thursday in Erie to forty-six afterschool programs in Western Pennsylvania through a Shapiro-Davis administration initiative called “Building Opportunity through Out-of-School,” or BOOST, for short. Pennsylvania Liutenant Governor Austin Davis spoke about these programs which provide help for several subjects. Davis also confirmed that any kid in Pennsylvania should also be safe during these programs.