Our High Point Offender Focused Domestic Violence Initiative is a top twenty finalist for the Bloomberg Mayors Challenge. The top prize is $5 million, with four other $1 million prizes awarded. Our final application has been submitted and we should hear something in April. Keep your fingers crossed. This would be an incredible opportunity to share this innovative work around the country.
In the meantime the owner of the Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington, is launching a Fan Favorite contest. Check out our video and vote for the High Point initiative, share it with family, friends, and everyone you know!
The voting began February 21. The URL is www.huffingtonpost.com/mayors-challenge.
Voting runs for two weeks – from February 20 through March 6 – and the Fan Favorite winner will be announced at approximately the same time as the five Mayors Challenge winners. Note: you can only vote once and you do not need to register to vote.
The winning city will receive a $50K Services grant from IBM to support implementation as well as featured coverage and promotion from The Huffington Post, including a monthly front page column for its mayor for a year and an interview with Arianna Huffington on Huff Post Live (HuffPo’s video news platform).
This is our chance to showcase how innovative High Point is and get national recognition. Let them hear us! Vote and tell everyone you know to do the same!