Upper Moreland Gets $40K In Grants For School Safety

UPPER MORELAND, PA — Great news for the Upper Moreland School District: they have received a major grant from the state to support safety in all their schools.

The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency announced this week that Upper Moreland would receive $40,000 in safety funding.

The grants will be used to purchase new security technology, support behavioral health training, prepare emergency plans, as well as hire hire school resource officers, psychologists, social workers, and more.

Nearby Abington received a far larger sum of $455,550. Lower Moreland ($40,000) and Wissahickon ($45,000) received similar amounts to Upper Moreland.

The Child Advocacy Center of Montgomery County also received $300,000 for increasing trauma-informed services, while the Family Service of Montgomery County received $298,200 for a youth violence reduction project.

All told, schools around Pennsylvania received $53.7 million.