Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley is asking nonprofit organizations to apply for a program that takes money seized from drug dealers and reinvests it in groups that help young people avoid drugs, gangs, and other risky activity. Award recipients are selected each year by an independent panel of county residents appointed by Conley. The program will award a total of $50,000 this year. State law allows up to 10 percent of money from the auctions of drug dealers’ property and confiscated funds to be returned to the community. Conley’s program has awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in seized drug money to dozens of youth groups, community centers, and social service agencies. The deadline for applications is Aug. 19.

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http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/07/11/suffolk_da_urges_drug_money_dispersal/