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FLINT, Mich.— A local non-profit has been selected for a new federal grant.

Youth Arts: Unlocked (YAU) is one of the five programs nationwide to be chosen for the federal grant, given by the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

YAU is a nonprofit program founded in 2011 to help justice-involved youth unlock the creativity within them to foster pride and a sense of self-worth and accomplishment while they are detained and/or on probation.

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YAU partners with the 7th Judicial Circuit Family Court and the Genesee County Juvenile Justice Center (GCCJC) to offer weekly visual art, dance, theatre, spoken word poetry, and yoga workshops.