Commissioner Cohen Higgins launches SafeSummers initiative

Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins speaks during SafeSummers launch.
(Photo Courtesy of the District 8 Office)

MIAMI-DADE – At the start of the summer, Commissioner Cohen Higgins launched SafeSummers, an initiative to expand youth summer programming and get District 8 kids off the street.

SafeSummers, funded by district office funds, made the single, largest contribution to youth summer programming in recent South Dade history with more than a quarter-million dollars. The hope of the program is to provide almost 400 kids in District 8 with safe, productive summers, given the recent rise of violence.