Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley this week delivered $5,000 in seized drug money to help fund a community-based non-profit organization’s program for teenage girls in Roxbury.

Conley delivered the funds to Rita Lara, Director of Development at La Alianza Hispana, on Oct. 20. The money comes from Conley’s annual Asset Forfeiture Reinvestment Program, which diverts cash seized in narcotics investigations to Suffolk County non-profits that keep young people away from drugs, crime, and violence.

The money will fund La Alianza Hispana’s Girls Initiative, a program that provides counseling and social services for at-risk teenage girls and addresses a wide variety of issues that place them at risk, including violence and substance abuse.

“These funds will directly support the well-being of teenage girls,” Conley said. “La Alianza Hispana is a valued partner in our shared mission to help young women in Boston stay away from substance abuse, avoid violence, and realize their full potential.”

Money distributed annually through the Asset Forfeiture Reinvestment Program reflects a portion of drug dealers’ cash and assets seized by Conley’s office, State Police, and local law enforcement agencies during the past year. Massachusetts law allows up to 10% of those monies to be redistributed to non-profit community groups within the district attorney’s jurisdiction.

This year’s awards total $50,000, or $32,500 more than the funds distributed in the first round of reinvestment grants 17 years ago. The program has been in existence since 1992, when the awards totaled $17,500.

The annual grant application is available in June and awards are distributed to eligible groups in the fall.