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Local violence survivors benefit from KS funds

By Brian Hagen

09/12/2024

(KAIR)--More than $28 million in Kansas funding is awarded to state-based organizations that provide services for both child and adult crime survivors.

Among local areas to benefit will be Atchison, with Leavenworth-based awarded services benefiting both locations within the state's First Judicial District.

In the division of 2025 Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Grant Awards, the Alliance Against Family Violence gains more than $329,000.

In the division of the 2025 Children- Advocacy Centers Grant Awards, the First Judicial District CASA Association earns more than $255,000, with the Leavenworth-based CASA also earning just over $51,000 in the Court Appointed Special Advocate Programs Grant Awards division.

According to a release from the office of Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, she, and the bipartisan state Legislature, increased the state grant funds to sustain Kansas programs that experienced a decrease in funding from the federal Victims of Crime Act Victim Assistance Grant Program.

Domestic violence and sexual assault programs use state funds to provide shelter, advocacy, and safety planning for people who experience domestic violence or sexual assault.

Kelly, in the release, calls the total distribution of more than $28 million for the programs state-wide, an "investment" to "ensure Kansans across the state are not left to cope alone after a crime occurs.”

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