County may seek Ho-Chunk funds to avoid cutting domestic-violence program after state passthrough pullback
Staff reported an abrupt funding cutoff by the passthrough agency for a rural violent-crime reduction initiative that supported domestic-violence services; Vernon County has about $58,000 remaining in the grant and may request about $45,000 from unallocated Ho-Chunk funds to continue services through the year.
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County staff told the committee that the rural violent-crime reduction initiative — a $200,000 award Vernon County received to support a coordinated community response to domestic violence — was abruptly canceled at the passthrough level and that passthrough agency Lisk is reportedly pursuing legal action against the Department of Justice. The county has spent most of the award and currently has about $58,000 remaining for ongoing assessments and programming.
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