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Domestic violence advocates urge restoration of state funding as federal grants fall
Summary
Domestic violence programs across New Jersey told the committee that proposed state cuts plus reductions in federal VOCA and other grants would force shelter closures and service reductions. Survivors and program leaders urged restoring $2.2 million the legislature added in FY25 and an additional $2 million for crisis response teams.
Lede Domestic violence programs and survivors told the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee that state and federal funding uncertainty is already straining emergency shelter, hotline and court‑based crisis response services, and they asked the Legislature to restore and increase state support.
Nut graf Witnesses said that local programs absorbed large caseload increases in 2024, that federal victim‑services grants are unstable, and that the governor’s proposed budget reductions would force program…
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