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Victim-service providers urge $7 million state supplement as federal VOCA funding falls
Summary
Coalition representatives and local victim-service centers told the Appropriations committee that federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funds have dropped, and asked lawmakers to consider a one-time $7 million supplemental to prevent service cuts and layoffs.
At an Appropriations - Human Resources Division hearing, providers and coalition representatives urged legislative action to fill a drop in federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funding and described how reduced federal distributions are straining services across North Dakota.
Seth O’Neil with the North Dakota Domestic and Sexual Violence Coalition testified that federal VOCA distributions to states are declining and that the coalition seeks a $7,000,000 one‑time state supplement to cover the shortfall while Congress works on a federal fix. “This supplemental state support would just help get us through the next couple years,” O’Neil said.
Courtney Monroe Reichman, direct services supervisor at the Abused Adult Resource Center in Bismarck, described program impacts. She said her program’s 2024 VOCA request was $450,000; they received $251,000 and received…
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