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Children's advocacy centers seek remaining $120,000 from one‑time grant pool; bill would lift $300,000 cap
Summary
Oregon Child Abuse Solutions told the Judiciary committees that approximately $120,000 remains unallocated from a 2024 one‑time appropriation and asked lawmakers to remove a $300,000 per‑center cap and extend distribution deadlines via House Bill 3,195.
Shelly Smith, executive director of Oregon Child Abuse Solutions, told committees that House Bill 3,195 would remove a per‑center $300,000 cap and allow leftover funds from last year’s one‑time appropriation (Senate Bill 1579) to be distributed to eligible children's advocacy centers (CACs).
Smith said the 2024 Legislature passed Senate Bill 1579, which included $7 million in one‑time…
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