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Domestic and sexual violence coalition asks lawmakers for $19 million to expand crisis, prevention and supervised‑visitation services
Summary
The North Dakota Domestic and Sexual Violence Coalition and Community Violence Intervention Center asked the House appropriations committee for a multiyear increase in state funding to address rising victim service demand, expand prevention, supervised visitation and mobile crisis responses, and strengthen workforce capacity.
Seth O’Neil, executive director of the North Dakota Domestic and Sexual Violence Coalition, and Koya Tompkins Inman, president and CEO of Community Violence Intervention Center (CVIC) in Grand Forks, told the appropriations committee that victim services across the state are seeing increased volume and complexity and requested larger state appropriations to support crisis response, prevention, supervised visitation/exchange and programs that work with people who use violence.
O’Neil said the coalition’s 19 member programs collectively served more than 7,400 survivors of domestic violence and more than 1,200 primary victims of sexual assault in 2023; those victim-service programs also provided tens of thousands of advocacy contacts and education events. He emphasized children’s exposure to…
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