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Prosecutor warns Van Buren County of imminent loss of victim-witness coordinator after federal grant cut
Summary
Prosecuting Attorney Chad Brown told the quorum court that a federal/state Victim-Witness grant that paid for a shared coordinator will not continue for Van Buren County; the coordinator's position has been funded by a VOCA grant and the program award dropped to zero effective Sept. 30, threatening services for victims.
Prosecuting Attorney Chad Brown told the Van Buren County Quorum Court that federal/state grant funding for the county's victim-witness coordinator position has been cut and that the county likely will lose local access to a coordinator unless alternative funding is found.
Brown said the position, filled locally by Penny Stringer (who provides victim and witness services for Van Buren and Searcy counties), had been funded historically through VOCA and related grants…
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