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Committee hears bill to lift $300,000 cap so children’s advocacy centers can access leftover grants
Summary
A senate committee held a public hearing April 17 on House Bill 3195A, which would remove a $300,000 per-center cap on one-time grant money set by 2024 legislation and push the Department of Justice deadline to Sept. 30, 2025, so unobligated funds — about $120,000 — can be reallocated to eligible centers.
Chair Reynolds opened a public hearing April 17 before the Senate Committee on Early Childhood and Behavioral Health on House Bill 3195A, a measure to remove a $300,000 per‑center cap on one‑time grant funding for Oregon children's advocacy centers and to extend the Oregon Department of Justice’s (ODOJ) deadline to distribute the grants from June 30, 2025, to Sept. 30, 2025.
Shelley Smith, executive director of Oregon Child Abuse Solutions, told the committee the bill “seeks to ensure that we do not leave any money on the table that has already…
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