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Shelter directors urge $12.3 million in state support as VOCA and ARPA funding wind down
Summary
Directors for domestic-violence and sexual-assault programs told the House Public Safety Subcommittee on Appropriations that expiring VOCA and ARPA funds will force cuts to shelter beds, therapy and transportation; operators asked the committee to add $12.3 million for shelters and about $3.3 million for sexual-assault centers to maintain services.
Domestic-violence and sexual-assault program leaders urged the House Public Safety Subcommittee on Appropriations to add state funding to replace shrinking federal grants, saying the result otherwise will be fewer beds, fewer therapists and longer waits for victims.
"This request today isn't an attempt to fill that gap...we're asking the state to properly fund its own certification requirements and core services," Michelle, a shelter director testifying to the committee, said, asking the panel to approve $12,300,000 for domestic-violence shelters and roughly $3.3 million for sexual-assault programs to cover operating shortfalls.
Witnesses and staff told the…
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