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Appropriations panel reviews house additions for shelters, child advocacy centers and expanded accountability courts
Summary
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council staff and accountability-court judges told the committee house additions would shore up domestic violence shelters, sexual-assault services and child advocacy centers while using opioid-settlement and opioid trust funds for court-based treatment remains legally unresolved without Department of Law guidance.
The appropriations committee examined several house-directed changes intended to shore up victim services and expand accountability courts.
CJCC staff explained the house proposed $9.4 million for domestic violence shelters; Christie Carter, victim assistance division director, said state funding is awarded through a competitive review of need, bed space, service counts and program innovations and that CJCC aims to award three-year continuations when possible. "We do have a pretty, intensive process that we go through with our partners," Carter said.
CJCC and CACJ representatives told lawmakers that many shelters rely heavily on federal funding and that…
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