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Wild Iris outlines services and funding gaps for victim support in Mono and Inyo counties
Summary
Wild Iris told the board it serves hundreds of domestic-violence and sexual-assault survivors annually and is stabilizing CASA through short grants and a Medicaid-billing effort; staff warned CASA funding remains fragile and transitional housing is limited.
Dominic Hayes of Wild Iris described the nonprofit's operations and funding challenges to the Mono County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 20, noting Wild Iris provides crisis intervention, supervised visitation for CPS cases and accompaniment for forensic exams that are often conducted out of county.
Hayes said Wild Iris serves roughly 300–500 people a year in the two-county area, provides emergency shelter, accompaniment for forensic…
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