Domestic-violence shelter asks Hickman County for funds as state support shrinks
Vanessa Davis, executive director of Women Are Safe, said state cuts reduced the organization's staff to four and asked the county to fill funding gaps so the shelter can operate and restore a court advocate position; commissioners did not make a decision at the meeting.
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Vanessa Davis, executive director of Women Are Safe, told the committee the nonprofit has provided services to victims of domestic violence in Hickman County since 1987 and now relies on county support to replace reduced state funding.
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