Vernon County reallocates Ho-Chunk contingency funds after DOJ pulls rural-violence grant

The board voted to reallocate up to $47,197.50 from 2024 Ho-Chunk contingency funds to cover remaining costs of the County’s Domestic Violence Reduction Initiative after LISC’s $200,000 Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative (RVCRI) award was terminated by the U.S. Department of Justice. Minutes record that Vernon County had been counting on $58,717 in grant funds to sustain the program through 2025; LISC informed the county that DOJ terminated the RVCRI award because the award “no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities.”