August 24, 2005
Domestic violence programs get $1 million
Governor announces grant funds to help victims and their families
TOPEKA, Kan. – – Governor Kathleen Sebelius today announced the Federal Family Violence Prevention and Services Act grant awards for fiscal year 2006. The 22 domestic violence programs in Kansas receive these federal funds to provide immediate shelter and related assistance for domestic violence victims and their dependents. Funds also are used to develop prevention and awareness efforts addressing family violence. These grant funds pay for the operation of shelter facilities, individual and group counseling, advocacy and other services that assist families who are domestic violence victims.
“It is our duty to do everything possible to help protect domestic violence victims and their children,” said Governor Sebelius, “These programs are designed to assist victims as they move through the recovery process and also to help prevent family violence in the first place.”
Kansas awarded a total of $1,087,915 to 22 programs. Funds are provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services.
Federal Family Violence Prevention & Services Act Grant Program Recipients
| Allen County | Hope Unlimited | $39,411 |
| Atchison County | Domestic Violence Emergency Services | $53,856 |
| Barton County | Family Crisis Center, Inc. | $43,807 |
| Cowley County | Cowley County Safe Homes, Inc. | $40,376 |
| Crawford County | Crisis Resource Center of Southeast Kansas | $65,355 |
| Douglas County | Women’s Transitional Care Services | $58,052 |
| Ellis County | Northwest Kansas Family Shelter, Inc. | $36,154 |
| Finney County | Family Crisis Services, Inc | $41,381 |
| Ford County | Crisis Center of Dodge City | $38,191 |
| Grant County | Domestic Violence Emergency Services | $28,576 |
| Harvey County | Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Task Force | $33,781 |
| Johnson County | Safehome, Inc. | $89,840 |
| Leavenworth County | Alliance Against Family Violence | $48,976 |
| Lyon County | SOS, Inc. | $36,529 |
| Reno County | Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Center | $49,922 |
| Riley County | Crisis Center, Inc. | $52,617 |
| Saline County | Domestic Violence Assoc. of Central Kansas | $64,659 |
| Sedgwick County | Catholic Charities, Inc. Harbor House | $60,155 |
| Sedgwick County | YWCA Women’s Crisis Center, Safehouse | $66,574 |
| Seward County | Liberal Area Rape Crisis/Domestic Violence Services | $35,814 |
| Shawnee County | YWCA Battered Women Task Force | $42,352 |
| Wyandotte County | Friends of Yates, Joyce Williams Center | $61,537 |
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