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Several area organizations were included in the latest round of funding aimed at helping prevent sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and staking in Kentucky.
Governor Andy Beshear on Thursday announced that 29 agencies and organizations across Kentucky would be receiving $2.1 million in federal grant funding through the Violence Against Women Act.
According to a release from the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, the funding comes from the federal VAWA Services, Training, Officers, Prosecution (STOP) Formula Grant Program, which allows state agencies to allocate funding for law enforcement, prosecutors, victim service organizations, and state and local courts. The program encourages a focus on projects that serve victims of intimate partner violence.
Area organizations included in the funding announcement include the Baptist Health Hardin Foundation, which received $80,475 for the sexual assault nurse examiner and forensic team program in Elizabethtown, as well as SpringHaven Inc., which received $51,019 to employ a victim advocate to provide outreach services. Silverleaf Sexual Trauma Recovery Services received $50,000.
More information on the funding program and a complete list of recipients can be found at justice.ky.gov. If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence and needs assistance, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE or online at www.zerov.org.
The City of Elizabethtown will host its final mobile food pantry event of the year Saturday at Freeman Lake Park. According to a post on the city’s Facebook page, area residents in need of food should enter through the Freeman Lake Park Road entrance, which is the park entrance closest to Planet Fitness. The food distribution event will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday and continue until noon or until supplies […]
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