VAWA and the Government Shutdown
While the 11th-hour vote reached by Congress Wednesday effectively
reopened the federal government, the 16-day shutdown left deep scars on
domestic violence and rape crisis centers that rely on federal funding
to provide life-saving services. And since the new legislation only
finances the government through January 15, many service providers worry
that in less than 90 days they could once again be denied access to
grant money that helps them keep their doors open.
“When an average of three women are killed in the United States every day by a current or former intimate partner, it is unconscionable to allow life-saving domestic violence programs to shutter their doors and put their crisis lines on hold,” Kim Gandy, president and CEO of the National Network to End Domestic Violence, wrote in a statement to The Crime Report. Providers contacted by The Crime Report said they were still awaiting a full assessment of the shutdown’s impact, but several pointed out that their organizations had been left feeling financially insecure and uncertain about their future—particularly with another possible shutdown on the horizon. The Crime Report
“When an average of three women are killed in the United States every day by a current or former intimate partner, it is unconscionable to allow life-saving domestic violence programs to shutter their doors and put their crisis lines on hold,” Kim Gandy, president and CEO of the National Network to End Domestic Violence, wrote in a statement to The Crime Report. Providers contacted by The Crime Report said they were still awaiting a full assessment of the shutdown’s impact, but several pointed out that their organizations had been left feeling financially insecure and uncertain about their future—particularly with another possible shutdown on the horizon. The Crime Report
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