Kathy Hochul will deliver a $36 million lifeline to programs that help sexual assault survivors and other crime victims, she said in a statement Friday morning. The programs said they learned of the cuts in July after the State Office of Victim Services (OVS) divvied up $74 million in federal grant money — a competitive process that recurs every three years.
Kathy Hochul will deliver a $36 million lifeline to programs that help sexual assault survivors and other crime victims, she said in a statement Friday morning.
The programs said they learned of the cuts in July after the State Office of Victim Services (OVS) divvied up $74 million in federal grant money — a competitive process that recurs every three years.
"We had the same state money…a cut in federal money, and then 100 more entities asking for more — as well as funding all the existing money.
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Kathy Hochul will deliver a $36 million lifeline to programs that help sexual assault survivors and other crime victims, she said in a statement Friday morning. The programs said they learned of the cuts in July after the State Office of Victim Services (OVS) divvied up $74 million in federal grant money — a competitive process that recurs every three years. "We had the same state money…a cut in federal money, and then 100 more entities asking for more — as well as funding all the existing money.
The new infusion of state money comes 10 days after NBC New York reported that longstanding rape crisis centers and child advocacy centers were suddenly facing deep, unanticipated cuts that could result in layoffs and other painful service reductions. So that that became a challenge post-budget," Hochul told News 4. Now the state investment is almost $89 million.
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