MID-HUDSON – The federal government is providing funding for new programs to fight sexual abuse and domestic violence.
Rockland, Westchester and Orange counties are among those counties to
receive funds.
In the Mid-Hudson, the programs include:
Center for Safety and Change in Rockland County – $35,600 for bilingual/Spanish assault victim advocacy and counseling services
Hopes Door in Westchester – $25,600 to expand services to underserved domestic violence/sexual assault victims, including partially funding two bilingual advocates
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley in Rockland County – $35,600 for civil legal services for immigrant domestic violence victims
Safe Homes of Orange County – $66,750 to improve system response to
domestic violence via the creation of a multi-disciplinary domestic
violence task force
Grants in Law Enforcement include:
Rockland County SAFE – $66,750 to partially fund a sexual assault prosecutor and to partially fund a coordinator for a sexual assault nurse examiner program through the Center for Safety and Change
Putnam/Northern Westchester Women’s Resource Center – $35,252 to fund stipends for sexual assault nurse examiners and services for sexual assault victims
Mental Health Association of Orange County, Inc. – $25,600 to partially fund a coordinator for a sexual assault nurse examiner program
Westchester Community Opportunity Program – $25,600 to partially fund a coordinator and other program staff, as well as stipends, for a sexual assault nurse examiner program
Family Services of Dutchess County – $35,600 for sexual assault services and improved systems response through the work of a sexual assault response team
Grants in the area of Prosecution include:
Westchester County District Attorney’s office – $66,750 to partially fund two domestic violence assistant DAs and two victim/witness aides and $66,750 to partially fund an assistant DA and investigator for elderly sexual assault victims
Rockland County District Attorney’s Office – $66,750 to partially fund a domestic violence assistant DA and partner with the Center for Safety and Change to provide victim services and the Victim Counseling Services for a batterer program
Orange County District Attorney’s Office – $35,600 to partially fund two domestic violence assistant DAs
