COLUMBUS — Eleven Mahoning Valley organizations will receive federal assistance after Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost completed the final review of groups that will receive $59 million in federal grant money to help crime victims in the state.
There are 343 awards to programs totaling $55.5 million in grants from the federal Victims of Crime Act fund and 188 programs receiving a total of $3.5 million from the State Victim Assistance Act fund.
The Mahoning Valley organizations and amounts awarded are:
Mahoning County
- COMPASS Family & Community Services, $302,093 (Victims of Crime Act fund); $14,235 (State Victim Assistance Act fund);
- Help Hotline Crisis Center Inc., $38,168 (Victims of Crime Act fund); $4,027 (State Victim Assistance Act fund);
- Mahoning County CASA/GAL Program, $49,181 (Victims of Crime Act fund);
- Mahoning County Prosecutor's Office, $155,678 (Victims of Crime Act fund); $10,856 (State Victim Assistance Act fund).
Trumbull County
- Rape Crisis Team of Trumbull County Inc., $46,980 (State Victim Assistance Act fund);
- Trumbull County Prosecutor's Office, $101,808 (Victims of Crime Act fund); $9,390 (State Victim Assistance Act fund);
- Warren Municipal Court, $66,274 (Victims of Crime Act fund); $3,000 (State Victim Assistance Act fund).
Columbiana County
- Catholic Charities Regional Agency — Christina House, $125,487 (Victims of Crime Act fund);
- City of East Liverpool Law Director's Office, $53,925 (Victims of Crime Act fund); $1,390 (State Victim Assistance Act fund);
- Columbiana County Juvenile Court, $62,191 (Victims of Crime Act fund);
- Columbiana County Prosecutor's Office, $80,938 (Victims of Crime Act fund); $17,210 (State Victim Assistance Act fund).
“The organizations receiving these grants provide vital resources to families during one of the most difficult times of their lives,” Yost said in a news release. “It is important that every dollar go to support these victims and help them recover.”
The grant funding for 2021 provides services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking, as well as children and elderly victims of crime and crime victims with disabilities.
Yost has made it a priority that the funds, provided mostly by the federal government, go to groups that have direct, frontline interactions with victims of crime, including sexual assaults, domestic violence and other violent crime with traumatic effects on peoples’ lives.
Earlier this year, Yost joined attorneys general from all 50 states in calling on members of Congress to increase funding for crime victims. The fund has dwindled significantly from $112 million in 2018 to $55.5 million this year, the release states.
The federal grant money comes from the Victims of Crime Act of 1984. Deposits to the fund come from criminal fines, penalties and assessments from the U.S. Attorneys’ Office, forfeited bail bonds and other fees collected by federal courts and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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