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Gov. Justice awards $17.3 million in Victims of Crime Act grants to 84 agencies across West Virginia

Gov Jim Justice
Gov Jim Justice

CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice announced today at the beginning of his COVID-19 briefing that he has awarded $17,301,804 in Victims of Crime Act Assistance (VOCA) sub-grant funds to 84 public and private non-profit agencies throughout the state.

“We need to help victims of violent crime in every way we possibly can,” Gov. Justice said. “With the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve seen a rise in the number of West Virginians using our nonprofit agencies for assistance. That’s why they desperately need this funding, and why I am proud to get it to them today.”

The Victims of Crime Act Assistance sub-grant funds will provide such direct services as counseling, personal advocacy, court advocacy, client transportation, and support services to victims of crimes including domestic violence, sexual violence, child abuse, and elder abuse. The funds will also support assistance to victims as they move through the criminal justice system.

The VOCA funds are awarded from the Office for Victims of Crime at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs. The Justice and Community Services section of the Division of Administrative Services, part of the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety, is administering these funds.

“I want to thank the U.S. Department of Justice and the Trump Administration for providing this funding to assist these nonprofit agencies in West Virginia that are dedicated to helping our citizens who have been victims of terrible criminal acts as they recover,” Gov. Justice said.
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Funds were awarded to the following:

A Child’s Place CASA, Ltd.
$48,042

Barbour County Commission
$42,687

Branches Domestic Violence Shelter
$679,458

Burlington United Methodist Family Services, Inc.
$81,689

Cabell County Commission
$219,720

CAMC Health Education & Research Institute, Inc.
$285,877

CASA for Children, Inc.
$197,151

CASA of Marion County
$98,210

CASA of the Eastern Panhandle, Inc.
$351,142

CASA of the Eleventh Judicial Circuity WV, Inc.
$93,241

Change, Inc.
$58,274

CHANGE Inc.
CAC
$126,269

Child and Youth Advocacy Center, Inc.
$220,359

ChildLaw Services
$165,075

Child Protect of Mercer County, Inc.
$146,705

Children’s Home Society of West Virginia
$184,969

City of Charleston
$39,850

Comprehensive Women’s Service Council, Inc.
$618,534

CONTACT Huntington, Inc.
$554,375

Cornerstone Family Interventions
$153,111

Eastern Panhandle Empowerment Center
$674,162

Family Counseling Connection, Inc.
$293,809

Family Crisis Center, Inc.
$339,880

Family Crisis Intervention Center of Region V, Inc.
$368,217

Family Refuge Center, Inc.
$562,082

Family Service of Goodwill Industries
$111,945

Greenbrier County Commission
Prosecutor’s Office
$47,680

Greenbrier County Commission
Sheriff’s Office
$50,495

Hancock County Commission
$159,963

Harmony House, Inc.
$177,661

Harmony Mental Health, Inc.
$291,820

Harrison County CASA Program, Inc.
$125,660

Harrison County Child Advocacy Center
$337,238

Jackson County Commission
$39,648

Jefferson County Commission
$111,273

Just for Kids, Inc.
$309,034

Kanawha County Commission
Prosecutor’s Office
$69,144

Kanawha County Commission
Sheriff’s Department
$107,302

Legal Aid of West Virginia, Inc.
$760,146

Logan County Child Advocacy Center
$171,309

Logan County Commission
Prosecutor’s Office
$52,407

Logan County Commission
Sheriff’s Department
$38,532

Marion County Child Advocacy Center, Inc.
$166,182

Marion County Commission
$61,025

Mason County Commission
$46,055

Mercer County Commission
$224,539

Mineral County Court Appointed Special Advocates Program, Inc.
$136,470

Mingo County Commission
Prosecutor’s Office
$32,396

Mingo County Commission
Sheriff’s Department
$26,690

Monongalia County Child Advocacy Center, Inc.
$263,377

Monongalia County Commission
$117,007

Monongalia County Youth Services Center
$179,563

Mother’s Against Drunk Driving
$48,867

Mountain CAP of WV, Inc.
$86,171

Nicholas County Family Resource Network
$113,879

Ohio County Commission
$39,920

Preston County Commission
$44,910

Putnam County Commission
Prosecutor’s Office
$56,981

Putnam County Commission
Sheriff’s Department
$37,233

Randolph County Children’s Advocacy Center, Inc.
$124,263

Randolph County Commission
$46,733

Rape & Domestic Violence Information Center, Inc.
$772,953

REACHH Family Resource Center, Inc.
$68,885

Roane County Commission
$28,257

Stop Abusive Family Environment, Inc.
$446,013

Stop the Hurt, Inc.
$81,970

Task Force on Domestic Violence, “Hope, Inc.”
$585,566

TEAM for WV Children
$510,526

The Children’s Listening Place, Inc.
$227,978

Tug Valley Recovery Shelter Association, Inc.
$221,031

Upper Ohio Valley Sexual Assault Help Center, Inc.
$312,144

Upshur County Commission
$37,815

Voices for Children
$103,346

West Virginia Child Advocacy Network
$210,052

West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services
$264,015

Wetzel County Commission
CAC
$83,682

Wetzel County Commission
Prosecutor’s Office
$42,100

Women’s Aid in Crisis, Inc.
$711,193

Wood County Commission
$73,441

WV Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Inc.
$251,071

WV Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation
$160,369

Wyoming County Commission
$32,145

Young Women’s Christian Association of Wheeling WV
$339,468

YWCA of Charleston, West Virginia Inc.
$321,378

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