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Attorney
General Mike DeWine
Nearly
$1 million in Rape Crisis Program grant funding awarded
(COLUMBUS,
Ohio) -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that he
has awarded 25 rape crisis centers in Ohio with a total of nearly $1
million in new grant funding.
"This
is the first time that money from Ohio's new Rape Crisis Program
Trust Fund is being used, so these are additional resources that can
now go towards helping survivors of sexual assault," said
Attorney General DeWine. "The funds will help strengthen and
expand upon the services and support these agencies currently
provide, which are essential in the recovery process after a
traumatic assault."
The
following 23 agencies, which meet all core services as defined by the
Core Standards for Rape Crisis Programs in Ohio, will each receive a
grant $36,789 to be used to help sexual assault survivors:
Women
Helping Women, Cincinnati
Ohio
University, Athens
Appleseed
Community Mental Health Center, Ashland
YWCA
of Northwest Ohio, Toledo
Liberty
Center Connections/Every Woman's House, Wooster
Tri-County
Help Center, St. Clairsville
The
SAAFE Center/Behavioral Connections, Bowling Green
Council
on Domestic Violence/Open Arms, Findlay
The
Rape Crisis Center of Medina & Summit Counties, Akron
Crime
Victim Services, Lima
Townhall
II, Kent
Project
Woman, Springfield
OhioHealth
Research Institute/SARNCO, Columbus
The
Nord Center/Lorain County Rape Crisis Center, Lorain
Lake
County Prosecutor, Painesville
HelpLine
of Delaware and Morrow Counties, Delaware
Haven
of Hope, Cambridge
EVE
Incorporated, Marietta
The
Domestic Violence Shelter, Mansfield
COMPASS,
New Philadelphia
Cleveland
Rape Crisis Center, Cleveland
American
Red Cross, Canton
Abuse
and Rape Crisis Shelter of Warren County, Lebanon
One
program, which meets some, but not all of the core services, will
receive an expansion grant in the amount of $8,842 to assist with
implementing new services:
Erie
County Prosecutor, Sandusky
In
addition, one statewide training grant, which is available only to
agencies that are federally-recognized statewide sexual assault
coalitions, was awarded in the amount of $95,000:
Ohio
Alliance to End Sexual Violence, Cleveland
Ohio's
Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund was established as part of House Bill
108, which was sponsored by state representatives Nan Baker
(R-Westlake) and Kirk Schuring (R-Canton). The bill was amended into
Ohio's 2014-2015 operating budget. The Ohio Attorney General's
Office administers the fund.
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