With looming budget crunches in the public, private and government sectors alike, non-profit funds are becoming increasingly scarce. To take a proactive approach to this issue, two YWCA Resolve Family Abuse Program staff members are joining fellow members of the West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence today at 2:30 in a roundtable discussion with Susan Williams of The Gazette. Their goal? To make a case for a one-time $1 million allocation from Governor Joe Manchin.
These funds – which unfortunately were awarded for the past two years but never allocated – would be divided between the Coalition’s 14 licensed programs (approx. $18,000 per county in West Virginia). YWCA Resolve plays a crucial role here in our own backyard by ensuring that victims of domestic violence and their children are provided a safe haven and essential support services – enabling them to build lives free of fear and violence. Last year, YWCA Resolve provided comprehensive services to more than 3,000 victims, children, and batterers in Kanawha, Clay and Boone counties.
Want to become an advocate yourself? Contact your state senators and delegates and ask them to support this $1 million allocation during the state legislature’s June Interim Session. Visit http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Contact/capmail.cfm to find your representatives’ phone number and address.
These funds – which unfortunately were awarded for the past two years but never allocated – would be divided between the Coalition’s 14 licensed programs (approx. $18,000 per county in West Virginia). YWCA Resolve plays a crucial role here in our own backyard by ensuring that victims of domestic violence and their children are provided a safe haven and essential support services – enabling them to build lives free of fear and violence. Last year, YWCA Resolve provided comprehensive services to more than 3,000 victims, children, and batterers in Kanawha, Clay and Boone counties.
Want to become an advocate yourself? Contact your state senators and delegates and ask them to support this $1 million allocation during the state legislature’s June Interim Session. Visit http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Contact/capmail.cfm to find your representatives’ phone number and address.
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Learn more about the coalition's roundtable disucssion last Thursday. Visit http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200806070675 to view Susan Williams' article in the Sunday Gazette.
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