The Kansas Attorney General announced $77,000 in state grants for a couple Manhattan organizations Wednesday.
Sunflower CASA will receive nearly $30,000. $20,000 of that is to help them provide supervised visitation to children who have been removed from their parents’ homes. $9,250 will help fund advocates for children going through the court system.
Additionally, the Crisis Center, Inc will receive $48,250 to provide crisis intervention services around the clock as well as safe shelter for victims of sexual and domestic violence.
“Organizations across Kansas do great work every day to support victims of crime,” Schmidt said. “We are proud to support these organizations through the victims services grant programs.”
The $77,000 was part of $2.5 million in grants the attorney general’s office has awarded this year to local and state victim assistance organizations.
The awards were made from the Protection from Abuse Fund, State Child Exchange and Visitation Centers Fund, and State Crime Victims’ Assistance Fund for Child Abuse and Neglect. The Protection from Abuse Fund is funded by State General Fund appropriations, marriage license fees, county court costs and municipal court assessments. The State Child Exchange and Visitation Centers Fund is funded through marriage license fees and State General Fund appropriations. The State Crime Victims’ Assistance Fund is funded though the remittance of applicable fines, penalties and forfeitures from clerks of the district courts. The State Crime Victims’ Assistance Fund for Child Abuse and Neglect is funded through county court costs, municipal court assessments and State General Fund appropriations.
More information on the grant programs and the full list of award recipients is available on the attorney general’s website at www.ag.ks.gov.
