State grants were awarded Friday to two Manhattan organizations, totaling more than $83,000.
Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced that The Crisis Center, Inc. received $48,922 to recruit, train and supervise volunteers to assist professional staff who provide in-person, around-the-clock crisis intervention services, as well as safe shelter for victims of sexual and domestic violence in its five-county region.
Sunflower CASA Project received three awards — including a $20,000 grant to provide supervised visitation and monitored exchange services to children and their non-residential parents, a $9,000 grant for volunteer advocacy through quality training and supervision and $5,400 for operating expenses for children’s advocacy centers.
The awards are made possible from the Protection from Abuse Fund, the State Child Exchange and Visitation Centers Fund, the State Crime Victims’ Assistance Fund for Child Abuse and Neglect, and the Children’s Advocacy Centers Fund.
