City Council approves request to pursue up to $10,000 in Department of Justice funding for victims’ advocate
Unable to find money in the city’s 2017 budget, the Cheney City Council gave approval at its Jan. 24 meeting to the Municipal Court to apply for grants to help fund a domestic violence victim’s advocate.
Court administrator Terri Cooper has requested to apply for two, $5,000 grants, both from the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence against Women. The first is from the Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking Grant Program while the second comes from the Rural Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking Grant Progra...
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