Governor Laura Kelly Awards Over $22M in Grants for Crime Victim Assistance Programs
Governor Laura Kelly today announced that more than $22 million will help groups including law enforcement organizations and sexual assault crisis centers that support crime victims and survivors. The funding is provided by the federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Victim Assistance grant program.
“Survivors of crime deserve the resources and support they need to overcome trauma, achieve stability and independence, and see justice served,” Governor Laura Kelly said. “This funding goes directly to organizations across the state working to accomplish that mission.”
VOCA grants support the emotional, psychological, and physical needs of crime victims and survivors through direct services such as court advocacy and criminal justice support, provided by law enforcement agencies and prosecutors’ offices; crisis counseling, provided by rape crisis centers and mental health centers; forensic interviews, provided by children’s advocacy centers; and shelter, transportation, and transitional housing, provided by domestic violence programs.
A total of $22,045,285 was awarded to 65 agencies.
| 2023 VOCA Grant Awards | ||
| County | Organization Name | Grant Award |
| Allen | Hope Unlimited | $337,116 |
| Barton | Barton County Attorney’s Office | $45,994 |
| Barton | Family Crisis Center | $560,768 |
| Butler | Butler County Attorney’s Office | $44,252 |
| Butler | Family Life Center | $96,834 |
| Butler | Sunlight Children’s Services | $274,993 |
| Butler | Tri-County CASA | $57,896 |
| Cloud | North Central Kansas CASA | $57,403 |
| Crawford | Children’s Advocacy Center | $87,480 |
| Crawford | Safehouse Crisis Center | $344,211 |
| Douglas | Child Advocacy Center of Douglas County | $66,425 |
| Douglas | Douglas County CASA | $26,570 |
| Douglas | Douglas County District Attorney’s Office | $59,627 |
| Douglas | The Sexual Trauma & Abuse Care Center | $308,706 |
| Douglas | The Willow Domestic Violence Center | $551,378 |
| Ellis | Options: Domestic & Sexual Violence Services | $507,950 |
| Finney | Family Crisis Services | $324,315 |
| Finney | Spirit of the Plains CASA | $42,207 |
| Ford | CASA-Children Worth Saving | $87,216 |
| Ford | Crisis Center of Dodge City | $140,307 |
| Ford | Ford County Attorney’s Office | $172,185 |
| Ford | Meadowlark House Child Advocacy Center | $105,396 |
| Geary | CASA of the 8th Judicial District | $45,255 |
| Harvey | CASA: A Voice for Children | $55,970 |
| Harvey | Harvey Co. Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Task Force | $827,388 |
| Harvey | Heart to Heart Child Advocacy Center | $91,569 |
| Johnson | CASA of Johnson and Wyandotte Counties | $169,656 |
| Johnson | Johnson County District Attorney’s Office | $113,841 |
| Johnson | Mothers Against Drunk Driving | $171,596 |
| Johnson | Safehome | $1,433,980 |
| Johnson | Sunflower House | $573,314 |
| Leavenworth | Alliance Against Family Violence | $177,436 |
| Leavenworth | First Judicial District CASA Association | $227,253 |
| Lyon | SOS | $590,287 |
| Reno | BrightHouse | $473,767 |
| Reno | Horizons Mental Health Center Child Advocacy Center | $146,127 |
| Riley | Crisis Center | $258,855 |
| Riley | Kansas State University | $302,034 |
| Riley | Riley County Police Department | $73,171 |
| Riley | Sunflower CASA Project | $239,969 |
| Saline | Child Advocacy & Parenting Services | $191,435 |
| Saline | Domestic Violence Association of Central Kansas | $1,038,019 |
| Scott | Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center | $798,955 |
| Sedgwick | CAC of Sedgwick County | $798,759 |
| Sedgwick | Catholic Charities, Harbor House | $435,069 |
| Sedgwick | City of Wichita Police Department | $188,518 |
| Sedgwick | City of Wichita Prosecutor’s Office | $134,047 |
| Sedgwick | Roots & Wings CASA | $113,772 |
| Sedgwick | Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office | $62,261 |
| Sedgwick | StepStone | $288,906 |
| Sedgwick | Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center | $691,467 |
| Sedgwick | Wichita Children’s Home | $438,800 |
| Sedgwick | Wichita Family Crisis Center | $720,773 |
| Seward | Liberal Area Rape Crisis/Domestic Violence Services | $305,227 |
| Shawnee | City of Topeka Police Department | $63,288 |
| Shawnee | Disability Rights Center of Kansas | $734,092 |
| Shawnee | Kansas Department of Corrections | $769,532 |
| Shawnee | Kansas Legal Services | $803,566 |
| Shawnee | LifeHouse Child Advocacy Center | $97,451 |
| Shawnee | YWCA Center for Safety & Empowerment | $433,426 |
| Wyandotte | Friends of Yates | $801,899 |
| Wyandotte | Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault | $1,252,718 |
| Wyandotte | The Family Conservancy | $194,041 |
| Wyandotte | Unified Gov’t of Wyandotte Co/KS City KS–Police Dept. | $362,749 |
| Wyandotte | Veronica’s Voice | $55,818 |
| TOTAL | $22,045,285 | |
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