Kentucky Receives Funding For Domestic Violence Victims

Almost 30 agencies and organizations in Kentucky received federal grant funding Thursday to support victims of domestic violence.

It was announced during the governor’s Team Kentucky Update that Governor Andy Beshear and First Lady Britainy Beshear awarded the $2,110,702 in federal grant funding through the Violence Against Women Act.

The recipients include:

Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky, Inc.- $8,235
Baptist Health Foundation Hardin- $80,475
Barren River Area Safe Space, Inc.- $49,144
Bethany House- $35,506
Chrysalis House, Inc.- $50,000
The Daviess County Attorney’s Office- $74,569
DOVES of Gateway- $59,890
Fayette County Sheriff’s Office- $180,000
Green River Regional Rape Victim Services-$32,000
GreenHouse17- $50,000
Hope Harbor, Inc.- $71,000
Ion Center for Violence Prevention- $107,148
Jefferson County Attorney’s Office- $180,000
Kentucky Office of Attorney General- $23,280
Kentucky River Community Care- $54,905
Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts- $111,177
Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs- $111,177
La Casita Center, Inc.- $65,090
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government- $60,000
Mountain Comprehensive Care Center- $51,590
Rape Victim Services Inc. dba Lotus- $71,000
Safe Harbor of Northeast Kentucky- $64,618
Saint Elizabeth Medical Center, Inc.- $62,615
Scott County Sheriff’s Office- $60,000
Silverleaf Sexual Trauma Recovery Services- $50,000
SpringHaven, Inc.- $51,019
The Nest-Center for Women, Children and Families- $180,000
Woman Aware, Inc. DBA Merryman House- $56,264

First Lady Britainy Beshear said more than 45% of women and 35% of men in Kentucky experience physical violence or sexual assault in their lifetimes.

If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence, you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at (800) 799-SAFE (7233).
Source: WHAS11