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“To bad each and every one actually profit from keeping battered mothers and children separated” We have a CRISIS IN OUR FAMILY COURTS- ABUSERS ARE GETTING CUSTODY OF THEIR VICTIMS!! WHERE IS THE LAW-( IGNORED) AND FUNDING TO HELP HEAL THE LIVES DESTROYED AS A MATTER OF JUSTICE?” E.G. www.KS-FCRC.com Kansas Outrages

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Governor Announces Funding To Centers That Aid Victims Of Child Abuse

Governor Mark Parkinson announced that $934,591 from the State Children's Advocacy Centers Grant Program will help advocacy centers across Kansas continue their work.

Posted: 10:17 AM Oct 14, 2009

TOPEKA, Kansas - Child Advocacy Centers across Kansas help support young children who have been victims of child abuse. Wednesday, Governor Mark Parkinson announced that $934,591 from the State Children's Advocacy Centers Grant Program will help these advocacy centers continue their work.

“Children’s Advocacy Centers provide a safe place for abused children to talk about difficult and frightening abuse,” said Parkinson. “I’m grateful these centers are available to our children, and I am pleased to assist them in carrying out their important mission.”

Assistance from the State Children’s Advocacy Centers Grant Program can be used to support staff salaries, forensic interviews or family support advocates who help connect families with local resources. For many centers, the grant program’s award is their primary source of funding.

Children’s Advocacy Centers are child-focused, child-friendly programs that coordinate the services to investigate, prosecute and treat child abuse. The Centers bring together a multi-disciplinary team that can include social workers, law enforcement officers, doctors, prosecutors, mental health professionals and victim advocates.

2010 State Children's Advocacy Centers Grant Program Recipients
[County
Program
Grant Award]

Allen
Hope Unlimited
$ 34,313

Butler
Sunlight Child Advocacy Center
$ 40,121

Crawford
Children’s Advocacy Center
$ 46,900

Ford
Crisis Center of Dodge City
$ 50,114

Harvey
Heart to Heart
$ 70,807

Johnson
Kansas Chapter of CACs
$ 48,089

Johnson
Sunflower House, Inc.
$185,293

Leavenworth
Alliance Against Family Violence
$ 47,324

Lyon
SOS
$ 50,098

Reno
Horizons Mental Health Center
$ 45,324

Riley
Sunflower CASA Project, Inc.
$ 34,806

Saline
Child Advocacy & Parenting Services, Inc.
$ 45,138

Scott
Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center
$ 46,647

Sedgwick
CAC of Sedgwick County
$112,613

Shawnee
Prairie Advocacy Center
$ 77,004

For more information on the State Children’s Advocacy Centers Grant Program and other Governor’s grants programs, please visit: http://www.governor.ks.gov/Grants/.