AG Schmidt Announces Grants for Salina Organizations

TOPEKA – Three Salina organizations have been awarded more than $100,000 in grants to provide services for victims of crime, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced today.

The grants were awarded to support the following programs:

Ashby House, $20,000 to provide supervised child exchange and visitation services in Saline, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Lincoln and Ottawa counties.
Ashby House, $18,500 to provide interim shelter, counseling, case management and support groups for women struggling with substance use disorders and domestic violence and/or sexual assault.
Child Advocacy & Parenting Services, Inc., $18,000 to provide multidisciplinary services to child sexual or physical abuse victims and their non-offending caregivers in North Central Kansas.
Domestic Violence Association of Central Kansas, $46,500 to provide temporary emergency shelter and support services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking and their dependent children in order to meet their immediate health and safety needs.

“Organizations across our state do great work to support thousands of crime victims each year,” Schmidt said. “We are proud to support the work of these organizations through the victims services grant programs.”

The awards were made from the Protection from Abuse Fund, State Child Exchange and Visitation Centers Fund, State Crime Victims’ Assistance Fund. The Protection From Abuse Fund is funded by State General Fund appropriations, marriage license fees, county court costs and municipal court assessments. The State Child Exchange and Visitation Centers Fund is funded through marriage license fees and State General Fund appropriations. The State Crime Victims’ Assistance Fund is funded though the remittance of applicable fines, penalties and forfeitures from clerks of the district courts.

This year, the attorney general’s office awarded more than $2.3 million in grants to local and state crime victim assistance organizations. More information on the grant programs and the full list of award recipients is available on the attorney general’s website at www.ag.ks.gov.