Governor Kelly Announces $10 Million for Victims and Survivors

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Kansas Governor Laura Kelly announced Wednesday that more than $10 million in federal funds will go to community-based organizations and local and state agencies that provide services directly to crime victims and survivors. These funds come from the federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Assistance to Victims of Crime program.

Several Sedgwick County agencies received funding, including the Wichita Children’s Home, the Wichita Sexual Assault Center, the Wichita Police Department and the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office. In total, Sedgwick County agencies received nearly $1.8 million; Wichita Children’s Home received the highest amount in Sedgwick County, just under $300,000.

VOCA grants help organizations provide essential services that include judicial advocacy and criminal justice support provided by law enforcement and prosecutors. Other services include crisis counseling provided by sexual violence and mental health centers, court hearings provided by child welfare centers, and shelter, transportation and transitional housing provided by domestic violence programs.

Here are the agencies awarded by county:

Allen

Headquarters

Barton County Attorney’s Office, $49,984
Family Crisis Center, $188,745

Butler

Family Life Center, $34,465
Sunlight Children’s Services, $91,447
Tri-County CASA, $9,950

Cloud

CASA of North Central Kansas, $18,909

Crawford

Children’s Advocacy Center, $29,366
Hideaway Crisis Center, $115,452

Douglas

Douglas County Children’s Advocacy Center, $23,545
Douglas County CASA, $9,653
Douglas County District Attorney’s Office, $58,809
Sexual Assault and Violence Care Center, $103,475
Willow Domestic Violence Center, $144,488

Ellis

Options: Domestic and sexual violence services, $169,028

Finney

Emergency Family Services, $114,043
CASA Spirit of the Plains, $12,293

Ferry

CASA – Children Worth Saving, $22,204
Dodge City Crisis Center, $46,904
Ford County Attorney’s Office, $189,604
Meadowlark House Children’s Resource Center, $26,157

Geary

8th Judicial District CASA, $15,114

Harvey

CASA: Voice for Children, $17,443
Harvey Co. Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Task Force, $278,923
From Heart to Heart Children’s Aid Center, $23,900

Johnson

Johnson and Wyandotte Counties CASA, $63,122
Johnson County District Attorney’s Office, $128,693
Mothers Against Drunk Driving, $179,913
Safe Home, $476,194
Sunflower House, $198,495

Leavenworth

Alliance Against Domestic Violence, $36,694
First Judicial District CASA Association, $73,449

Lyons

Reno

BrightHouse, $163,944
Horizons Mental Health Center Children’s Advocacy Center, $52,410

Riley

Crisis Center, $64,694
Kansas State University, $228,054
Riley County Police Department, $88,166
Sunflower Children’s Collective, $72,278

Salt

Advocacy and Child Welfare Services, $71,497
Central Kansas Domestic Violence Association, $360,296

Scott

Western Kansas Children’s Advocacy Center, $267,447

Sedgwick

Sedgwick County CAC, $274,888
Catholic Charities, Harbor House, $159,780
Wichita City Police Department, $114,159
Wichita City Attorney’s Office – $142,937
SOS ICT, $89,435
Roots and Wings CASA, $41,990
Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office, $73,288
StepStone, $96,582
Wichita Sexual Violence Center, $225,714
Wichita Children’s Home, $299,227
Wichita Family Crisis Center, $249,382

Seward

Liberal Area Rape Crisis/Domestic Violence Services, $111,992

Shawnee

Topeka City Police Department, $70,453
Kansas Disability Rights Center, $719,634
Kansas Department of Corrections, $856,094
Kansas Legal Services, $794,166
LifeHouse Children’s Advocacy Center, $15,644
YWCA Safety and Empowerment Center, $137,366

Wyandotte

Friends of Yates, $254,767
Metropolitan Sexual Violence Prevention Organization, $428,780
Family Fund, $103,736
Unified Government Wyandotte Co/KS City KS – Police Department, $385,332
ReHope (Renovation House), $45,000