Governor Kelly Announces More Than $10M for Crime Victims and Survivors Programs

From: Kansas Governor Laura Kelly
November 27, 2024

TOPEKA - Governor Laura Kelly announced Wednesday that more than $10 million in federal funding will be allocated to community-based organizations and local and state agencies providing services directly to crime victims and survivors. This funding comes from the federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Victim Assistance grant program.

“These services are vital to the well-being of Kansans impacted by crime,” Governor Laura Kelly said. “This funding gives organizations the ability to continue providing the assistance crime victims and survivors deserve as they stabilize their lives, navigate the criminal justice system, and regain a sense of safety and security.”

VOCA grants help organizations in delivering essential services, which include court advocacy and criminal justice support, provided by law enforcement and prosecutors. Other services involve crisis counseling offered by sexual assault and mental health centers, forensic interviews conducted by children’s advocacy centers, as well as shelter, transportation, and transitional housing provided by domestic violence programs.

A total of $10,289,285 was awarded to 65 agencies.? 

2025 VOCA Grant Awards

County

Organization Name

Grant Award

Allen

Hope Unlimited

$89,696

Barton

Barton County Attorney’s Office

$49,984

Barton

Family Crisis Center

$188,745

Butler

Family Life Center

$34,465

Butler

Sunlight Children’s Services

$91,447

Butler

Tri-County CASA

$9,950

Cloud

North Central Kansas CASA

$18,909

Crawford

Children’s Advocacy Center

$29,366

Crawford

Safehouse Crisis Center

$115,452

Douglas

Child Advocacy Center of Douglas County

$23,545

Douglas

Douglas County CASA

$9,653

Douglas

Douglas County District Attorney’s Office

$58,809

Douglas

The Sexual Trauma & Abuse Care Center

$103,475

Douglas

The Willow Domestic Violence Center

$144,488

Ellis

Options:  Domestic & Sexual Violence Services

$169,028

Finney

Family Crisis Services

$114,043

Finney

Spirit of the Plains CASA

$12,293

Ford

CASA-Children Worth Saving

$22,204

Ford

Crisis Center of Dodge City

$46,904

Ford

Ford County Attorney’s Office

$189,604

Ford

Meadowlark House Child Advocacy Center

$26,157

Geary

CASA of the 8th Judicial District

$15,114

Harvey

CASA:  A Voice for Children

$17,443

Harvey

Harvey Co. Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Task Force

$278,923

Harvey

Heart to Heart Child Advocacy Center

$23,900

Johnson

CASA of Johnson and Wyandotte Counties

$63,122

Johnson

Johnson County District Attorney’s Office

$128,693

Johnson

Mothers Against Drunk Driving

$179,913

Johnson

Safehome

$476,194

Johnson

Sunflower House

$198,495

Leavenworth

Alliance Against Family Violence

$36,694

Leavenworth

First Judicial District CASA Association

$73,449

Lyon

SOS

$189,996

Reno

BrightHouse

$163,944

Reno

Horizons Mental Health Center Child Advocacy Center

$52,410

Riley

Crisis Center

$64,694

Riley

Kansas State University

$228,054

Riley

Riley County Police Department

$88,166

Riley

Sunflower Children’s Collective

$72,278

Saline

Child Advocacy & Parenting Services

$71,497

Saline

Domestic Violence Association of Central Kansas

$360,296

Scott

Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center

$267,447

Sedgwick

CAC of Sedgwick County

$274,888

Sedgwick

Catholic Charities, Harbor House

$159,780

Sedgwick

City of Wichita Police Department

$114,159

Sedgwick

City of Wichita Prosecutor’s Office

$142,937

Sedgwick

ICT SOS

$89,435

Sedgwick

Roots & Wings CASA

$41,990

Sedgwick

Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office

$73,288

Sedgwick

StepStone

$96,582

Sedgwick

Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center

$225,714

Sedgwick

Wichita Children’s Home

$299,227

Sedgwick

Wichita Family Crisis Center

$249,382

Seward

Liberal Area Rape Crisis/Domestic Violence Services

$111,992

Shawnee

City of Topeka Police Department

$70,453

Shawnee

Disability Rights Center of Kansas

$719,634

Shawnee

Kansas Department of Corrections

$856,094

Shawnee

Kansas Legal Services

$794,166

Shawnee

LifeHouse Child Advocacy Center

$15,644

Shawnee

YWCA Center for Safety & Empowerment

$137,366

Wyandotte

Friends of Yates

$254,767

Wyandotte

Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault

$428,780

Wyandotte

The Family Conservancy

$103,736

Wyandotte

Unified Gov’t of Wyandotte Co/KS City KS–Police Dept.

$385,332

Wyandotte

ReHope (Restoration House)

$45,000

 

TOTAL

$10,289,285

 

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