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*For Immediate Release: *
May 23, 2025
*Contact: *
Grace Hoge
[email protected]
Governor Kelly Announces More than $2M
to Support Victims of Sexual Assault
and Domestic Violence
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TOPEKA *– Governor Laura Kelly announced Friday more than $2.3 million in grants aimed at strengthening services and support for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, rape, and stalking across Kansas.
“Survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault must have access to the resources they need to heal and seek justice,” *Governor Laura Kelly said.* “Investments like these are crucial to building a safer Kansas and supporting those recovering from crime.”
The funding is provided through the federal Services, Training, Officers, and Prosecutors (S.T.O.P.) Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Formula Grant Program, which supports community-based efforts to prevent and respond to crimes against women. The program funds initiatives that develop, train, and expand units of law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, and court personnel dedicated to addressing these crimes. It also enhances victim services and legal assistance programs while promoting a coordinated community response to domestic violence, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Additional funding is provided through the federal Sexual Assault Services Program (SASP). These grants assist local programs in delivering critical services to survivors of sexual assault, including crisis intervention, medical and criminal justice accompaniment, advocacy, and the dissemination of educational information to support recovery.
The grant funds are made available through the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.
*2025 S.T.O.P. VAWA Grant Awards*
*County*
*Organization Name*
*Grant Award*
Barton
Family Crisis Center
$38,027
Douglas
Douglas County District Attorney’s
Office
$82,733
Douglas
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office
$31,145
Douglas
The Sexual Trauma and Abuse Care
Center
$61,728
Douglas
The Willow Domestic Violence Center
$50,967
Ellis
Northwest Kansas Community
Corrections
$45,900
Ellis
Options: Domestic and Sexual
Violence Services
$35,232
Ford
Ford County Attorney’s Office
$56,325
Geary
Crisis Center, Junction City Domestic
Violence Task Force
$26,878
Jackson
Jackson County Sheriff’s Office
$77,846
Johnson
Gardner Police Department
$44,630
Johnson
Safehome
$45,129
Lyon
SOS
$23,953
Riley
Crisis Center, Riley Co. Domestic
Violence Task Force
$28,531
Sedgwick
Catholic Charities, Harbor House
$38,564
Sedgwick
City of Wichita Police Department
$67,084
Sedgwick
Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center
$79,200
Shawnee
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
$17,212
Shawnee
Kansas Coalition Against Sexual
& Domestic Violence
$44,356
Shawnee
Kansas Department of Corrections
$150,785
Shawnee
Kansas Judicial Branch
$36,300
Shawnee
YWCA of NE Kansas, Center for Safety
& Empowerment
$62,275
Wyandotte
Friends of Yates
$44,361
Wyandotte
Metropolitan Organization Countering
Sexual Assault
$18,191
Wyandotte
Unified Government Police Department
$113,600
Wyandotte
Unified Government Legal Department
$100,864
Wyandotte
Unified Government District
Attorney’s Office
$124,617
*TOTAL*
* $1,546,433 *
*2025 SASP Grant Awards*
*County*
*Organization Name*
*Grant Award*
Barton
Family Crisis Center
$48,930
Douglas
The Sexual Trauma and Abuse
Care Center
$80,318
Ellis
Options: Domestic and Sexual
Violence Services
$21,145
Finney
Family Crisis Services
$31,921
Harvey
Harvey Co. Domestic Violence/
Sexual Assault Task Force
$69,993
Lyon
SOS
$26,435
Sedgwick
Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center
$163,781
Shawnee
YWCA Center for Safety &
Empowerment
$106,182
Wyandotte
Metropolitan Organization to Counter
Sexual Assault
$289,036
*TOTAL*
*$837,741 *
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