HILLSBORO, Ore. (KOIN) — More than a dozen organizations that provide help to hundreds of people sounded the alarm Monday that services for domestic violence survivors in Oregon are about to be drastically cut.
The federal Victims of Crime Act has long provided much of the money in states for programs to help domestic abuse victims, from counseling to housing. States now expect that federal funding to be cut nearly in half.
The organizations met with US Rep. Suzanne Bonamici at the Family Peace Center in Hillsboro to talk about what to do. But they really don’t know what to do at this moment.
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Representatives from the Clackamas Women’s Services, CARES Northwest and the Domestic Violence Resource Center, along with Washington County DA Kevin Barton and Bonamici, all made the case the funding cuts will cause real harm…